Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Saint singersJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Mar 22, 2021Listener Troy wrote in with a great suggestion for a topic -- singers or bands with "Saint" in the title. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what "Saint" bands and singers do you want to hear?
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Kings of Leon, 'When You See YourselZeke • Mar 22, 2021Nashville's Kings of Leon have returned with their eighth studio album, 'When You See Yourself,' out now on RCA Records. Zeke connected with bandmember Jared Followill to talk about the new record, and the new collaborations they tried out on this record.
Local Current Blog“Who has time to fake it?”: Yusra J on how she got into music and why she’ll never conformAbdi Mohamed • Mar 19, 2021Yusra Jara isn’t aspiring to fit your idea of a pop artist. Known by the stage name Yusra J, she plans to carve a path into the music industry on her own terms: as a young Somali-Oromo woman with a scarf on her head and sneakers on her feet. Jara, 21, first dove into music…
SXSWCoffee Break: SXSWJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Mar 18, 2021The Current has enjoyed a big presence at SXSWs in the past, and we want to highlight some of those musical moments for you for today's 9:30 Coffee Break. Tune in and imagine with us what a return to this festival might look like someday.
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Nothin' But a Good Time'Jay Gabler • Mar 18, 2021Rarely has a book been more aptly titled than this new oral history of an era where shamelessness sold.
Listen to LoochListen to Looch: intense documentary about Dave NavarroMary Lucia • Mar 17, 2021Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro tells his own story in 'Mourning Son,' which details the trauma that Navarro experienced at the age of 15, when his mother and his aunt were both murdered.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Happy St. Patrick's DayJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Mar 17, 2021Happy St. Patrick's Day! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Irish bands and musicians do you want to hear?
Local Current BlogAlways March, never St. Patrick’s Day: Another year of lost showsDavid Perry • Mar 17, 2021Last March 13 I went to a party and played music long into the night to celebrate a close friend’s 60th birthday. By the next morning I was panicking, wondering if I had just doomed my family (in fact, we didn’t catch COVID until November), and later that day canceled all my St. Patrick’s Day…
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: You win some, you lose someJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Mar 16, 2021We've been having fun with Coffee Breaks centered on this year's Grammy nominees and winners, but now it's time to spend some time giving love to those who didn't take home awards this year.
News and InterviewsInterview: Samuel T. Herring of Future IslandsZeke • Mar 16, 2021Samuel T. Herring of Future Islands connects with Zeke to talk about mastering their latest record over Zoom, their dream collaborations, and the band's hopes of helping people open up to one another through their work.