As per our tradition for Fat Tuesday, what songs do you want to hear that embody the New Orleans sound for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Kiss is in town tonight to play at the Target Center, so for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from musicians and bands that had notable makeup?

You can hear the use of different producers across the album with a close listen without it getting in the way of the songwriting. It's an easy listen that combines what Hozier fans love about his voice with instrumentation and arrangements that weren't present on his debut.

Empress Of performed an exuberant set at the Turf Club Saturday night with special guest Salt Cathedral. “Thank you for sharing your energy with me, and letting me do the same,” she beamed out into the crowd as the stage flashed green and gold. Throughout the night she would make varied use of this stage,…

Jay talks with Jenny Lewis about her upcoming album 'On the Line,' an absorbing LP about love and loss recorded with an all-star (or should that be all-Starr?) backing band.

The Record Store Day countdown to April 13 has begun, and the list of artists releasing exclusives for this special day has been revealed. Prince, Bob Dylan, Jenny Lewis, Courtney Barnett, and John Lennon are just a few names on the list. Maybe the coolest offering is a recreation of Prince’s 1995 The VERSACE Experience:…

One of the themes you'll hear throughout weekday mornings on The Current is "always learning". Especially through our daily vinyl and music history segments, we LOVE learning about music. Let's lean into that for today's 9:30 Coffee Break. What songs do you want to hear that teach, or reference teaching or learning?

astralblak – “Jerkin” In this video, astralblak luxuriate in free time. “Jerkin,” directed by avant-gardist rappers Nazeem & Spencer Joles, features the members of the band enjoying sushi; yoga; and time at the roller rink. Tonight, they’ll pass the mood on to fans at the Fine Line, headlining a bill that also promises performances from Nazeem &…

Jake Edwin Charles Kennedy, aka Jake Bugg, was born today in 1994, making him 25 today. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from bands with bug names?

February 27 is National Retro Day - a day to reflect on the time before smartphones and the internet and fondly remember a simpler time. Let's take a slight twist on this for today's 9:30 Coffee Break: what songs do you want to hear from modern artists that have a retro throwback sound?