Today is Mardi Gras - also called Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday. In the United States, the city of New Orleans has become practically synonymous with Mardi Gras, marked by parades, parties, costumes and lots of music. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have a New Orleans flavor?

It’s easy enough to sound sweet. Beautiful voices grace an inventory of folk projects, especially those fronted by women; you’ll see adjectives like “dulcet” and “mellifluous” used to describe their voices, with sugar baked right into the words. But sweetness sounds best up against a snarl — some complexity and tension. Lena Elizabeth, part of…

Our friend Looch has been out sick recently. She shares this message with listeners as she recovers from a recent appendectomy.

This weekend 17-year-old Red Gerard won the U.S.'s first gold medal of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in an amazing snowboarding slopestyle final run. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention the word "red"?

Brandi Carlile's new album 'By the Way, I Forgive You' is an emotionally powerful dive into her worldview, impacted by events of 2016, but also about becoming a parent, watching your parents get older, and dealing with love and loss and self-reflection.

Christopher Michael Jensen has put together the latest in his series of charitable and/or activist-minded concerts: a benefit for eating disorder recovery, supporting the Joy Project in Minneapolis. He stopped by The Current to discuss the show.

Dirt Train, Chris Koza, Kiss the Tiger, and DJ Jake Rudh performed at the Varsity Theater last night to celebrate its re-opening under new ownership. The 962-capacity venue has a very long history, spanning over 100 years in Dinkytown. The new staff opened the theater’s doors to some very cold Minnesotan music fans, who felt…

Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of Van Halen's self-titled debut album and "Runnin' with the Devil" is the second single and first track off the album. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention the devil?

Many musicians see their careers change when they have kids. Few actually make music out of their children’s toys, but this is exactly what Zach Bagaason, better known as Medium Zach, does in episode 75 of his #BeatStory video series. I had the opportunity to sit in on the making of this episode with Medium Zach,…

Dosh just sent “some random e-mails to friends,” he remembers, asking them to sing the songs of Mister Rogers. “Just record them into your cell phone, make it kind of low-fi, don’t even worry about going into the studio. Just send it to me and then I’ll sort of do my thing with it. I’ll…