Derrick Stevens, The Current's Production Manager, joins Mary Lucia to talk about a recent event he participated in that focused on music and race in Minnesota and in the wider music and entertainment industries.

It's the first day of summer, and it's Brian Wilson's 75th birthday, a man whose music embodied the feeling of sunshine, beaches and warm weather. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what summer songs do you want to hear?

The Twin Cities music community was dealt a hard blow this weekend with the passing of Sonny Knight, an endlessly charismatic and powerful soul singer whose history on local stages dates all the way back to the early 1960s. From cutting his first 45 as Little Sonny Knight back in 1965 to recording his final…

The reissue record label Numero Group has digitally released a newly remastered edition of an album by local punk/alternative rock legends Hüsker Dü. The album in question is Everything Falls Apart, Hüsker Dü’s debut studio album which was originally released in 1983. The release comes as yet another teaser for a much larger Hüsker Dü project Numero Group is suspected to be working…

After the rush of stardom accompanying her 2013 debut, the singer felt 'deeply conspicuous' working in her native New Zealand. To finish her new album, 'Melodrama,' Lorde let herself get lost in New York.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on late-night TV. The week of June 12, 2017, includes appearances by artists including Jeff Tweedy, Lake Street Dive, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and more. See the complete schedule.

Seattle band Bread & Butter are aptly named: they make simple pop songs with a bit of vintage Big Star or Raspberries sensibilities. Check out their track, 'Keys to the City'; it's Mary Lucia's DJ Pick of the Week for June 19, 2017.

“This is a festival still finding its season,” the writer Michael Perry reflected in the opening page of the program for this year’s third annual Eaux Claires festival, which was simply titled “Troix.” Perry is the official “narrator” of Eaux Claires and the neighbor of the festival’s mastermind, Justin Vernon, and his big, booming baritone…

The legendary soul singer Sonny Knight died on Saturday, June 17 at the age of 69. Knight had been diagnosed with cancer just earlier this year and was on a break from performing to undergo and recover from chemotherapy. Knight is remembered by many as a powerful vocalist, dynamic entertainer, and an all-around wonderful individual. Since…

This past weekend, Secret Stash Records announced the death of Sonny Knight. A friend of the station and a talented soul singer who enjoyed a late-career revival, he will be dearly missed. So for today's Coffee Break, what late bloomers or people that had a later-in-life revival do you want to hear?