Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Brian loves catsAnna Reed • May 12, 2017It's Brian's birthday tomorrow and that means he gets to choose today's Coffee Break theme. So naturally - we're doing cats! For today's Coffee Break, what songs about cats do you want to hear?
Local Current BlogReview: Daryl Hall and John Oates shed no Tears for Fears at the Xcel Energy CenterJay Gabler • May 12, 2017“This feels pretty good,” said Daryl Hall as he leaned over his piano, grinning onstage at the Xcel Energy Center. “This is about as good as it gets. Are you feeling good, John?” “Are you kidding?” asked his longtime musical partner, rhetorically. “Thursday night in St. Paul? Yeah!” Yeah! From another band, that might have…
Local Current BlogFriday Five: Brother Ali, Allan Kingdom feat. Denzel Curry, and more new Minnesota music videosCecilia Johnson • May 12, 2017Brother Ali, “Never Learn” Brother Ali, dance duo Al Taw’am, and a whole lot of crew traveled to New Mexican worship and healing center Dar Al Islam to film this, a gorgeous song from Ali’s new album All the Beauty in This Whole Life. Allan Kingdom, “The Fusion (feat. Denzel Curry)” Directed by Yash, rapper Allan Kingdom…
Local Current BlogReview and photos: At the Cedar, Tunisian artist EMEL protests through musicCecilia Johnson • May 11, 2017Emel Mathlouthi may not be a household name in the U.S. But to many people across the world, the Tunisian singer symbolizes political protest, having become famous for her song “Kelmti Horra” (“My Word Is Free”) during the Arab Spring revolutions of the early 2010s. Since that song and her identically titled debut album, she has…
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: BlueAnna Reed • May 11, 2017A new blue pigment was discovered by a chemistry professor and Crayola is running a contest to name their new blue crayon. So for our 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention blue in the lyrics?
DuluthSeventh annual Duluth Dylan Fest will include music, a museum exhibition and moreHanna Bubser • May 11, 2017This year marks the seventh annual Duluth Dylan Fest. Taking place May 20-28, this year will feature tons of music, trivia, bus tours, and a Bob Dylan display at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum. The museum display will run through June 30. Blogger Ed Newman alluded to some of the items on display at the…
Local Current BlogMusic during Art-A-Whirl 2017: Where the bands are and whenLillian Speakman • May 11, 2017May 19-20 marks the 22nd annual Art-A-Whirl, an open studio tour presented by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association. Art-A-Whirl started as an opportunity to recognize and celebrate all the artistic talent that Northeast Minneapolis has to offer, and in a little over two decades it has grown to become one of the largest open studio tours in…
The Current Guitar CollectionGuitar Collection: Hunter Thompson, 1965 BaldwinLuke Taylor • May 10, 2017When Louisville, Ky., rock band White Reaper visited us in studio recently, the guitar being used by the band's Hunter Thompson stirred a lot of curiosity. After the session, Thompson was enthusiastic to talk to us about his vintage Baldwin guitar, which he considers quite a find.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: 1994Anna Reed • May 10, 2017Today in 1994, Weezer released their self-titled debut (a.k.a. The Blue Album). So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that were released in 1994?
Local Current BlogJack White’s Third Man Records releasing rare 1967 recordings by pioneering garage group the MonksAndrea Swensson • May 10, 2017The Monks, a blistering and unapologetically bizarre punk band made up of a group of former GIs from the American Midwest, spent most of their short mid-1960s career gigging around the same clubs in Germany as the Beatles. They cut a record, spent some more time in the studio recording never-to-be-released material, and then returned home…
