February 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day - a day to pay it forward, be polite, smile at people and do simple, nice things for others, and it couldn't come at a better time. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that reference acts of kindness?

Holidae, “Scared” Synthpop band Holidae follow up their “Darkest Shade” video by showcasing their imagery-rich lyrics. P.O.S, “Bully (feat. RP Hooks and Moncelas Boston)” Local photographer Adam DeGross ventures into video territory, shooting P.O.S, Moncelas Boston, and RP Hooks in black and white. Good Luck Finding Iris, “Morning Crawls Toward You, and I (Live)” Good Luck Finding Iris just…

It's happened to all of us. You thought the singer whose voice you were listening to was a female, but it was a male. Or vice versa. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from singers who surprised you?

It’s been almost five years since Slim Dunlap suffered a serious stroke. Dunlap is a Minnesota-based guitarist and singer-songwriter, well-known as a member of the Replacements; since his stroke in 2012, he and his family have incurred significant medical expenses. There have been several projects and fundraisers to help Dunlap and his family, including the Songs for…

“I still feel tired,” Lydia Liza declares, pulling in her chair. We’re at a Northeast Minneapolis coffee shop with Josiah Lemanski — her partner in the “Baby It’s Cold Outside” remake that went viral last December — and it’s early enough that all of us are rubbing our eyes. But Liza isn’t talking about right…

Maria Schneider is a composer and bandleader who has performed and collaborated with musicians from all over the world. She is also a Windom, Minnesota native, a fact that shines through in her latest work, The Thompson Fields. Drawing on memories of her childhood growing up in rural Minnesota, Schneider crafted what some consider an…

This February, The Current is celebrating Black History Month by celebrating four artists chosen by our listeners. We’ll be playing their music on the radio and sharing features online. This week, we’re featuring Billie Holiday. I learned of heartbreak when I was 13 listening to the voice of Billie Holiday. Jazz was a genre I was becoming…

For today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that tend to get stuck in your head?

Johnny Marr's autobiography is as blessedly beef-free as his diet.

There won’t be another Weathered Heads show as bittersweet, sentimental and emotional as the one that’ll take place on Saturday night — in fact, there won’t be another Weathered Heads show, period. The Winona jam-pop rockers announced on Monday, Jan. 23 that after four and a half years of traveling across the Midwest they have…