All four members of the indie rock band Early Eyes got their start playing music at young ages. Jake Berglove (guitar and lead vocals) and Henry Patterson (guitar and vocals) met through mutual friends while they were still in high school, and decided they would be roommates in college. Wyatt Fuller, drums, popped up on…

Yesterday, early ticketbuyers for the 2017 Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival started to receive pamphlets that seemed to reveal the lineup for this year’s festival. In an official announcement, the festival has now confirmed that lineup — which includes Paul Simon, Chance the Rapper, Wilco, and more. The delight, though, is in the details.…

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 Jimi Hendrix. The Blues “…while your ears are still ringing, we’d like to go on and do another little tune called ‘I Don’t…

This week, Mary Lucia shares her thoughts about a couple powerful documentaries she's seen recently. 'I had a conversation with someone I respect creatively about forced inspiration,' Mary writes. ' We tried offering each other ideas to jump-start our respective juices. I immediately thought of recommending to him a few documentaries I've recently consumed that lit a fire under me.' Have a closer look at Mary's documentary recommendations.

In what’s shaping up to be the biggest weekend in Prince news since his untimely passing, CNN’s HLN network has announced it will air a new documentary, Prince: The End, this Friday night to coincide with a big Prince tribute planned at Sunday night’s Grammys and Prince’s catalog reportedly hitting multiple major streaming services. According…

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake uuuuuuuuuuuuuup! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're looking for songs that would be great as an alarm clock wake up song.

'Universal Harvester,' the new novel by Mountain Goats leader John Darnielle, has an uber-creepy premise - but the book's shocks turn out to be more emotional than physical.

The official announcement of the 2017 Eaux Claires festival lineup won’t be made until tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 9) at noon, but early ticketholders are starting to received mailed pamphlets that tease a lineup including Paul Simon, Chance the Rapper, Wilco, and…not Bon Iver performing a regular set, but “presenting” a set by John Prine. A…

Celebrations for the New England Patriots' Super Bowl win happen today and Boston is getting ready to party. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from Boston area bands?

Rising singer-songwriter Angelica Garcia joined 'New Hot' host David Safar for a conversation about her debut album 'Medicine for Birds,' what it was like working with the Civil Wars' former producer Charlie Peacock and the meaning behind her captivating single "Orange Flower."