Is this Crescent Moon’s most prolific year to date? Following hot on the heels of the release of this month’s excellent Kill the Vultures album Carnelian and an EP he created with Andrew Broder, the talented, intense, beat-poet-leaning MC will also put out a full-length with his trio Mixed Blood Majority and headline the Mainroom before…

Seeking to expand his horizons and his reach, Nathaniel Rateliff connected with full-blown horn section the Night Sweats. The result is a rousing, energetic and catchy new record that fits firmly in the Stax Records catalogue.

David Bowie has confirmed that his 27th studio album will be released on his 69th birthday: Jan. 8, 2016. Blackstar will contain only seven tracks: “long, jazzy jams mixed with the kind of driving beat pioneered by Seventies German bands Can and Kraftwerk,” according to a “Bowie insider” contacted by the Times of London. The album’s first…

Last March, Prince helped release Judith Hill’s debut album, Back in Time, for free. Like many online phenomena, though, the download link was temporary; after a couple of days on the web, the album disappeared. The good news for those who missed it: Prince’s label, NPG Records, re-dropped Back in Time last Friday (this time…

Prince remains firmly committed to supporting the career of Judith Hill, a singer he discovered when she told a European magazine she wanted to work with him. Hill’s dream came true: earlier this year, an album produced by Prince and recorded at Paisley Park was released in an unusual cascade that started with a free…

The Current's music director, David Safar, attended Blur's show in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Oct. 20. "Blur's performance at The Hollywood Bowl was true to the band's beginnings,' Safar writes. '[Frontman Damon Albarn] commanded control of the band and the audience.' Read David's full report of this monumental show.

As the autumn leaves are passing their peak in Minnesota, it's the last weekend to check out the season's color. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention the palette of fall color: reds, yellows, oranges? Send us your requests.

Ending months of speculation, leaks, and rumors, Adele has made it official: her next album, which will indeed be titled 25 as previously speculated, will be released on Nov. 20 (as, also, previously speculated). Lead single “Hello,” with accompanying video, was released very early on Friday morning in the U.S. (That’s a slightly more convenient time in…

Cloud Cult have announced their next album: The Seeker will be released on Feb. 12, and tonight at 6:00 p.m. on The Current, we’ll present the radio debut of the album’s lead single “No Hell.” The album, Cloud Cult’s first studio release since 2013’s Love, is the band’s first to be entirely recorded and produced at Earthology Records: Cloud…

Our colleagues at 'The Splendid Table' are celebrating 20 years of being public radio's 'program for people who love to eat,' so for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what food songs do you want to hear? Send us your requests.