As The Current announces its new signal in Ely, Minn., we'd like to put together a special playlist for the people in Ely. What songs conjure the atmosphere of Ely and of northern Minnesota for you? Tell us your requests.

Yesterday Minneapolis’ Electric Fetus welcomed the Third Man Rolling Record Store, an offshoot of Jack White’s Third Man Records store in Tennessee. The Rolling Record Store, like Nashville’s brick and mortar store, features limited vinyl releases and exclusive pressings from the Third Man label. When the Electric Fetus announced the event on Facebook on March…

From the days when his main gig was scraping gum off the undersides of club tables as a roving reporter, David Campbell has been a part of the Minnesota music community because it was something he just plain enjoyed. A decade-long staffer on the radio show Homegrown before starting as a temporary host for The Current’s Local Show in 2007, Campbell now hosts Radio Free…

Mumford and Sons have released another song from their forthcoming album, Wild Mind. Entitled “The Wolf”, it is another track devoid of the banjos and instead sounds a bit like Kings of Leon. (Billboard) Bob Dylan has said he began writing songs in the 1960s because he was — wait for it — bored. “I had nothing…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, in the spirit of the AWP Conference, we're wondering what songs you'd like to hear from musicians who have also written books, poems and the like. Tell us your request, and be sure to include the name of your requested artist's writing project.

Mary Lucia is taking a temporary leave from her hosting position with The Current. In an open letter to her listeners, Looch shares the reason she'll be off the air for a short while.

Mayor Marty Walsh has officially declared April 9 to be Riot Grrrl Day in the City of Boston in honor of a lecture and performance by Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre), one of the driving forces behind the Riot Grrrl movement in the early 1990s. (Stereogum) Among the bands that inspired the Riot Grrrl movement were Babes in…

For George Ezra, it was love at first sight -- for his guitar, that is. When he walked into a guitar shop in London's fabled Denmark Street, a 1959 Gretsch hollow-body instantly caught his eye, and he was also glad to see it was missing something. George Ezra tells us about his hollow-body guitar in the latest addition to The Current's Guitar Collection.

In honor of Rex Manning Day -- 'Rexy, you're so sexy' -- what songs do you want to hear that contain the word 'sexy' or that have an over-the-top sexy vibe? Send your requests.

For his 10th annual State of the City address at the newly renovated Ordway Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, April 16, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is taking things up a few notches and setting his address to music. The night will begin with a reception and opportunity to tour the beautiful space, which just reopened last…