“When we left our home in St. Paul where we started this show many years ago, as part of our penance for leaving St. Paul, the mayor, Chris Coleman, has decided to come wearing a skirt and play the bagpipes for us.” With that introduction from the New Standards’ Chan Poling, Mayor Coleman indeed appeared…

Indie singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield stopped in to The Current's studios a few weeks ago with her friend Matthew Caws as part of their collaborative project, Minor Alps. We asked Hatfield about her guitar; she told us about it and she also shares some advice for women who want to go guitar shopping.

In an effort to acquire winter clothing for the Minneapolis homeless population and to benefit American Indian youth in the area, some of Minnesota’s foremost hip-hop artists are joining together for Cold Flows for Warm Clothes, a benefit concert at the Cedar Cultural Center on December 22. Sunday night’s show will feature the likes of…

What are the best/worst holiday songs? Let us know and we'll play some for the 9:30 Coffee Break.

Every year around this time I come down with a nasty ailment that I’ve self-diagnosed as chronic list fatigue (Latin translation: album defetigatio). When I see another in an endless parade of year-end lists pop up in my social media feed, I groan and grumble. Another list, areyoukiddingme? What’s it gonna be this time, top…

While on my daily drive into work this morning, I was naturally listening to the Current and I heard a four-song set: Hall and Oates Linda Rondstadt Cat Stevens Old Peter Gabriel I FREAKED out! Not another format change! This isn’t happening again! I was convinced we had flipped formats overnight and this was my…

So, what songs with "mystery" as the key word in the title of the song should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Charlie Parr, Live at the Brewhouse A longtime favorite in the Duluth music scene, blues-folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Parr is set to release his latest nine-song effort, recorded live at the Brewhouse during his Backslider session series in 2006. Twangy, authentic, and often spiritual, Parr’s music—along with some contributions from friends—is captured on a limited-edition…

In what’s become an annual ritual since the Replacements first became eligible in 2006, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame declined to induct the seminal Minneapolis band. This year, for the first time, the ‘Mats were at least included on the ballot sent to voters by a Hall of Fame nominating committee—but when the…

A crazy weekend in the Premier League brought goals aplenty and two sacked managers. Plus, we give a shout-out to a Minnesota-bred goalkeeper in the Premiership, have a look at the Champions League draw and make a music pick based on Man City.