The Current's Bill DeVille recently visited Nashville, Tenn., to attend the Americana Music Conference — very fitting for the host of United States of Americana! Read about and see photos of Bill's experiences in "Music City."

It’s Friday afternoon, and a weekend packed with shows is just around the corner… Let’s slip on our headphones and help these final few hours of the day tick by with some great Minnesota-made videos. Ok? Ok. Meet them tonight in Atlantic City A few weeks back in an undisclosed location, four of the Twin…

What songs with a zoo animal mentioned in the title or featured prominently in the lyrics should we play for the 9:30 Coffee Break?

Thursday, September 26 The 757s Turf Club, St. Paul 9 p.m., $5, 21+ The 757s are back! It’s about to get loud, loud, loud again for Paul Pirner, Jimmy Peterson, Seth Zimmerman, and Steve Sutherland, who have a new album in the works now. Catch ’em back in action at the Turf with openers Buffalo…

We decided to celebrate Banned Books Week by playing songs with literary references. What songs have literary references in them (bonus if they come from a banned book)?

Anthony Harty is a Grammy-winning guitarist currently touring with The Selecter. When The Selecter were visiting The Current's studios, Harty spent some time to tell us about his specially designed guitars.

What are some songs that promote healthy habits? Give us your suggestions and we'll play a few them for the 9:30 Coffee Break.

Here we go again. For the fourth straight season, at least one Minnesota native will compete on NBC’s talent show The Voice—and this time the frontrunner is a relative unknown in the local scene, 19-year-old Hopkins native Holly Henry. Ms. Henry, known to her friends and family here in Minnesota as 2012 Hopkins High grad…

Today during Music Trivia with Trivia Mafia we were talking about songs that are theme songs for television shows. We were having so much fun thinking about all the songs and singing them aloud that we thought we should make it into today's Coffee Break theme.

Costello has teamed with hip-hop legends The Roots for one of the more unusual, invigorating musical partnerships of the year. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Costello and Roots bandleader Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson about the new album Wise Up Ghost.