Live Current is a yearly collection of some of the best in-studio sessions and live performances recorded in a given year. Listen to Volume 6, featuring songs from 2013, including Michael Kiwanuka, Alabama Shakes, JD McPherson, and more!

On the Ball with Mark Wheat is a new Monday feature on The Current that celebrates the connections between music and soccer, with an eye to the past weekend's results. This week, Mark looks at West Brom's 2 - 1 defeat of Manchester United in the Premier League.

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."

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.

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.

The Replacements' final gig happened in 1991 in Chicago's Grant Park. Now reunited for RiotFest, the Replacements' first U.S. date happens in the Windy City. Ahead of the Replacements' gig in Chicago this Sunday, we talked to some Chicagoans about their memories of and thoughts about the band.

The Current's Guitar Collection is a look at some of the instruments that have been played in The Current's studios. Many times, there's a good story behind a guitar, often known only to the person who plays it. This week's guitar belongs to Max Kakacek of Smith Westerns.

nelle Monae's music is often called futuristic. That's partly due to her subject matter: Her breakthrough releases, the 2007 EP 'Metropolis' and the 2010 album 'The ArchAndroid,' form a connected story arc about a robot who falls in love with a human. But moreover, the work of the 27-year-old singer is difficult to classify -- rooted in R&B but pulling from too many different genres to count.

While making her new album, Case went through a series of deaths and a bout of depression. But once she stopped fighting it, "it's like a bottleneck broke open, and everything started to flow again and my circulation came back," she says.

Paul McCartney has released a new single, the appropriately titled "New," and it's coming out ahead of his upcoming album, which is set to release in the U.S. on Oct. 15.