Minneapolis indie folk-rock duo Peter Wolf Crier came together out of the ashes of a handful of prior local bands. The band stopped by the MPR booth at the Minnesota State Fair to play a few songs.

The Carolina Chocolate Drops stopped by The Current booth at the Minnesota State Fair for a live performance.

After stopping by the Local Show earlier this August, Charlie Parr returns to the Twin Cities to perform live on The Current at the MPR booth at the Minnesota State Fair.

Lookbook stopped by the Current booth at the Minnesota State Fair for a live performance.

With an ever fluctuating number of members Me and My Arrow, currently 9 members, layer the sounds of strings, guitars, keyboards and dream like vocals to create a new and distinct sound for themselves within the local scene.

After non-stop touring due to the release of several EPs and their debut album, the Newmarket, Ontario quartet Tokyo Police Club took nine months off to work on the second full-length, "Champ," full of the infectious, emotional rock that their audience has grown to love.

Sisters (and Alabama natives) Lydia and Laura Rogers grew up learning how to harmonize to the music of the Everly Brothers and Doc Watson, among others. After a Nashville audition, the music industry took notice, and the Secret Sisters were born.

Storyhill began in Bozeman, Montana, when Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson met in their 7th grade world geography class.

As the Southern California ten-piece that has become known for their infectious and endearing whistling-based love song "Home," Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have had a whirl-wind of a year since they were last in our studios.

Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright may have been born to folk music royalty, but over the last decade and a half of recording and performing, he's managed to carve out a musical niche all his own.