Fresh from work on a forthcoming new album, Chastity Brown enthralled an audience full of lucky winners with four new songs, plus a fan-favorite from her 2017 album 'Silhouette of Sirens.'

Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi and Jason Sypher pay no mind to established musical categories. 'Music is just music,' Giddens says. The trio perform songs from Giddens and Turrisi's recent collaborative album, 'There Is No Other.'

In a session for the Local Show, Reina del Cid performed songs from her new album 'Morse Code.'

Aldous Harding - the artistic name used by singer-songwriter Hannah Topp - stopped at The Current to play an acoustic set. The songs are ethereal and enigmatic, and Topp is content to let the mystery be.

It's been five years since Minneapolis rapper MaLLy has put out an album, and he's been through a lot in those five years. What has he been up to? 'Transformation, practicing a sober and clean life, meditation, and Buddhism — really just focusing on the music,' he told Andrea Swensson on the Local Show.

Ahead of their sold-out show at First Avenue, Big Thief stopped by The Current studio to perform a live three-song set. As early as soundcheck, it was evident that this was not going to be a run-of-the-mill performance.

Following the release of 'No Man's Land,' his eighth studio album, Frank Turner visited The Current studio to play songs and to share stories of the historical women he sings about on the new record.

Nick Lowe brought his Quality Rock and Roll Revue to First Avenue in Minneapolis on Friday, September 13, 2019.

The title of Jay Som's fourth album comes from the Tagalog language, and it means 'my child.' Jay Som - aka Melina Duterte - and her band visited The Current studio after playing a show at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.

Chicago's seven-piece outfit Whitney visited The Current studio to play songs from their new album, 'Forever Turned Around.' Singer and drummer Julien Ehrlich says when it comes to writing songs, 'The spark is always melody.'