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December 19, 2012

Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles have a new session up on the Rock Island, Ill.-based Daytrotter site today, offering fans a handful of acoustic renditions of the songs off their latest full-length, Heat. In typical Daytrotter fashion, the band is depicted in a watercolor-style portrait on the site and their session is accompanied by…

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Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles featured on Daytrotter

Andrea Swensson • Dec 19, 2012

Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles have a new session up on the Rock Island, Ill.-based Daytrotter site today, offering fans a handful of acoustic renditions of the songs off their latest full-length, Heat. In typical Daytrotter fashion, the band is depicted in a watercolor-style portrait on the site and their session is accompanied by…

9:30 Coffee Break: Delivering Packages

9:30 Coffee Break: Delivering Packages

Dec 19, 2012

With so many packages, letters and gifts traveling via snail mail this winter we wanted a Coffee Break for our mail carriers. What songs about letters, packages, mail and deliveries should we play for today's Coffee Break?

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Eating and Drinking with Lynne Rossetto Kasper: The Gift of Local Food

Jade • Dec 19, 2012

Today Lynne spoke to The Morning Show's Steve Seel about giving the gift of food. They discuss the different local food options you can gift this holiday season.

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Today in Music History: Carl Perkins Records "Blue Suede Shoes"

Dec 19, 2012

Today in Music History, Paul Simon hosted Saturday Night Live, Lady Sovereign was born and Carl Perkins recorded a song about his favorite footwear.

Shopping Local: Interview with MN Monthly's Ellen Burkhardt

Shopping Local: Interview with MN Monthly's Ellen Burkhardt

Dec 19, 2012

The Morning Show's Steve Seel sat down with Minnesota Monthly's Associate Editor, Ellen Burkhardt to discuss where to go to shop local this holiday season.

The top in-studios of 2012

The top in-studios of 2012

Peter Valelly • Dec 19, 2012

The Current had the pleasure of hosting many great bands and musicians in our studios throughout 2012. Find out which of these performances were our most-viewed and most-read.

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Nicholas David takes third place on The Voice

Andrea Swensson • Dec 18, 2012

As Nicholas David would say, “Holy buckets!” It was another long, drawn-out elimination process on NBC’s The Voice, as Eagan’s Nicholas David (who we know as Nick “The Feelin” Mrozinski) performed as one of three final contestants. But as the last minutes of the season ticked by, host Carson Daly revealed that our homeboy placed…

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Absolutely Cuckoo: Minnesota covers ‘The 69 Love Songs’

Andrea Swensson • Dec 18, 2012

Minnesota musicians have banded together to pay tribute to the Magnetic Fields by covering all 69 tracks from their three-disc concept album 69 Love Songs. “The band is an indie rock institution, and it’s their most classic album,” Matt Latterell recently told the Local Show. Latterell worked with Chuck Terhark to assemble the compilation, build…

9:30 CoffeeBreak: Legal Issues

9:30 CoffeeBreak: Legal Issues

Dec 18, 2012

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break we are looking for songs with a "legal theme". Songs about law, court, any legal jargon that you can think of. We want to know what songs you think we should play.

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The Throbbing Hive with John Moe: Walmart + Facebook = BFF

Jade • Dec 18, 2012

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about Walmart's huge promotion with Facebook and they look at ways to get help this holiday season if you are feeling a little overwhelmed.

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