Jill Riley and Steve Seel of The Current's Morning Show headed out to the Minnesota State Fair bright and early to broadcast live from the MPR booth on the corner of Judson and Nelson. Josh Hartnett stopped by for a Theft of the Dial and Bomba de Luz performed.

Deborah DeStaffan of New York was the art director of the Replacements' Tim album. She shares insights about the artwork and about the creative community from which it emerged.

Actor and Twin Cities native Josh Hartnett stopped by the MPR booth during The Current's Morning Show live broadcast from the Minnesota State Fair. Hartnett picks some songs for summer, talks about his upcoming projects and describes what he loves about Minnesota.

Minnesota Public Radio will once again set up camp at the corner of Judson and Nelson for a series of live broadcasts by all three stations. Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles kicked off The Current's live broadcast schedule with just the right music for a gorgeous opening day at the Minnesota State Fair.

Since we are currently surrounded by the sights, smells, and sounds of the fair we thought we'd bring a little bit of that to the radio airwaves with today's Coffee Break.

If you’ve visited the Current’s site at all this week, chances are you picked up on a theme—we’re a little excited about the Replacements’ first show in 22 years, happening this Sunday night in Toronto, and it’s given us an excuse to dive deep into one of Minnesota’s most revered bands. For the beginners who…

Johnny Cash was topping the charts, Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground parted ways, and David Bowie put out Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) Today in Music History.

The Starfolk - To The Gate, from the new self-titled album.

Another Chart Show first: The Number One artist is still in high school! Lorde, also known as Ella Yelich-O'Connor, took some time off recently though — remember it's NOT summer in New Zealand where she's from! Her first trip to the states garnered good reviews of her live performance.

In anticipation of spending time with you at the Great Minnesota Get-Together we are gathering a "together" themed Coffee Break set of songs.