The Person and The People - I Was Wrong, from the new album "Big Whoop."

The final new chart of the year sees our second local #1. Cloud Cult managed that feat back in April. The Head and the Heart are inducted into our Hall of Fame as is Janelle Monae, who would've been IF we had a chart next week, so it only seems fair. That makes 52 inductees this year!

If, as a music fan, you know anything about the Coen Brothers’ new film Inside Llewyn Davis, you know that it’s about the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene. That is, indeed, the film’s setting—but this quiet, intensely personal film isn’t “about” that scene in the ways you might expect. Though it has elements of parody,…

Transmission's roots are in the worlds of post-punk, new wave, synth, power & dream pop, shoegaze, psych, mod, space and Krautrock. Here are DJ Jake Rudh's picks for the top songs of 2013.

What should we play for round two of the best and worst holiday songs?

Marianne Combs joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk something for everyone, like many little holiday gifts — including something that has nothing to do with the holidays.

Thursday, December 19 Mad Ripple Hootenanny Harriet Brewing, Minneapolis 5:30 p.m., free, all agesJim Walsh’s long-running Mad Ripple Hootenanny moves to a new home this week. This time the round-robin style songwriter showcase will happen in Harriet Brewing’s South Minneapolis tap room, which has been hosting a wide array of local talent this year. The…

James Norton made a special trip to The Current's Morning Show to talk to us about the Local Gift Guide that Heavy Table put together.

The staff at RiverRock Studios (formerly WaterBury Studios), in Northeast Minneapolis, have enlisted several local musicians for a new take on traditional holiday music. The Sounds of Giving, an album of Christmas songs, was produced by Tommy Barbarella and engineered by Eric Blomquist. The proceeds from Sounds of Giving will go to The Bridge for Youth program,…

“When we left our home in St. Paul where we started this show many years ago, as part of our penance for leaving St. Paul, the mayor, Chris Coleman, has decided to come wearing a skirt and play the bagpipes for us.” With that introduction from the New Standards’ Chan Poling, Mayor Coleman indeed appeared…