One of the most respected performers, songwriters and producers in music over the past 40 years, Nick Lowe, has recently released a holiday album, Quality Street. Joining The Current's Steve Seel by telephone, Lowe talks about the new album and about how his initial hesitation turned to enthusiasm.

Help us celebrate the winter solstice with a set of songs.

Oscar Isaac, the star of the critically-acclaimed film 'Inside Llewyn Davis' spoke with The Current's Jill Riley about finger-picking guitar, working with Marcus Mumford and T-Bone Burnett, and having the best time of his life.

Har Mar Superstar is making many year-end lists with 'Bye Bye 17.' But what has Sean Tillman, the man behind the Har Mar persona, been listening to this year? Find out in another installment of Theft of the Dial.

Elvis was drafted, Rolling Stones released one of their best albums, and The Hollies released a song about their brother Today in Music History.

I don’t know about you, but the thought of stepping into a shopping mall this weekend with everyone losing their minds over last-minute holiday deals makes me want to curl up on the couch take a big old nap. Shopping for records and other musical paraphernalia at local stores, however? That I can handle. If…

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.