Some talented Minnesota college students have been contributing to our Local Current blog. Here are their picks for the best songs of the year.

Luke Taylor shares his picks for top songs of 2013.

Being a Premier League manager is a tough job; four out of the bottom five clubs have sacked their managers. Malky Mackay and Sam Allardyce hold on to their jobs, but for how long? Plus, a look at some highlights from the weekend and today's London derby, and a music pick for the Kop at Anfield.

Ahead of their first show in over a decade at First Avenue on Friday night, Minneapolis punk quintet Run Westy Run stopped by The Current studios to chat with host Mary Lucia.

Billing themselves as “the world’s first country vocal band,” Minneapolis-based a cappella quartet Home Free soared past their competition and finished in first place on NBC’s The Sing-Off, scoring a recording contract with Sony and a $100,000 grand prize. Home Free first formed 13 years ago in Mankato, Minnesota, where the group’s director and baritone,…

What songs should we play for our Festivus themed 9:30 Coffee Break?

Today Michael Rand chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jade about the Vikings, the Wolves, and the Wild all lossing games over the weekend.

It might be the best bargain of the year for Minnesota music fans: seven bucks for seven bands, with not a lemon in the bunch. That’s how the annual Best New Bands showcase, hosted by First Avenue and sponsored by Radio K, works. The lineup for next month’s show—scheduled for January 30, with tickets on…

When Nick Lowe was first approached by his record company to write a Christmas album, he balked. So, he gave himself an assignment: come up with a Christmas album he would be proud to put his name on.

Andrew Bird - Pulaski At Night, from the new album "I Want To See Pulaski At Night."