Listen to the seventh annual New Standards Holiday Show in its entirety (and watch St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman play the bagpipes).

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects, from the album "Soul Time."

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break we thought we'd try to spread a little bit of hygge. We'll play your suggestions for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel about Justine Sacco, the Twitter mob's most recent obsession, and the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Têtes Noires: The New American Dream reissue Active in the mid-80s, Têtes Noires—who regard themselves as Minneapolis’s “first all-female rock band”—were contemporaries of the Replacements, but sang in multi-part vocal harmonies that sounded more like the Andrews Sisters. Three decades later, Têtes Noires are back with a reissue of their 1984 album American Dream, now called…

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,…