James Vincent McMorrow - Gold, from the new album "Post Tropical."

You know it’s a good party when one of the biggest stars from the first night comes back to perform an encore at the second. After delivering a show-stopping set on Friday, Lizzo returned at the end of headliner Caroline Smith’s performance to steal the spotlight once again—and it was just as much a testament…

In what has now become an annual tradition, the First Avenue Mainroom filled to the brim last night with giddy listeners and members of the Current for the first of two back-to-back birthday parties. Adding to the festivities this year was the fact that the first night of birthday parties took place on the station’s…

Read what everyone had to say about the second night of our two-night party.

Bruce Springsteen is back with one of the more interesting albums he's recorded. His 18th studio album is a kind of an "odds & sods" collection, and the first culled from older material.

To honor Black History Month, The Current is celebrating by spotlighting African-American musical icons from throughout history and across genres. Help us pick who to feature!

Read what everyone had to say about the first night of our two-night party.

As The Current celebrates its ninth birthday, this week we were kind of blown away and humbled by the coverage done by City Pages. We link to City Pages' stories and a day-in-the-life video we think you'll enjoy as much as we did.

To help get everyone ready for the celebration let's put together a play list of songs with the number 9 featured in the title or very prominently in the lyrics. Let's get this party started!

Cube Critic Euan Kerr joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to discuss the Oscar nominees.