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September 25, 2014

In town to play at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Townes Earle stopped in to The Current for a warm and very open conversation with Mary Lucia.

Justin Townes Earle performs live in The Current studio

Justin Townes Earle performs live in The Current studio

Mary Lucia • Sep 25, 2014

In town to play at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Townes Earle stopped in to The Current for a warm and very open conversation with Mary Lucia.

YourClassical

First Listen: 'Live Current Vol. 10'

Sep 25, 2014

To celebrate The Current's 10th edition of Live Current, Minnesota Public Radio is releasing two albums, packaged together — Live Current Volume 10 and Live Current: Cover to Cover. Barb Abney is hosting a live listening party on air, and we'll reveal the tracklisting here in real time!

#Current15: 'Live Current Cover to Cover'

#Current15: 'Live Current Cover to Cover'

Sep 25, 2014

To celebrate The Current's 10th edition of Live Current, Minnesota Public Radio is releasing two albums, packaged together — Live Current Volume 10 and Live Current: Cover to Cover. Barb Abney is hosting a live listening party on air, and we'll reveal the tracklisting here in real time!

YourClassical

9:30 Coffee Break: Bad Movie, Good Soundtrack

Sep 25, 2014

What movies do you think are horrible, but that produced a great movie soundtrack? We'll pick out a couple of your favorites for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Weekend Arts Roundup: Ballrooms, Bombs and Puppets

Weekend Arts Roundup: Ballrooms, Bombs and Puppets

Marianne Combs • Sep 25, 2014

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Steve Seel and Jade (in for Jill Riley) to talk about productions that present three diverse ways of storytelling.

#Current15: Live Current, Volume 10 (2014)

#Current15: Live Current, Volume 10 (2014)

Sep 25, 2014

Live Current is a yearly collection of some of the best in-studio sessions and live performances recorded in a given year. Listen to Volume 10, featuring songs from 2014, and throughout the history of The Current.

Live Current Volume 10 cover artist Jesse Lindhorst

Live Current Volume 10 cover artist Jesse Lindhorst

Steve Seel, Jill Riley, Jesse Lindhorst and Matt Perkins • Sep 25, 2014

Minneapolis graphic designer and illustrator Jesse Lindhorst was selected to create the artwork for Live Current Volume 10. Lindhorst talks with the Morning Show about his process and inspiration.

Today in Music History: Honoring John Bonham

Today in Music History: Honoring John Bonham

Sep 25, 2014

Sam Cooke topped two charts, the Beatles become cartoons, and John Bonham passed away Today in Music History.

Today’s Music News: Blondie celebrate 40 years, but still need one more hit

Today’s Music News: Blondie celebrate 40 years, but still need one more hit

Staff • Sep 25, 2014

“We still need one more hit,” Debbie Harry says of her band Blondie. “I take a lot of vitamins. It helps.” The band are celebrating 40 years together with a New York City art exhibit featuring rare memorabilia as well as photos of Harry by Robert Mapplethorpe, Annie Leibowitz, and more. (Billboard) Meanwhile, the band’s former hangout CBGB…

The Chart Show: Ryan Adams, Hozier soar to the top ahead of Twin Cities gigs

The Chart Show: Ryan Adams, Hozier soar to the top ahead of Twin Cities gigs

Mark Wheat • Sep 25, 2014

Ryan Adams tops the Chart on the back of being our Album of the Week. Jim McGuinn suggests in his review of the self-titled album that Ryan has a deep connection with another recently re-energized rocker, Tom Petty.

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