Singer Colin Meloy remembers when literally no one was listening to his music. Once his band cracked the mainstream, he found himself missing the artistic freedom that comes with anonymity.

The four surviving members of the Grateful Dead have announced that they will reunite for three 50th anniversary shows this July, at Chicago’s Soldier Field—the venue where the band played their last show with Jerry Garcia before he died in 1995. Standing in for Garcia at the reunion shows will be Trey Anastasio of Phish, perhaps the most successful jam…

Motion City Soundtrack celebrated their second album Commit This To Memory by kicking off a tenth anniversary tour at the Varsity Theater. After selling out the original show on Jan. 17, the band added another show on Jan. 15, which sold out as well.  A variety of artists—including Hawthorne Heights, William Beckett, and Hellogoodbye—will be…

When it comes to intimate performance spaces, it doesn’t get much more in-your-face than the tiny confines of the Bryant-Lake Bowl’s 82-person capacity theater. On Sunday night, seeing the established and revered singer-songwriters Dan Wilson, Caroline Smith, and Jeremy Messersmith pour their hearts out from just feet away felt not just rare but dangerously special, like a…

The Beatles are played in court, Bob Dylan caused a traffic jam, and Carl Perkins died Today in Music History.

After a busy 2014 that saw the release of two new studio albums, 2015 so far has seen Prince staying busy and in the public eye. He wowed the Golden Globes audience with a surprise appearance to present the award for Best Original Song, and now he’s released a video for “MARZ,” a song from…

On their seventh album, The Decemberists continue their trajectory away from the fictive, toward the personal. This album delivers more inquiry into the human condition while retaining some of the band's trademark whimsy.

It’s no secret that the Current plays a lot of local music (fun fact: there are 6,430 songs by Minnesota artists in the station’s digital library, which amounts to about 15% of the total catalog), and it’s a practice that dates all the way back to the first day the station launched in January 2005.…

As part of our #Current10 celebrations, many of the staff at The Current are sharing their favorite memories. DJ Bill DeVille shares some of his favorite recollections, noting one of them "is just doing a live radio every weekend. I never take it for granted."

As part of our #Current10 celebrations, many of the staff at The Current are sharing their favorite memories. Program Director Jim McGuinn shares some of his favorite recollections, from Rock the Cradle to Rock the Garden to meeting some musical legends.