This February, The Current is celebrating Black History Month by celebrating four artists chosen by our listeners: Al Green, Nina Simone, Tina Turner, and John Coltrane. We’ll be playing their music on the radio, and we’re asking local artists to share their thoughts on these great African-American musicians. Today, Sonny Knight writes about Al Green.…

Jack White has taken umbrage at The Oklahoma Daily‘s decision to publish the tour rider corresponding to his Monday night show at the University of Oklahoma. William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, the booking agency responsible for booking White and other acts, has notified the university that it will no longer book any artists at university-affiliated venues because,…

Known for his work in the bands Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers, musician Chris Thile is stepping into new territory this weekend and next when he fills in for Garrison Keillor as host of 'A Prairie Home Companion'. "As long as I can avoid 20 minutes of dead air," Thile tells The Current's Steve Seel, "I'll consider it to be something of a success." Listen to the complete interview.

For today's Coffee Break, we're thinking about the Grammys, coming up this Sunday. In particular, we're thinking of the nominees for Best Alternative Music Album. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we want to know, which songs best represent these albums?

Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about a new romantic comedy starring Lily Collins and Sam Clafin. Plus, as Valentine's Day approaches, Steve, Jill and Stephanie discuss romantic films in general.

We’re going to keep things cruising along at a steady clip in this week’s Friday Five—with the short teaser videos and other goodies I’ve rounded up, you should be able to breeze through all five updates in a little over five minutes. Ready, set, let’s go! Cloud Cult Cloud Cult are hard at work on a new…

I can vividly recall the night I sped down Highway 61, blaring “The Great Gig in the Sky,” belting along with Clare Torry in an at-times-quivering falsetto, and thinking about the hometown I was soon to leave behind. With an impending transition to college life in the Twin Cities, I reflected on my time spent…

Rumors spread about the Beatles, Joan Jett made a movie, and we celebrate a reggae superstar Today in Music History.

In a recent interview with Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show, Jack White was asked when he realized that he’d “made it.” White’s response? He hadn’t yet. “When I have coffee with ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic one day,” said White, “that’s when I’ll know. People say ‘I know I’ve made it when “Weird Al” covers your song.’…

Gary Glitter, born Paul Gadd, has been convicted in London of several sex offenses against very young girls in the 1970s. Though Glitter’s 1972 song “Rock and Roll (Part II)” has remained popular as a jock jam, repeated revelations of sex crimes and child pornography have effectively ended his career as an active artist. The sentence for…