The Wombats stopped by The Current to record an in-studio session the day after a sold out show at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis in support of their third album, Glitterbug.

To record the Waterboys' latest album, 'Modern Blues', Mike Scott decamped to Nashville. 'I wanted to do it with an American swagger,' Scott explains, 'so I brought in the players from Nashville and from Muscle Shoals, and I think I pulled it off.' Scott stopped at The Current to talk to Jim McGuinn ahead of his show at First Avenue . . . where a 'Purple Rain' cover may just be in the offing.

Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, the married couple who are both in Arcade Fire, are planning to open a Haitian restaurant in their home town of Montreal. The restaurant, to be called Agrikol, will also feature Haitian music and art. The duo will be collaborating with two restauranteurs who run a Haitian restaurant that Butler and…

Each summer the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board’s calendar of events seems to get more and more robust—this season alone they will host over 200 free concerts and screen hundreds of movies at six different parks across the city. Of all of these events, one of the more high-profile and longest-running series is the Walker Art Center’s beloved Music…

“You would never have seen so few people for the Wombats back home,” breathed my friend from Sarstedt, Germany yesterday. We had just reached the back aisles of the Electric Fetus, home to a “special acoustic performance” and signing hosted by the record store and The Current; the band is too popular for such intimate shows…

Sometimes lyrics sound like they mean one thing -- but could mean another. With that in mind, what songs with double-meaning lyrics do you want to hear? Send us your requests.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Jill Riley and Sean McPherson (in for Steve Seel) to talk about three shows that showcase a diversity of people and expression.

Mike Doyle is the official reporter for the Minnesota Wild, and he stopped in to The Current's Morning Show to talk to Jill Riley and Sean McPherson about the Western Conference semifinals, in which the Chicago Blackhawks currently hold a three-game lead. 'If there's a team that knows how to deal with adversity and bounce back, I think it's the Wild,' Doyle says.

The Mamas and the Papas had a big hit; the Stones released a double album; Reginald Dwight legally changed his name to something we all recognize; Terence Trent D'Arby got his wish for a No. 1 hit; and the Style Council made their debut, Today in Music History.

Alabama Shakes' "Don't Wanna Figh" is at #1 for the fifth time; Jack White is inducted to the Hall of Fame; Wolf Alice are the highest new entry; My Morning Jacket and Belle and Sebastian are back after a short hiatus.