Ever since he was 14 years old, Fraser A. Gorman has often heard he looks like Bob Dylan. 'If I had a dollar for every time,' Gorman says, 'damn, I'd have like, a thousand bucks.' Ten years on, Gorman sounds a bit like Dylan, too. He stopped by The Current's studio for a chat with Bill DeVille ahead of Gorman's show at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.

Keyboardist Carey Lander, a member of Camera Obscura since 2002, has died of bone cancer at age 33. In her final months, Lander was actively raising funds to fight osteosarcoma. “It’s probably too late to help me,” she wrote on a JustGiving page, “but it would be great if we could find something in the future that…

Manuel Cuevas is a superstar of clothing design: his suits have graced stages and album covers; several of his works are enshrined in museums. On a recent visit to Nashville, The Current's Jim McGuinn got to meet Manuel and hear about his life, 'a documentary waiting to happen.' Read about Jim's visit with Manuel, and see photos of Jim in some of Manuel's one-of-a-kind designs.

I’ll admit that when St. Paul’s History Theatre announced they were going to stage a musical based on the Glensheen murders, I was skeptical. There seemed to be an acute danger of letting the case’s Gothic details—the mansion on the lake, the “board-game weapons” (as one of the characters puts it) used to commit the crimes,…

Ahead of her show at the Varsity Theater, London's Lianne La Havas stopped by The Current to perform live in-studio and to chat with host Mark Wheat about her latest album Blood.

A rock opera is no small undertaking, but Titus Andronicus's front man Patrick Stickles was inspired by something deeply personal. 'It's an allegory for my own personal struggles,' Stickles says, '[but] I'm not unique in my experiences; people around the world feel the way I do.' Check out the full session.

Last night, the Minnesota Wild won their season opener 5 to 4, propelled by Zach Parise's hat trick. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention 'magic,' 'trick' or 'tricky'? Send us your requests.

Cube Critic Stephanie Curtis joins Lindsay Kimball (in for Jill Riley) and Sean McPherson to talk about a new film that imagines a prequel to the Peter Pan myth. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara and Levi Miller. 'It's such a mess,' Stephanie says.

Thirty-three civilians showed up to Paisley Park late last night. I know there were 33 of us because I ended up having plenty of time to count each and every one of us from left to right, then again from right to left and all the way up to the stage, which was littered with dozens of guitar pedals,…

Ray Charles had a hit with 'Hit the Road, Jack'; Glen Campbell did some session guitar work for the Beach Boys; Sean Lennon was born on his dad's birthday; Beethoven inspired a disco hit; and John Lennon was born in Liverpool 75 years ago Today in Music History.