The Georgia-born soul-folk wunderkind talks with Jade and picks a playlist that takes us into the forest - and the future (3500, specifically).

R&B legend Allen Toussaint died Tuesday, Nov. 10, of an apparent heart attack after a concert in Madrid. He was 77 years old. The Current's program director, Jim McGuinn, shares a personal reflection on Toussaint's life and career.

Riding on the success of her fourth studio album, Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey sat down for a chat with The Current's David Safar about glamorized paranoia and her love of Father John Misty and Miss Nina Simone.

Film director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, Steve Jobs) says that he was developing a musical about David Bowie — until Bowie declined to allow the use of his music. In other Bowie news, you can now hear a two-minute excerpt from Bowie’s new song: “Blackstar,” the title track of his forthcoming album; the song will run under the credits of the forthcoming…

Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams have toured with many national acts but say their time touring with Levon Helm gave them the spark to work as a musical duo themselves. They stopped in to the Radio Heartland studio to play a few songs and to chat with host Mike Pengra.

Legendary musician, songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint died today at age 77. To honor his memory, for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that were performed, written or produced by Allen Toussaint? Send us your requests.

This week, John Moe stopped by The Current's Morning Show to talk to Jill Riley and Sean McPherson about Amazon running a non-virtual bookstore and about a way you can mix your own version of Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone.'

Today I’m thrilled to announce that in addition to the work I’m already doing on this blog and as host of The O.K. Show, I will be stepping into the role of host and producer of The Local Show at the beginning of 2016. This isn’t a step I’ll be taking lightly. Not only do I have…

So here’s a weird thing that happens when you get a whole bunch of strangers who loved a very complicated and multi-faceted person into a room together: Even though everyone’s desperate to grab on to a moment of connection and bond over the fact that they knew that person, there’s a possibility that everyone might leave…

Justin Vernon, real estate mogul? Not quite, but the Bon Iver leader is one of a quartet of Eau Claire entrepreneurs who are developing the Oxbow Hotel — a property described by its architects as “a boutique hotel property” that “remakes the run-down Green Tree Inn complex on Galloway Street in downtown Eau Claire as a hospitality…