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December 07, 2015

Following the release of their album Insane World, Mixed Blood Majority's Crescent Moon, Lazerbeak and Joe Horton stopped by The Current to perform live in-studio and to chat with host Andrea Swensson of The Local Show.

Mixed Blood Majority perform in The Current studio

Mixed Blood Majority perform in The Current studio

Andrea Swensson and Mixed Blood Majority • Dec 7, 2015

Following the release of their album Insane World, Mixed Blood Majority's Crescent Moon, Lazerbeak and Joe Horton stopped by The Current to perform live in-studio and to chat with host Andrea Swensson of The Local Show.

Today’s Music News: Holly Woodlawn, actress and ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ inspiration, dies at 69

Today’s Music News: Holly Woodlawn, actress and ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ inspiration, dies at 69

Staff • Dec 7, 2015

Holly Woodlawn has died of cancer at age 69. A pioneer as a transgender actress, Woodlawn was a member of Andy Warhol‘s Factory and was immortalized in song in the opening verse of Lou Reed‘s “Walk on the Wild Side”: Holly came from Miami F-L-A / Hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A. / Plucked her eyebrows on the…

9:30 Coffee Break: Songs from Grammy-nominated artists

9:30 Coffee Break: Songs from Grammy-nominated artists

Anna Reed • Dec 7, 2015

For today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from this year's Grammy-nominated artists?

Wild Belle and Matt Hires to headline Fine Line benefit for Children’s Hospitals

Wild Belle and Matt Hires to headline Fine Line benefit for Children’s Hospitals

Mackenzie Martin • Dec 7, 2015

For the second time, the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota will be holding an annual benefit concert — held over the course of two nights at the Fine Line Music Café, Dec. 18-19. The first night will feature brother-and-sister duo Wild Belle with special guests Peter Wolf Crier, Jillian Rae, and Old Desert Road. The second night…

Ben Folds #Microshow at the Turf Club in St. Paul

Ben Folds #Microshow at the Turf Club in St. Paul

Jade • Dec 7, 2015

The Current hosted an exclusive happy-hour concert with Ben Folds at the Turf Club in St. Paul, Minn., back in November. Ben played some older songs as well as songs from his new album, 'So There.' Listen to the songs and watch video from the performance.

Listen to a new single from Claire de Lune and Grant Cutler’s tiny deaths

Listen to a new single from Claire de Lune and Grant Cutler’s tiny deaths

Andrea Swensson • Dec 7, 2015

Vocalist and songwriter Claire de Lune has undergone a remarkable transition since leaving the Chalice a few years back. She’s teamed up with the highly respected electro-pop producer Grant Cutler (Lookbook) to form tiny deaths, an enigmatic and evocative pop project that splashes around in the murky waters that surround Beach House and lounges just down…

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Today in Music History: '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay'

Dec 7, 2015

Carl Douglas was at the top of the U.S. singles chart with 'Kung Fu Fighting'; John Lennon's MBE medal he returned to the Queen was found; and Otis Redding went into the studio to record '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay'.

Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd lead 2016 Grammy nominees

Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd lead 2016 Grammy nominees

Jay Gabler • Dec 7, 2015

2016 Grammy nominees were announced on Monday morning, with country-turned-pop star Taylor Swift and dynamic R&B artist The Weeknd each scooping Record of the Year and Album of the Year nominations — Swift for “Blank Space” (also a Song of the Year nominee) and 1989, The Weeknd for “Can’t Feel My Face” and Beauty Behind the Madness. Swift…

Album of the Week: Coldplay, 'A Head Full of Dreams'

Album of the Week: Coldplay, 'A Head Full of Dreams'

David Safar • Dec 7, 2015

Coldplay's seventh studio album contains some of the most intriguing work of the band's career, but it is exactly what you would expect from England's biggest pop-rock act.

Today’s Music News: Ringo Starr’s copy of the Beatles’ White Album sells for record $790,000

Today’s Music News: Ringo Starr’s copy of the Beatles’ White Album sells for record $790,000

Staff • Dec 6, 2015

At a charity auction, Ringo Starr‘s personal mono copy of the Beatles‘ White Album sold for $790,000 — setting a new record for the most money ever paid for a vinyl record. The drum kit Starr used to record Beatles classics like “I Want to Hold Your Hand” sold for $2.2 million, to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.…

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