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.

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…

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

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…

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.

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…

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'.

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…

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.

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.…