Believe it or not, there’s never actually been an official soundtrack release for the 1986 John Hughes classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Now, to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, an official soundtrack will finally be released later this year (specific date TBA). The surprising reason there never was a soundtrack release: Hughes didn’t think anybody would want…

The band's sound has changed markedly over the years, but its songs remain rooted in a search for self-improvement, and in a kind of fundamental decency.

1967 was the Summer of Love. 100,000 people gathered in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco for a massive social experiment celebrating gender equality, communal living and free love. For today's Coffee Break, let's recreate the soundtrack to that summer.

Before their June 14, 2016, concert at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minn., Wesley Shultz and Jeremiah Fraites of the Lumineers stopped by The Current to curate a playlist and to take over the airwaves from Jill Riley and Brian Oake.

A new Prince mural at the Chanhassen Cinema will be officially unveiled tomorrow night, June 22, at 7 p.m. The Mayor of Chanhassen will join artist Mr G Hoete to unveil the mural, which will be dedicated to the late music icon’s family. Michael Holtz, who often DJed at Paisley Park, will be providing music…

Local indie band (and non-diegetic movie stars) Rogue Valley are back with new music, having spent the last few years writing, recording, and fine-tuning their fifth studio album, radiate/dissolve. It comes out tomorrow, but ahead of that time, the band is sharing the video for their song “Transference.” As with most of Rogue Valley’s best tracks, this song is…

Jimmy Page made his live debut with The Yardbirds; it was the Summer of Love; Little Richard received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; and John Lee Hooker died, Today in Music History.

At The Current, when we talk about “The List,” we mean one of two things: (1) the list of special vinyl releases for Record Store Day, or (2) the list of new foods at the Minnesota State Fair. The latter List is here: a complete rundown of all the new delicacies we’ll be able to…

As we prepare to celebrate the Replacements on July 5, we're asking you to vote for your favorite tracks by the 'Mats.

Mary Lucia shares an internet find: Keith Richards answering questions with a video response. After determining the site is legit, Mary sent a question to Keef. Now she wants to know: What would you ask Keith Richards?