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July 12, 2016

Ahead of his 'American Dreamer' release show at the Turf Club, Frankie Lee and company stopped by The Current to perform live in-studio and to chat with host Bill DeVille.

Frankie Lee performs in The Current studio

Frankie Lee performs in The Current studio

Bill DeVille, Leah Garaas and Frankie Lee • Jul 12, 2016

Ahead of his 'American Dreamer' release show at the Turf Club, Frankie Lee and company stopped by The Current to perform live in-studio and to chat with host Bill DeVille.

Music News: St. Vincent remakes ‘Golden Girls’ theme song

Music News: St. Vincent remakes ‘Golden Girls’ theme song

Staff • Jul 12, 2016

You might not even recognize the Golden Girls theme song “Thank You For Being a Friend” as reimagined by St. Vincent, who shared her eerie take via Twitter. (Rolling Stone) I remade the "Golden Girls" theme song into a dirge. #thankyouforbeingafriend pic.twitter.com/1UaKx6oGgk — St. Vincent (@st_vincent) July 11, 2016 Banks releases NSFW single Banks has released a new…

Help pick the music for Transmission's 5th anniversary show

Help pick the music for Transmission's 5th anniversary show

Jul 12, 2016

On Thursday, July 14, Transmission celebrates its five-year anniversary of being broadcast on The Current. Help Jake Rudh create the anniversary-show playlist by voting for your 10 favorite Transmission tunes.

Coffee Break: Hot dog songs

Coffee Break: Hot dog songs

Anna Reed • Jul 12, 2016

Sorry vegetarians! To celebrate this week's upcoming National Hot Dog Day, we're going all meat for today's Coffee Break. What songs that mention hot dogs do you want to hear this morning?

Today in Music History: Zager and Evans' 'In The Year 2525' hit No. 1

Today in Music History: Zager and Evans' 'In The Year 2525' hit No. 1

Jul 12, 2016

Rolling Stones made their live debut, a Limp Bizkit got arrested in St. Paul, Soul Asylum's Dan Murphy is 54 and Zager and Evans' "In The Year 2525" hit No. 1, Today in Music History.

Music News: CHVRCHES and Hayley Williams star in animated video for ‘Bury It’

Music News: CHVRCHES and Hayley Williams star in animated video for ‘Bury It’

Staff • Jul 11, 2016

CHVRCHES and Hayley Williams acquire telekinetic powers in a new animated video for the remix of “Bury It,” which features the Paramore singer as a guest vocalist. (Billboard) Calls for peace and justice continue Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jennifer Lopez have released a new single, “Love Makes the World Go Round.” The song was created in the wake of the…

Coffee Break: Scottish musicians

Coffee Break: Scottish musicians

Jul 11, 2016

We had a blast letting Shirley Manson of Garbage take over our airwaves this morning. In honor of Shirley and her Scottish heritage, what songs do you want to hear from Scottish musicians for today's Coffee Break?

Theft of the Dial: Shirley Manson

Theft of the Dial: Shirley Manson

Jill Riley, Daniel Nass and Brian Oake • Jul 11, 2016

Garbage are currently on tour in support of their new album, Strange Little Birds. Ahead of their show at the Skyway Theatre, lead singer Shirley Manson stopped by The Current to chat with Brian Oake and Jill Riley, and also to take over our airwaves with a Theft of the Dial.

What Prince meant to Chanhassen

What Prince meant to Chanhassen

Raisa Elhadi • Jul 11, 2016

I grew up in Chanhassen, Minn., a small, ordinary suburb of the Twin Cities that also happened to be the part-time home of Prince Rogers Nelson. Prince, in all his expressive, eccentric, flamboyant glory, was everything that Chanhassen was not. His presence and everything he stood for was starkly juxtaposed against this white backdrop. As…

“The Palabras Project” brings hip-hop, flamenco to Park Square Theatre

“The Palabras Project” brings hip-hop, flamenco to Park Square Theatre

Cecilia Johnson • Jul 11, 2016

Read this article in Spanish here. As I write in English, I tend to feel a sentence’s rhythm. Even if I don’t have the most precise words for what I want to communicate, I keep going, writing “word?” where I’m uncertain. Later, I fill in the gaps. That’s what I do in English. But last Friday, when…

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