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March 28, 2017

Melina Duterte, aka Jay Som, was signed to Polyvinyl Records and released a debut album, 'Everybody Works,' on March 10, 2017. ' I'm still getting used to it,' Duterte says of her budding career. 'I feel like I'm at the beginning stages of making music my job.' Jay Som joined New Hot host David Safar for an in-studio session.

Meet emerging new artist Jay Som on 'New Hot'

Meet emerging new artist Jay Som on 'New Hot'

David Safar • Mar 28, 2017

Melina Duterte, aka Jay Som, was signed to Polyvinyl Records and released a debut album, 'Everybody Works,' on March 10, 2017. ' I'm still getting used to it,' Duterte says of her budding career. 'I feel like I'm at the beginning stages of making music my job.' Jay Som joined New Hot host David Safar for an in-studio session.

Music News: Prince was 'a great supporter' of Bobby Z's heart health

Music News: Prince was 'a great supporter' of Bobby Z's heart health

Jay Gabler • Mar 27, 2017

Today's top music news stories include a Bobby Z interview about Prince and heart health, an update on the NPG-Tidal lawsuit, and the cancellation of Modern English's tour.

Policy and a Pint®: Re-inventing High Schools

Policy and a Pint®: Re-inventing High Schools

Mar 27, 2017

At our latest Policy & A Pint, we talked about how some high schools are finding success through innovation, while others continue to face challenges in re-thinking high school.

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Dessa to perform National Anthem at Twins opener – with Minnesota Orchestra members

Jay Gabler • Mar 27, 2017

When the Minnesota Twins return to Target Field next Monday, April 3, Dessa will be on hand to sing the National Anthem. Accompanying the Doomtree star will be a brass quintet from the Minnesota Orchestra. Update 4/3: Dessa has been forced to cancel due to sickness. Seriously disappointed to announce that I won't be able to…

The Head and the Heart perform #MicroShow at the Turf Club

The Head and the Heart perform #MicroShow at the Turf Club

Mar 27, 2017

Watch The Head and the Heart perform "All We Ever Knew" at the Turf Club as a part of The Current's #MicroShow series.

DJ Pick of the Week: ANOHNI, 'Paradise'

DJ Pick of the Week: ANOHNI, 'Paradise'

Mark Wheat • Mar 27, 2017

Mark Wheat has the DJ Pick for the week of March 27. The song contains a powerful message; Mark explains it's about how 'womanhood and the Earth from which we subsist are deeply intertwined.' Read more from Mark Wheat and listen to the title track from ANOHNI's 'Paradise' EP.

Coffee Break: Space, planets and rockets

Coffee Break: Space, planets and rockets

Anna Reed • Mar 27, 2017

Today in 1968, Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin died. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention space, planets, rockets, etc. do you want to hear?

Today in Music History: Remembering Sarah Vaughan on her birthday

Today in Music History: Remembering Sarah Vaughan on her birthday

Mar 27, 2017

CBS Records announced the stereophonic record; The Supremes enjoyed their fourth No. 1 hit; U2 were told to pipe down; Will Smith got jiggy with it; and Sarah Vaughan was born, Today in Music History.

Album of the Week: Grandaddy, 'Last Place'

Album of the Week: Grandaddy, 'Last Place'

Brian Oake • Mar 27, 2017

Grandaddy's fifth studio album -- and their first since 2006 -- is 'Last Place.' It's our album of the week. Brian Oake writes, 'This album is nostalgic, reflective, and, on most levels, hopeful.'

Regina Spektor shares an expressive set in The Current studio

Regina Spektor shares an expressive set in The Current studio

Jim McGuinn • Mar 26, 2017

In town to play a sold-out show at St. Paul's recently reopened Palace Theatre, Regina Spektor stopped by The Current for a session hosted by Jim McGuinn. The session features fantastic song performances and deep conversation. 'I feel like with music, people have this idea that you either write about yourself or you just write using fiction and that's not personal,' Spektor says. 'But to me, I truly believe that fiction and surrealism and psychedelic thoughts are just as personal.'

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