When you imagine Minnesota in February, what comes to mind? Maybe live music isn’t the first thing to pop up, but a new music festival in Red Wing is hoping to change that. Big Turn Music Fest will take place in downtown Red Wing on Feb. 16 and 17, and will feature nearly 100 bands…

Happy Thanksgiving from The Current! To help you celebrate the day, or to give you a moment of zen, freelance illustrator and The Current listener Corey Sweeter has provided a 2017 edition of Fritz the Turkey for you to print and color in any way you'd like.

Queens of the Stone Age make their second entry in the Hall of Fame, as well as The National who spent their last week topping the chart.

Gather round the radio and hop into the Time Machine this weekend and relive years past and present through music. We set the dials and take a musical trip through a specific year each hour. It's a Time Machine Weekend, starting Wednesday morning at 10 and running all throughout the holiday weekend. Happy Thanksgiving from all your friends at The Current!

David Cassidy, best known for his role as Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical-sitcom The Partridge Family, passed away yesterday at the age of 67. In honor of David, and in honor of Thanksgiving and time spent with loved ones, what family bands do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Simon Spence's new book tells the story of one of the most surprising comebacks in rock history: the Bee Gees' 1970s re-emergence as disco heroes.

Before his sold-out show in the First Avenue Mainroom on Monday, Nov. 20, Liam Gallagher took some time to talk with Jill Riley and Brian Oake. 'I don't see myself as an artist,' Gallagher says. 'I see myself as just a rock and roll singer who writes a tune every now and again.' Listen to the full interview and read highlights from the conversation.

Karen O celebrates a birthday; Simon and Garfunkel were on TV; Jesus and Mary Chain were arrested; and Pearl Jam released 'Vitalogy', Today in Music History.

As the holiday season comes upon us, many ballet companies around the country are getting ready to present Tchaikovsky’s traditional Christmas classic, but The Hip Hop Nutcracker is mixing things up and changing the story to keep up with the times. When I walked into the historic State Theatre last night, it was clear that…

At Brickmania in northeast Minneapolis, the company’s “commander in chief” Dan Siskind is building a massive, incredibly detailed Lego model of the entire First Avenue and 7th St Entry complex. It’s a passion project for Siskind, who used to be in “a bunch of punk bands that you’ve probably never heard of.” Working to scale…