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December 30, 2017

New music is always arriving in our mailboxes, headphones, and radio rotation. As part of our Top 89 end-of-year celebration, we asked you for your favorite new names of 2017. Here are the top five.

Top 89 of 2017: New Artists

Top 89 of 2017: New Artists

Cecilia Johnson • Dec 30, 2017

New music is always arriving in our mailboxes, headphones, and radio rotation. As part of our Top 89 end-of-year celebration, we asked you for your favorite new names of 2017. Here are the top five.

Top 89 of 2017: Twin Cities Concerts

Top 89 of 2017: Twin Cities Concerts

Cecilia Johnson • Dec 30, 2017

We asked, you voted! All December long, you — the local music lover — voted for your favorite Twin Cities concerts of 2017, and the results are in.

Top 89 of 2017: Local Artists

Top 89 of 2017: Local Artists

Dec 30, 2017

We asked, you voted! All December long, you — the local music lover — voted for your favorite Minnesotan artists, and the results are in.

Top 89 of 2017: Music Videos

Top 89 of 2017: Music Videos

Luke Taylor • Dec 30, 2017

We asked, you voted! All December long, you -- the music lover -- voted for your favorite music videos released in 2017, and the results are in.

The most slept-on Hip-Hop and R&B artists of 2017

The most slept-on Hip-Hop and R&B artists of 2017

Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis • Dec 29, 2017

2017 was a major year for Hip-Hop and R&B, but so many victories for the world's most popular genre means that there were many artists who didn't get as much love. As 2017 comes to close, contributor Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis wants to spotlight five artists who flew under the radar.

Top 89 of 2017: Local Songs

Top 89 of 2017: Local Songs

Dec 29, 2017

Join us to celebrate 2017 in local music! As part of The Current's Top 89 polls, we count down the Top 89 local songs of the year as voted by you.

Radio Heartland's 2017 in-studio highlights

Radio Heartland's 2017 in-studio highlights

Mike Pengra • Dec 29, 2017

For this year-end special, Radio Heartland's Mike Pengra rounded up one song from each live performance in chronological order and mashed them together for a program of great, live music. You'll hear from Rodney Crowell, Rose Cousins, Kris Delmhorst, David Rawlings, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, the Blind Boys of Alabama and many, many more.

Coffee Break: Artists we lost in 2017 (part 2)

Coffee Break: Artists we lost in 2017 (part 2)

Anna Reed • Dec 29, 2017

2016 took the lives of many of our favorite musicians, and 2017 wasn't so nice either. In the second installment of this 2-day Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from musicians that died in 2017?

James Buckley of Icehouse on finding the perfect mix — on stage and in life

James Buckley of Icehouse on finding the perfect mix — on stage and in life

Youa Vang • Dec 29, 2017

If you ask James Buckley whether he defines himself as a musician or a talent buyer, he will reply with “musician” before you can even finish your question. On his way to band rehearsal with the Blenders, the musician sits in the window corner at Icehouse, a place he has helped curate, and recounts his…

Today in Music History: Remembering Tim Hardin

Today in Music History: Remembering Tim Hardin

Dec 29, 2017

Today in Music History: Tim Hardin died, Jim Croce scored his second No. 1 U.S. single of the year when "Time In A Bottle" went to the top of the charts, Madonna was at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Like A Virgin".

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