When Debbie Duncan gets on stage to sing, she enters a different world and brings her audience with her. As a veteran jazz vocalist in the Twin Cities, she is known for her vibrant personality, energy, and range, and she keeps her audience engaged the whole time. Duncan will be releasing her new album Full…

Lesley Gore recorded a breakthrough hit; the photo session for The Beatles' Sgt Pepper album took place; R.E.M. began recording a big album; and MC Hammer was born, Today in Music History.

If you are Christian, you might be celebrating Good Friday today ahead of Sunday's Easter holiday. Let's take musical inspiration from that and hear songs with "good" in the lyrics for today's Coffee Break.

Kate Nash has learned a thing or two from being a wrestler. “The physicality that I’ve become comfortable with by doing Glow has really encouraged me as a live performer, so I’m really inspired at the moment,” she says about her current tour, which comes to the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on April 19.…

The Current’s audience voted the Shackletons’ “Minnesota Girls” number three among the Top 89 Local Songs of 2017, and the band’s music video for the track is out today. The Shackletons have connections to Minnesota that stretch far beyond that song, and have built a considerable following in the local and regional music scenes. Existing…

Dessa, “5 Out Of 6” Dessa paces through New York City streets and beyond in this Raquel Marvez-directed video. See her at the Rochester Art Center on April 4 or First Avenue on April 6 (both shows sold out). The Shackletons, “Minnesota Girls” He’s sorry, Brian Wilson. Read all about the Shackletons‘ new video in…

Jack White's third solo album is a bewildering mix of sounds and lyrics accompanied by wonderful instrumental detours. It holds true to what you expect from White but contains countless surprises throughout the 13 songs.

Today's top music news stories include a Bob Dylan guitar going up for auction, the ouster of Charlie Walk, and Jack White announced for SNL.

Is the artist L.A. Salami (whose full name is Lookman Adekunle Salami) a storyteller, a philosopher, a poet, or just a dude in a band? 'When arrogance possesses me, I would like to think of myself as one of those,' he says. 'It's whatever people make of it.' L.A. Salami visited The Current today to play three songs that showcase this music-making wordsmith.

Happy Birthday to Blues Traveler frontman John Popper, who is known for wearing a vest of many harmonicas. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature the harmonica?