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April 11, 2019

Record Store Day is coming up this Saturday, so Jay and Jade each pick their favorite releases vinyl (and cassette) fans will be able to get their hands on. Also, we talk with Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton, who talks about how the event got started and shares some of her favorite RSD memories.

Music News: Record Store Day 2019 releases - our top picks

Music News: Record Store Day 2019 releases - our top picks

Jade and Jay Gabler • Apr 11, 2019

Record Store Day is coming up this Saturday, so Jay and Jade each pick their favorite releases vinyl (and cassette) fans will be able to get their hands on. Also, we talk with Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton, who talks about how the event got started and shares some of her favorite RSD memories.

Champagne Confetti push the boundaries of orchestral music in The Current studio

Champagne Confetti push the boundaries of orchestral music in The Current studio

Andrea Swensson and Simone Cazares • Apr 11, 2019

Featuring some of the Twin Cities, top musicians from across genres, Champagne Confetti are an 11-piece orchestra that blend ambient sounds with electronic beats, R&B and chamber music. The group perform at the Parkway Theater on Apr. 13 and stopped by The Current studio to share more about their work.

Remembering Nipsey Hussle: one degree of separation

Remembering Nipsey Hussle: one degree of separation

Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis • Apr 11, 2019

On the day rapper, entrepreneur and activist Nipsey Hussle is memorialized in Los Angeles, MPR News' Jeffrey Bissoy shares an interview he did with Hussle at the Blacks in Technology conference on October 2018. Bissoy also reflects on Hussle's legacy in music and in the broader community.

Coffee Break: Howling winds

Coffee Break: Howling winds

Anna Weggel • Apr 11, 2019

Snow and howling winds are making it difficult to get around the Midwest today. In the metro area, winds could gust up to 55 mph at times. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention wind, cyclones, tornadoes, or maybe even have wind noise in them?

The Chart Show: Eilish Acclaimed Across the Board

The Chart Show: Eilish Acclaimed Across the Board

Mark Wheat • Apr 11, 2019

With an album created in her bedroom, Billie Eilish tops the charts at Billboard and The Current this week.

Music News: Songwriters ask concert promoters for a raise

Music News: Songwriters ask concert promoters for a raise

Jay Gabler • Apr 10, 2019

BMI is trying to get concert promoters to share more revenue with songwriters. Also in the news today: an L.A. intersection will be renamed for Nipsey Hussle, Sharon Osbourne opens up about Ozzy's health struggles, Mandy Moore's making new music, Escort recreate a classic Journey video, and two pieces of exciting news for fans of movies and music. (Hint: tell me more, tell me more...)

Dead Horses perform three new songs at Radio Heartland

Dead Horses perform three new songs at Radio Heartland

Mike Pengra • Apr 10, 2019

Wisconsin duo Dead Horses' stopped in to the Radio Heartland studio to play three new singles, including two previously unreleased songs.

Coffee Break: Songs for National Library Week

Coffee Break: Songs for National Library Week

Anna Weggel • Apr 10, 2019

April 7-13 is National Library Week, originally formed in 1958 to motivate people to read and to support libraries. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for National Library Week?

Did you know Mall of America has a music-themed blacklight mini golf course?

Did you know Mall of America has a music-themed blacklight mini golf course?

Tom Loftus • Apr 10, 2019

You probably wouldn’t think to connect mini golf and contemporary music — beyond, maybe, the Gee Gee Shinn novelty record released by Putt-Putt Corporation in the late ’60s. There are more connective threads, though, than you might imagine. The popularity of mini golf was exploding just as rock and roll was born in the 1950s, and both came to…

Today in Music History: Happy Birthday, Brian Setzer

Today in Music History: Happy Birthday, Brian Setzer

Apr 10, 2019

Marvin Gaye recorded a hit; Jim Morrison pulled out all the stops in Boston; Peter Frampton came alive in the album charts; Kate Bush was awarded a CBE; and Little Eva passed away, Today in Music History.

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