NPR's Scott Simon talks with the 23-year-old guitarist about the tragic event that inspired him to start writing songs and what it was like to collaborate with The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach.

All too often, we in the Twin Cities only pay tribute to beloved musicians after they’re gone. So it was a treat to gather with a few hundred others last night at the Turf Club, celebrating someone who’s very alive: Dolly Parton, whose 74th birthday is Sunday, Jan. 19. Dolly Parton feels zeitgeisty lately, thanks…

It's the 2014 edition of "The Current's 15 Years in 15 Days." For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from 2014 do you want to hear?

This was such a killer week for local music videos. I was stoked to include a new one from Dessa, one of my favorite Minnesota musicians. We also got new visuals from a 15th anniversary party performer and an exciting new Picked to Click band. Want a chance to be featured in an upcoming Friday Five? E-mail…

Although this proved to be yet another disappointing year for the Minnesota Vikings in the playoffs, it’s been a pretty good year for the team in pop music, with an unmissable name-drop in Lizzo’s chart-topping hit “Truth Hurts.” Ten years ago today, the Vikings achieved another music milestone, albeit one that didn’t make quite so…

Transmission's roots are in the worlds of punk, post-punk, new wave, dark wave, synth, power and dream pop, shoegaze, psych, mod, space and Krautrock. Here are 120 songs released in 2019 that fit that mold. Outside of the top five featured tracks, they are listed in alphabetical order and accompanied by a very simple description of genre or feel (not including local Twin Cities artists).

It's the 2013 edition of "The Current's 15 Years in 15 Days." For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from 2013 do you want to hear?

On her first new song in two years, Margo Price offers a lighters-up ode to fighting sexism.

Our top spot is claimed by Michael Kiwanuka who picked up two BRIT Award nominations this week, and is joined by Billie Eilish who was recently chosen to do the theme for the next James Bond movie.

It's the 2012 edition of "The Current's 15 Years in 15 Days." For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from 2012 do you want to hear?