Throughout the events that have unfolded since the killing of George Floyd, Morning Show host Jill Riley has been sharing her platform with numerous musicians and community members to share their perspectives about what has been going on. She connected with local neo-soul musician Lady Lark to talk about what she has witnessed in the…

After the police killing of George Floyd, Morning Show host Jill Riley has been inviting community members onto her show in order to share their perspectives on the events that have since unfolded. On Wednesday morning she connected with Melvin Carter, the current mayor of St. Paul and also the first African American mayor of…

Shortly before his death, Prine sat down, in his living room, with producer Dave Cobb to record one last plainspoken reflection. It's a deeply graceful look back at a life well lived.

Temp check! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, is there a song that represents the way you feel today?

Donald Thomas, aka Bayou, is an artist, designer and activist. Bayou joined The Current's Morning Show to talk to Jill Riley about his work on murals in the Twin Cities and about the wider work to be done everywhere to dismantle systemic racism and to uplift communities. 'It really is up to every individual in their own position to fight and push for change,' he says.

If you have a music video you would like to be featured, send it my way at fridayfive [at] thecurrent.org! Lewiee Blaze – “Freedom Fighter” “Freedom Fighter” is rapper Lewiee Blaze’s ode to black activists, from protest footage from Minneapolis this past week to historical figures like Fred Hampton. The artist’s candid recording of events…

Most epidemiologists say that at this point, they won't feel comfortable attending a concert for over a year. Even as the United States start to reopen from coronavirus lockdown, the financial crisis for the concert industry is deepening, with a potentially devastating round of permanent venue closures looming.

When their 2017 project, 'Years of Obscurity,' came out, Nazeem and Spencer Joles were in a dark place. Since then, they've made changes in their lives, embraced positive habits, and used that vulnerability to create their new album and to establish a new name. The duo spoke to correspondent Jeffrey Bissoy about their process - in the studio and in life in general.

Yesterday, Morning Show host Jill Riley spoke with Tim Wilson, the owner and operator of Urban Lights, the only black-owned record store in the Twin Cities, which has been around for nearly three decades now. The two discussed the history of Urban Lights, the rebuilding of the Midway neighborhood following the events of the last…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what "witness" songs do you want to hear?