The Indigo Girls - Amy Ray and Emily Saliers - join host Andrea Swensson for a Live Virtual Session, playing songs from their new album, 'Look Long.' Ray and Saliers also talk about current events and their longtime, ongoing activism.

In the wake of Blackout Tuesday, will real change come to the music world? The Grammys are changing their use of the word 'urban' and the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum are now 'Lady A,' while BMG is looking at its historic contracts to root out inequities.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from 2020 Americana Honors and Awards nominees?

The Monterey Pop Festival kicked off; Dylan recorded 'Like a Rolling Stone'; the Jackson Five enjoyed a summer TV variety show on CBS; the New York Dolls performed together for the first time since 1975, Today in Music History.

At home in Nashville, Tennessee, Caitlyn Smith talks about and plays songs from her new album, 'Supernova,' released March 13, 2020.

Lady Midnight's debut album 'Death Before Mourning' feels like the cosmos, slipping in and out of fire, water, air, and earth. Her response to George Floyd's death seems to be just as fluid, depending on the needs she senses in herself and the community: duty, mutual care, and now, a moment of peace. On Friday, June 12, she joined The Current's Morning Show to talk to Jill Riley about healing and the definition of "safety."

Although the 2020 Americana Fest in Nashville has been canceled due to COVID-19, the 2020 Americana Honors & Awards will be presented on September 16. This year's nominees include the Highwomen, Black Pumas, Brittany Howard, Nathaniel Rateliff, Yola, Drive-By Truckers and many other artists heard on The Current and Radio Heartland.

Click on any one of Alec Wigdahl’s videos posted to YouTube, and a majority of the comments are forecasts.  “Your [sic] gonna blow up soon I’m calling it 2020,” writes one user. “This man is gonna blow up i swear,” predicts another. “Whos here before he blows up??? He’s (original) [sic] in some way.” The…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs with a gospel influence do you want to hear? We're talking indie and pop songs that are clearly influenced by gospel.

Kyu Sakamoto started a three-week run at No. 1 with "Sukiyaki,"; The Doors played in Minneapolis; Dire Straits topped the album charts; Nirvana released their debut album; the world said goodbye to Ella Fitzgerald; and the Beastie Boys hosted the Tibetan Freedom Concert, Today in Music History.