September 12, 2020With Toots and the Maytals, Toots Hibbert helped popularize - and even name - the genre of reggae. Save This Story
Toots Hibbert, of Toots and the Maytals, dies at 77Jay Gabler • Sep 12, 2020With Toots and the Maytals, Toots Hibbert helped popularize - and even name - the genre of reggae.
Music News: new music roundupJade • Sep 11, 2020From Janelle Monae to SZA, Gorillaz, New Order and the newest Sylvan Esso track, there are some heavy hitters this week.
Coffee Break: Give the drummer someSean McPherson and Anna Weggel • Sep 11, 2020Rush drummer Neil Peart passed away earlier this year and tomorrow (his birthday) the live-streamed Modern Drummer Festival 2020 will be in tribute to him. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that celebrate great drummers?
Ronald Bell, co-founder of Kool & the Gang, has died at age 68Luke Taylor • Sep 10, 2020The saxophonist and vocalist started the band in New Jersey in 1964 with his brother and five of their friends from school. Ronald Bell shaped some of the band's most iconic songs, including including 'Ladies' Night,' 'Jungle Boogie' and 'Celebration.'
Coffee Break: Fictional bandsSean McPherson and Anna Weggel • Sep 10, 2020Jay Gabler brought by his latest Rock & Roll Book Club pick this morning and it's Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, about a fictional band from the 1960s. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear where a fictional band is mentioned?
Rock and Roll Book Club: In 'Utopia Avenue,' novelist David Mitchell imagines a band that never went around the bendJay Gabler • Sep 10, 2020In 'Utopia Avenue,' novelist David Mitchell - author of 'Cloud Atlas' - imagines a gentler, kinder experience for a band that emerges from the late '60s psychedelic scene in London.
Listen to a new song from Bruce Springsteen, 'Letter To You'Lauren Onkey • Sep 10, 2020The song is the title track from Springsteen's next studio album with the E Street Band, releasing October 23.
Today in Music History: Nirvana released 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Sep 10, 2020'Sweet Child O' Mine' hit No. 1; Rod Steward recorded his first single; the Beatles hit No. 1 with 'Revolver'; 'Maniac' was No. 1 in the singles charts; and Nirvana released a song that took the charts by storm, Today in Music History.
The Chart Show: Lockdown Lands Hall of Fame Sep 10, 2020Anderson Paak hit 10 weeks and landed Hall of Fame status with "Lockdown".
A final bow from Hal Willner, the producer with the golden RolodexAllyson McCabe • Sep 9, 2020The beloved producer's last project, created before his death in April from COVID-19, is a tribute to the songwriting of T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan. Willner's 'Angelheaded Hipster' is The Current's Album of the Week this week.
