Top 89 of 2020: Bethany Sweet, marketing managerBethany Barberg • Dec 14, 2020Marketing manager Bethany Sweet shares her favorite songs of 2020.
Coffee Break: National TreasuresJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Dec 14, 2020Dolly Parton can't stay out of the news cycle because she just can't stop being WONDERFUL. One thing is for sure -- she's a National Treasure. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from artists you consider a National Treasure?
Album of the Week: The Postal Service, 'Everything Will Change'Jade • Dec 14, 2020The new live album recording of that 2013 10th Anniversary show finds the band has grown into slick and practiced pros. The pop and grind of the synths, and the harmonies of Jenny Lewis and Gibbard - sweet and novel after going so long without.
Top 89 of 2020: Andrea Swensson, host of The Local ShowAndrea Swensson • Dec 13, 2020The Local Show host Andrea Swensson shares her favorite Minnesota-made songs of 2020.
Country legend Charley Pride has died at age 86Luke Taylor • Dec 12, 2020An artist with numerous hits and awards, Pride is also remembered as one of country music's first Black superstars. 'I've tried to go onstage and do 110 percent every time I go on,' Pride said in 2012. 'And I think I'm a pretty nice fellow.'
Top 89 of 2020: Mac Wilson, hostMac Wilson • Dec 11, 2020Host Mac Wilson shares his favorite songs of 2020.
Coffee Break: SistersJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Dec 11, 2020This morning we aired a conversation between Jill and two members of The Staves - Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor - about the new record 'Good Woman' and about how they are keeping busy during 2020's unexpected downtime. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from groups that have sisters in them?
The Staves talk about 'Good Woman' and how they've spent time during quarantineJill Riley • Dec 11, 2020Camilla and Jessica Staveley-Taylor of the Staves connect with Jill Riley of The Current's Morning Show to talk about the new record, 'Good Woman,' and about their shared fandom of 'Dawson's Creek' and its theme music.
Hear Sturgill Simpson's 'Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions'Lyndsey McKenna • Dec 11, 2020Simpson's latest surprise release features reinterpretation of tracks from 2016's 'A Sailor's Guide to Earth,' plus a previously unreleased cut co-written by Merle Haggard.
Stream Taylor Swift's new abum, 'Evermore'Lyndsey McKenna • Dec 11, 2020Ahead of its surprise release, Swift referred to the album as folklore's sister record on social media. 'To put it plainly, we just couldn't stop writing songs,' she said.
