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January 05, 2021

The polls are now open in Georgia, where voters will have a say in the balance of power in Congress in two U.S. Senate races. Since all eyes are on Georgia today, for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from artists from Georgia?

Coffee Break: Georgia on my mind

Coffee Break: Georgia on my mind

Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Jan 5, 2021

The polls are now open in Georgia, where voters will have a say in the balance of power in Congress in two U.S. Senate races. Since all eyes are on Georgia today, for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from artists from Georgia?

Grammys postponed to March 14 due to pandemic concerns

Grammys postponed to March 14 due to pandemic concerns

Jay Gabler • Jan 5, 2021

The 63rd Grammys will be postponed from their scheduled date of Jan. 31 due to safety concerns amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic. After news of the postponement broke in Rolling Stone, the Recording Academy confirmed a new date: March 14. In a joint statement, the Recording Academy’s leaders and the awards ceremony producer said: After…

Get your selfies now: Building planned for Minneapolis lot where Prince stood for iconic music mural photo

Get your selfies now: Building planned for Minneapolis lot where Prince stood for iconic music mural photo

Jay Gabler • Jan 5, 2021

Every time there’s mural news in Minneapolis, Prince fans panic. “They’re not painting over that mural, are they?” No, they’re not…but your days to pose for a photo with the music-stave mural are now numbered. The Star Tribune reports that the downtown parking lot where Prince stood for that 1977 photo has been sold to a…

How much is Prince’s music worth? Enough to pay a lot more estate taxes, says I.R.S.

How much is Prince’s music worth? Enough to pay a lot more estate taxes, says I.R.S.

Jay Gabler • Jan 4, 2021

When Bob Dylan recently sold his publishing catalog for an estimated $300+ million, or when Stevie Nicks sold hers for a reported $100 million, some fans might have thought it strange that Prince’s entire estate, including all his rights to music compositions and recordings, totaled only $82.3 million in value. So did the I.R.S. The…

Two new hosts joining The Current

Two new hosts joining The Current

Jan 4, 2021

As the New Year begins, The Current welcomes two new hosts to the station.

Coffee Break: Top Songs of the Top 89

Coffee Break: Top Songs of the Top 89

Jill Riley • Jan 4, 2021

End of year lists have been published for us to peruse and the chaos of the holidays has mostly settled so let's take a look back at 2020 in music and reflect on our favorites. So, for today's 9:30 Coffee Break what were your top picks from the Top 89 countdown?

Three Grammy contenders share outrage at all-white category, decline nominations

Three Grammy contenders share outrage at all-white category, decline nominations

Mandalit del Barco • Jan 4, 2021

The Okee Dokee Brothers, Alastair Moock and Dog on Fleas -- three of five acts nominated in the best children's album category -- share their equity-based rationalizations for declining the ballot.

Album of the Week: Fleet Foxes, 'Shore'

Album of the Week: Fleet Foxes, 'Shore'

David Safar • Jan 4, 2021

A surprise release for their fans, Fleet Foxes' sixth studio album is one of the perfect headphone listens of the past year.

Bluegrass band Sister Sadie embodies tradition, but bends it too

Bluegrass band Sister Sadie embodies tradition, but bends it too

Jewly Hight • Jan 1, 2021

This fall, the bluegrass supergroup Sister Sadie became the first all-women band ever to win the top prize at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards.

Revered rapper MF Doom, a London-born legend with Minneapolis ties, dies at 49

Revered rapper MF Doom, a London-born legend with Minneapolis ties, dies at 49

Jay Gabler • Dec 31, 2020

British-American rapper MF Doom, one of the most respected and innovative hip-hop stylists of his generation, has died at age 49. In a statement from his wife Jasmine shared on the artist’s social media channels, she wrote that the man born Daniel Dumile in London “transitioned October 31, 2020.” A cause of death has not…

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