March 19, 2021Billie Holiday's soulfully unique singing style is considered to be one of the greatest jazz voices of all time. Save This Story
Musicheads Essential Artist: Billie Holiday Mar 19, 2021Billie Holiday's soulfully unique singing style is considered to be one of the greatest jazz voices of all time.
Musicheads Essential Artist: Billie EilishKelsey • Mar 19, 2021The headline of Billie Eilish's career is her remarkably quick rise to fame, but it's the talent fueling that rise that makes her a Musicheads Essential Artist.
Frances Forever: Virtual SessionJade • Mar 18, 2021Frances Forever joins The Current to play a few tracks and talk about balancing their senior year of college with a record label signing, their philosophy of recording cover songs, and which instruments they want to learn next.
Music You Should Know: six fresh tracks for March 18 Mar 18, 2021Stretching from Amsterdam to South Africa to Brooklyn to London to Los Angeles and back to Minnesota, we've got a half-dozen new tracks you're going to want to check out.
Coffee Break: SXSWJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Mar 18, 2021The Current has enjoyed a big presence at SXSWs in the past, and we want to highlight some of those musical moments for you for today's 9:30 Coffee Break. Tune in and imagine with us what a return to this festival might look like someday.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Nothin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion'Jay Gabler • Mar 18, 2021Rarely has a book been more aptly titled than this new oral history of an era where shamelessness sold.
The Chart Show: Wolf Alice Debuts Mar 18, 2021Five new entries help reshape the bottom half of the top twenty this week welcoming Wolf Alice and Lord Huron as two of the newest songs on The Current.
Listen to Looch: an intense documentary about Dave NavarroMary Lucia • Mar 17, 2021Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro tells his own story in 'Mourning Son,' which details the trauma that Navarro experienced at the age of 15, when his mother and his aunt were both murdered.
Justin Bruhn of Pert Near Sandstone talks Blue Ox and remembers Max GrahamJay Gabler • Mar 17, 2021After livestreaming last year, the Blue Ox Music Festival is planning an in-person return for August 2021. Justin Bruhn of festival co-founders Pert Near Sandstone talked about the spirit of the festival - and how participants plan to pay tribute to the late Max Graham of Kind Country.
Coffee Break: Happy St. Patrick's DayJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Mar 17, 2021Happy St. Patrick's Day! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Irish bands and musicians do you want to hear?