Rich Mattson is a North Country institution, having run Sparta Sound on the Mesabi Iron Range for the past 15 years. In an Instagram interview, Mattson talked about the new album from his band the Northstars; the legacy of his home (formerly church) studio; and his plans for the summer.

Jon Batiste plays a few of his recent songs, plus a conversation with Sean McPherson about the influence of New Orleans on his music, setting his intentions with Stevie Wonder, and recording music outside of a traditional studio environment.

In honor of the changing of the seasons, what songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break that could be used as SEASONINGS?

Yusra Jara isn’t aspiring to fit your idea of a pop artist. Known by the stage name Yusra J, she plans to carve a path into the music industry on her own terms: as a young Somali-Oromo woman with a scarf on her head and sneakers on her feet. Jara, 21, first dove into music…

Billie Holiday's soulfully unique singing style is considered to be one of the greatest jazz voices of all time.

The 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 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.

Stretching 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.

The 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.

Rarely has a book been more aptly titled than this new oral history of an era where shamelessness sold.