March 26, 2021Celebrate your love of music (and public radio) with three mobile wallpapers from The Current. Save This Story
Download wallpapers from The Current for your phone and tabletJay Gabler • Mar 26, 2021Celebrate your love of music (and public radio) with three mobile wallpapers from The Current.
Behind the Scenes: Lanue’s dreamy Duluth scenes in ‘What I Love the Most’Maddie Schwappach • Mar 26, 2021The music video for Lanue’s “What I Love the Most” captures honey-soaked scenes in the height of Duluth’s summer. A cinematic color palette seeps through scenes of the artist immersed in flourishing greenery and a perfectly still Lake Superior in an endless golden hour. “What I Love the Most” was the first single Lanue, Sarah…
Har Mar Superstar accused of sexual misconductJay Gabler • Mar 26, 2021Sean Tillmann, the Minneapolis musician who performs as Har Mar Superstar, has been accused of sexual misconduct. Multiple women have detailed experiencing “assault or harassment” by Tillmann in incidents spanning 2014 to 2017, reports the Star Tribune. After one account surfaced recently in a private Facebook post, other women shared accounts and have now spoken…
Coffee Break: Ladies With SoulJesse Wiza • Mar 26, 2021This week we celebrate both Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross' birthdays, so for today's 9:30 Coffee Break we're celebrating ladies with soul. Which female-fronted soulful tunes would you like to hear?
Listen to new songs from Michigander, Robert Finley, Beabadoobee and more Mar 25, 2021Thursday means a batch of cool new tracks for you. We've got music from Michigander, Robert Finley, Beabadoobee, Jungle, Bachelor and Yusra J.
Coffee Break: 2020 National Recording Registry AddsJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Mar 25, 2021For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what recent additions to the National Recording Registry do you want to hear?
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of the Band and Beyond'Jay Gabler • Mar 25, 2021Wisely, biographer Sandra B. Tooze doesn't try too hard to explain the genius of the Band's Levon Helm: she just lets the stories pile up like great performances.
The Chart Show: Good Days for SZA Mar 25, 2021This week sees two acts reaching Chart Show Hall of Fame Status: Sault and SZA. Plus, Black Pumas remain at the top with their Kinks cover featuring sweet harmonies from Lucius.
Listen to Looch: a fascinating documentary about H.R. from Bad BrainsMary Lucia • Mar 24, 2021Mary Lucia calls Bad Brains 'possibly the most exciting live band ever,' and the film 'Finding Joseph I: The HR from Bad Brains Documentary,' looks at the life of Bad Brains' enthusiastic and spellbinding frontman, H.R., aka Human Rights.
Emilio Estevez on returning to the role of Gordon Bombay in 'The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers'Jill Riley • Mar 24, 2021Emilio Estevez joined The Current's Jill Riley for a conversation about returning to the iconic role of Gordon Bombay in the new Disney+ series 'The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.' After all these years, how's Gordon doing? It sounds like he's going to need a little help.
