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March 27, 2021

It's time for another burst of performances by Minnesota musicians. We've got an incredible lineup -- Double Grave, Annie and the Bang Bang, Mark Mallman, Blood $moke Body, and Paul Metsa. Join The Current's Andrea Swensson for this latest round in our virtual festival series.

Watch Sounds Like Home VII

Watch Sounds Like Home VII

Mar 27, 2021

It's time for another burst of performances by Minnesota musicians. We've got an incredible lineup -- Double Grave, Annie and the Bang Bang, Mark Mallman, Blood $moke Body, and Paul Metsa. Join The Current's Andrea Swensson for this latest round in our virtual festival series.

Download wallpapers from The Current for your phone and tablet

Download wallpapers from The Current for your phone and tablet

Jay Gabler • Mar 26, 2021

Celebrate 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’

Behind the Scenes: Lanue’s dreamy Duluth scenes in ‘What I Love the Most’

Maddie Schwappach • Mar 26, 2021

The 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 misconduct

Har Mar Superstar accused of sexual misconduct

Jay Gabler • Mar 26, 2021

Sean 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 Soul

Coffee Break: Ladies With Soul

Jesse Wiza • Mar 26, 2021

This 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

Listen to new songs from Michigander, Robert Finley, Beabadoobee and more

Mar 25, 2021

Thursday 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 Adds

Coffee Break: 2020 National Recording Registry Adds

Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Mar 25, 2021

For 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'

Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of the Band and Beyond'

Jay Gabler • Mar 25, 2021

Wisely, 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

The Chart Show: Good Days for SZA

Mar 25, 2021

This 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 Brains

Listen to Looch: a fascinating documentary about H.R. from Bad Brains

Mary Lucia • Mar 24, 2021

Mary 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.

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