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June 24, 2021

On Thursday, June 24, The Current is hosting round 10 of Sounds Like Home. Join an incredible lineup of Minnesota musicians as we meet up on the internet for a virtual festival.

Watch Sounds Like Home X

Watch Sounds Like Home X

Jun 24, 2021

On Thursday, June 24, The Current is hosting round 10 of Sounds Like Home. Join an incredible lineup of Minnesota musicians as we meet up on the internet for a virtual festival.

Coffee Break: Birthday blowout!

Coffee Break: Birthday blowout!

Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Jun 24, 2021

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from musicians born on this day?

Rock and Roll Book Club: Eric Weisbard's 'Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music'

Rock and Roll Book Club: Eric Weisbard's 'Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music'

Jay Gabler • Jun 24, 2021

In his epic new volume 'Songbooks,' Eric Weisbard highlights the essential reads from two and a half centuries of writing related to American music.

The Chart Show: Jazmine Sullivan enters Hall of Fame

The Chart Show: Jazmine Sullivan enters Hall of Fame

Jun 24, 2021

Jazmine Sullivan makes it into the Chart Show Hall of Fame this week with "Pick Up Your Feelings" making it to 10 weeks on the chart.

Amythyst Kiah's old-time, deeply honest 'Wary + Strange'

Amythyst Kiah's old-time, deeply honest 'Wary + Strange'

Noel King and Phil Harrell • Jun 23, 2021

NPR's Noel King talks to musician Amythyst Kiah, who deals with tough subjects, like being 'othered' as a Black woman on the bluegrass and folk circuit.

The Coffee Break: Famous couples

The Coffee Break: Famous couples

Jill Riley, Anna Weggel and Christy Taylor • Jun 23, 2021

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from famous musical couples?

Enter for a chance to win a four-day pass to Lollapalooza

Enter for a chance to win a four-day pass to Lollapalooza

Jun 23, 2021

The Current is giving you and a friend a chance to attend all four days of the 2021 Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago.

Genesis Owusu: "There are no rules to the artist who I want to be"

Genesis Owusu: "There are no rules to the artist who I want to be"

Zeke • Jun 23, 2021

Australia's Genesis Owusu plays songs from his debut record, 'Smiling with No Teeth,' and talks to Zeke about his philosophies as an artist, and making music that eschews genres and pushes boundaries.

Listen to 'Good Times: The Evolution of Black Music' episode 3 - Soul, Motown and Funk

Listen to 'Good Times: The Evolution of Black Music' episode 3 - Soul, Motown and Funk

Debonaire • Jun 22, 2021

'Good Times: The Evolution of Black Music' is a weekly show throughout the month of June, spotlighting the many genres and artists that make up the Black Music experience. Episode 3 explores three genres that originated in African American communities in the 1950s and '60s: Soul, Motown and Funk.

Low announce new album ‘HEY WHAT,’ share single ‘Days Like These’

Low announce new album ‘HEY WHAT,’ share single ‘Days Like These’

Jay Gabler • Jun 22, 2021

Low have announced their 13th full-length album. The Duluth-based trio will release HEY WHAT on Sept. 10, and a first single called “Days Like These” is out now with a music video directed by Karlos Rene Ayala. HEY WHAT will be Low’s third collaboration with producer BJ Burton, and their first since 2018’s acclaimed Double Negative. According…

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