June 25, 2021Let's continue our yearly tradition of enjoying a Beatle breakfast on Global Beatles Day. Delicious. Save This Story
Coffee Break: 9:30 Beatle BreakfastJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Jun 25, 2021Let's continue our yearly tradition of enjoying a Beatle breakfast on Global Beatles Day. Delicious.
Watch Sounds Like Home X Jun 24, 2021On 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!Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Jun 24, 2021For 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'Jay Gabler • Jun 24, 2021In 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 Jun 24, 2021Jazmine 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'Noel King and Phil Harrell • Jun 23, 2021NPR'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 couplesJill Riley, Anna Weggel and Christy Taylor • Jun 23, 2021For 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 Jun 23, 2021The 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"Zeke • Jun 23, 2021Australia'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 FunkDebonaire • 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.