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August 12, 2021

Hear new music from Big Thief, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Billy Idol, Diane, Flight Facilities, and Indigo De Souza.

Hear new songs by Big Thief, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Billy Idol, Diane, Flight Facilities, and Indigo De Souza

Hear new songs by Big Thief, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Billy Idol, Diane, Flight Facilities, and Indigo De Souza

Jade • Aug 12, 2021

Hear new music from Big Thief, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Billy Idol, Diane, Flight Facilities, and Indigo De Souza.

Coffee Break: Iceland Airwaves

Coffee Break: Iceland Airwaves

Aug 12, 2021

Jade has personally invited you to The Current's first-ever listeners trip to Iceland for the Iceland Airwaves festival. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Icelandic bands do you want to hear?

Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Razabilly' spotlights the L.A. Latina/o rockabilly scene

Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Razabilly' spotlights the L.A. Latina/o rockabilly scene

Jay Gabler • Aug 12, 2021

If your knowledge of rockabilly begins and ends with the Stray Cats, grease up your ducktail and pick up a copy of Nicholas F. Centino's fascinating book about the Latina/o rockabilly scene in Los Angeles.

The Chart Show: Brandi Carlile Debuts "Right On Time"

The Chart Show: Brandi Carlile Debuts "Right On Time"

Aug 12, 2021

Brandi Carlile's new track "Right On Time" debuts at #13 this week ahead of the release of her new record, In These Silent Days, which is due out on October 1.

Listen to Looch: 'Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All' is a great story about a great band

Listen to Looch: 'Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All' is a great story about a great band

Mary Lucia • Aug 11, 2021

Mary Lucia talks about a music documentary that chronicles one of her favorite punk bands of all time, the highly influential Descendents.

Watch Minnesota Sessions: performances among the state's natural wonders

Watch Minnesota Sessions: performances among the state's natural wonders

Aug 11, 2021

Explore the best scenes and sounds of Minnesota with The Current in a new video series: Minnesota Sessions. Local musicians will perform in some of our state's best natural offerings, from day trip destinations to hidden gems.

Age of Chance, the Art of Noise, Sir Tom Jones, and the strange afterlife of Prince’s ‘Kiss’

Age of Chance, the Art of Noise, Sir Tom Jones, and the strange afterlife of Prince’s ‘Kiss’

Michaelangelo Matos • Aug 11, 2021

It’s the quirkiest and most delightful recording in a catalog where quirky delights abound. The story of Prince and the Revolution’s “Kiss,” from 1986, has been told many times — its genesis as a demo for the band Mazarati, protégés of Revolution bassist BrownMark; of he and that band turned into a skeletal groove unlike…

Coffee Break: Celebrating Ben Gibbard

Coffee Break: Celebrating Ben Gibbard

Christy Taylor • Aug 11, 2021

Today, we celebrate Ben Gibbard for his birthday! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Ben Gibbard songs do you want to hear?

Coffee Break: Appreciating Duran Duran

Coffee Break: Appreciating Duran Duran

Sean McPherson and Christy Taylor • Aug 10, 2021

Happy Duran Duran appreciation day! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from Duran Duran or that feature Duran Duran do you want to hear?

St. Paul's Juice Lord on his new project, 'Spread Luv,' and becoming a hometown hero

St. Paul's Juice Lord on his new project, 'Spread Luv,' and becoming a hometown hero

Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis • Aug 9, 2021

After the release of his latest album, 'Spread Luv,' St. Paul hip-hop artist Juice Lord talks about how personal loss, the death of George Floyd, and how being a rising St. Paul giant has matured his penmanship.

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