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August 24, 2021

Watts was famous for his potent beat and unflappable style, featured on all 26 Rolling Stones studio albums and numerous live albums.

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80

NPR Staff • Aug 24, 2021

Watts was famous for his potent beat and unflappable style, featured on all 26 Rolling Stones studio albums and numerous live albums.

Remembering Charlie Watts, 1941-2021

Remembering Charlie Watts, 1941-2021

Aug 24, 2021

We're celebrating the drummer's legacy by going all-Stones from 1-6 p.m. today, Aug. 24.

Coffee Break: Strange Music

Coffee Break: Strange Music

Jill Riley and Christy Taylor • Aug 24, 2021

Today is International Strange Music Day! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what strange songs do you want to hear?

Update on The Current's Music-on-a-Stick

Update on The Current's Music-on-a-Stick

Aug 23, 2021

Low Cut Connie will not be performing as part of The Current's Music-on-a-Stick at the Minnesota State Fair on Aug. 28.

Listen to the title track of Kacey Musgraves' forthcoming album, 'star-crossed'

Listen to the title track of Kacey Musgraves' forthcoming album, 'star-crossed'

Lyndsey McKenna • Aug 23, 2021

How do you follow up the domestic bliss of Golden Hour when real life doesn't go according to the narrative? Musgraves offers an answer in the form of 'star-crossed,' the title track of her new album.

Minnesota musicians and The Current staff share State Fair memories – and recommend hidden gems

Minnesota musicians and The Current staff share State Fair memories – and recommend hidden gems

Jay Gabler • Aug 23, 2021

There are few Minnesota institutions as beloved as the State Fair, and members of our local music community (including The Current staffers) have a lot of fond memories. As we learned, they also have some recommendations for hidden gems you might otherwise miss. Many of these artists are playing the fair this year, and you’ll…

Coffee Break: Hella Mega

Coffee Break: Hella Mega

Aug 23, 2021

Tonight The Hella Mega Tour, the first big concert since the Covid shutdowns, comes through the Twin Cities. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from Weezer, Green Day, and Fall Out Boy do you want to hear?

Album of the Week: Lorde, 'Solar Power'

Album of the Week: Lorde, 'Solar Power'

Maddie • Aug 23, 2021

Lorde has let the world grow up alongside her since her teens, and in this chapter, she seeks to grow beyond the heartbreak and turmoil of her adolescence and share her journey to connect to the world far beyond her place in it.

Don Everly of the Everly Brothers dies at 84

Don Everly of the Everly Brothers dies at 84

Jay Gabler • Aug 22, 2021

Half of one of the most popular and influential duos in rock history, Don Everly wrote songs including "Cathy's Clown" and was an inaugural member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

New at the Minnesota State Fair: Ten 2021 highlights

New at the Minnesota State Fair: Ten 2021 highlights

Jay Gabler • Aug 22, 2021

No event has as many cherished Minnesota traditions as the State Fair — and yet, every year the first thing fairgoers ask is, “What’s new?” The Fair’s website has a complete rundown of what’s on deck this year, but that’s a lot of information to digest, so here are my personal picks for ten can’t-miss…

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