This month on The Scouting Report, The Current’s local team spotlights Raffaella, LUXYS, Durry, Corbin, K.Raydio, and more Minnesota artists.

The Minneapolis group says they put on “the most lit live show you've ever been to."

For today’s Coffee Break, what British bands do you want to hear from the 1970s?

Jill Riley catches up with Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith about their 2022 record The Tipping Point. The English duo talk about getting the band back together after a fateful fax, how honesty in songwriting retains its appeal across generations, and how they stumbled into stardom in their early days by making art that they loved.

Minneapolis singer-songwriter Lydia Liza has taken to Twitter accusing Netflix of ‘stealing my version of Baby It’s Cold Outside’ for their new holiday film ‘Love Hard.’

Singapore, upstate New York, and McCarren Park in Brooklyn are a few of the places The War On Drugs frontman Adam Granduciel associates with writing the songs on "I Don't Live Here Anymore". Mac Wilson recently caught up with Granduciel about the new record, our Album of the Week.

For today’s Coffee Break, what British bands do you want to hear from the 1960s?

The artist, born Terence Wilson, sang about issues of racism and poverty in the music of the pioneering reggae band.

Sunday is Joni Mitchell’s birthday, so for this week’s Radio Free Current, let’s celebrate Joni and some of your other favorite songwriters who were active in the 20th century. Make your request, and be sure to listen Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m. CDT.

Officials described a surge of the crowd at the Astroworld Festival Friday night while rapper Travis Scott was performing. An estimated 50,000 people were in attendance.