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November 30, 2021

The Current’s local music team has picked 89 songs by Minnesota artists (or, in a couple of cases, about Minnesota characters) to delight your family this holiday season.

Minnesota holiday music: 89 songs to add local flavor to your celebrations

Minnesota holiday music: 89 songs to add local flavor to your celebrations

Jay Gabler • Nov 30, 2021

The Current’s local music team has picked 89 songs by Minnesota artists (or, in a couple of cases, about Minnesota characters) to delight your family this holiday season.

Songs for when you need personal space

Songs for when you need personal space

Anna Weggel and Jill Riley • Nov 30, 2021

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that encourage personal space?

Interview: Kacey Musgraves discusses genres, and the stages of grief on "Star-Crossed"

Jill Riley • Nov 29, 2021

Following the release of her 2021 record "Star-Crossed," Kacey Musgraves joins The Current's Jill Riley in conversation about pulling from multiple genres in her sound, the nonlinear stages of grief that followed her divorce and how they came through on the record, and her upcoming appearance on Sesame Street.

Songs for Hanukkah

Songs for Hanukkah

Anna Weggel and Jill Riley • Nov 29, 2021

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention Hanukkah, light, candles or miracles?

Album of the Week: Adele, '30'

Album of the Week: Adele, '30'

Sean McPherson • Nov 29, 2021

When life gives you lemons, you don’t always make Lemonade.

Musician Joanne Shenandoah, a powerful voice for Native culture, dies at 64

Musician Joanne Shenandoah, a powerful voice for Native culture, dies at 64

Marisa Arbona-Ruiz • Nov 27, 2021

A singer and composer whose songs bridged Native and numerous mainstream styles, Shenandoah was driven to create, and to share her history, with audiences around the world.

10 Stephen Sondheim songs we'll never stop listening to

10 Stephen Sondheim songs we'll never stop listening to

Linda Holmes • Nov 27, 2021

Stephen Sondheim has died at 91. Pop Culture Happy Hour's Linda Holmes looks back on her favorite Sondheim tunes.

Stephen Sondheim, the Broadway legend, has died at 91

Stephen Sondheim, the Broadway legend, has died at 91

Jeff Lunden • Nov 26, 2021

The celebrated composer-songwriter died on Friday. He had won several Tonys and Grammys, as well as an Oscar and Pulitzer, for musicals including West Side Story and Into the Woods.

Peter Jackson's Beatles docuseries adds nuance and revelations to well-known stories

Peter Jackson's Beatles docuseries adds nuance and revelations to well-known stories

Eric Deggans • Nov 26, 2021

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson sifted through over 60 hours of footage to create a docuseries called The Beatles: Get Back, dropping on Disney+ in installments over three days.

Friday Five: Minnesota's looking good in new music videos

Friday Five: Minnesota's looking good in new music videos

Jay Gabler • Nov 26, 2021

Check out new Minnesota-made clips featuring Red Eye Ruby, Lucien Parker, Fruit Bats, Erik Koskinen, and Mike Dreams.

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