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December 01, 2021

A playlist featuring more than 35 hours of curated holiday music is now streaming live at TheCurrent.org, and The Current’s mobile app.

Rock the halls with The Current's Holiday Stream

Rock the halls with The Current's Holiday Stream

Dec 1, 2021

A playlist featuring more than 35 hours of curated holiday music is now streaming live at TheCurrent.org, and The Current’s mobile app.

Peter Jackson's 'Get Back' Beatles documentary hits all the right notes

Mary Lucia • Dec 1, 2021

Peter Jackson’s tremendous endeavor gives true Beatles fans an intimate fly-on-the-wall perspective.

The Chart Show: The Lumineers and Tears for Fears debut

The Chart Show: The Lumineers and Tears for Fears debut

Dec 1, 2021

The Lumineers have a Chart Show debut with a track from their upcoming 2022 record "BRIGHTSIDE,” and so do Tears for Fears with their first new song in nearly 18 years, “The Tipping Point.”

Local holiday music to kick off December

Local holiday music to kick off December

Anna Weggel and Jill Riley • Dec 1, 2021

What holiday songs from Minnesota musicians do you want to hear for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break?

Wet Leg: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Bob Boilen • Dec 1, 2021

Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, and their band perform a playfully wistful Tiny Desk (home) concert from a creative arts space on the Isle of Wight.

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.

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