In 2007, was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship Genius grant for unearthing and sharing that rich, connected history of the blues and its African roots.

This week, we bring you new songs from Sharon Van Etten, Kamasi Washington, ODESZA, Aoife O’Donovan and Liam Gallagher — and get to know rising Minnesota artist Ber.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs released in the 2000s by Minnesota artists do you want to hear?

In honor of Black History Month and our ‘00s theme day, the Rock and Roll Book Club is highlighting the 2017 memoir subtitled ‘TLC ‘n Me: Stories from On and Off the Stage.’

Shamir's new album, 'Heterosexuality,' confronts how the public viewed him back in 2014, when his debut single nearly made him a pop star at the age of 19.

In just their second week on the Current Chart Show, Minnesota’s Cloud Cult jumped from #11 to #1 with their new single “One Way Out Of A Hole”.

On Thursday, February 10, The Current is looking back at the music of the aughts. Here are some of The Current staff members’ personal memories from the decade.

Betty Davis, the pioneering funk singer and fashion icon who was married to jazz great Miles Davis, has died at age 77.

The Dolly Parton amusement park's parent company will fund all tuition and fees for select programs. "Their futures should be grown with love, not loans," Herschend Enterprises CEO Andrew Wexler says.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs nominated for Best Original Song — that didn't win the Oscar — do you want to hear?