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June 13, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention nature?

Coffee Break: Songs About Nature

Coffee Break: Songs About Nature

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Jun 13, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention nature?

The Tony Awards 2022: Why Jennifer Hudson has just made history

The Tony Awards 2022: Why Jennifer Hudson has just made history

Rina Torchinsky • Jun 13, 2022

A Tony award was the final piece of the puzzle for Hudson, who reached EGOT status — or winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

Album of the Week: Sharon Van Etten, 'We've Been Going About This All Wrong'

Album of the Week: Sharon Van Etten, 'We've Been Going About This All Wrong'

Jade • Jun 13, 2022

Van Etten’s sixth album reflects on the past and holds hope for the future while dealing with uncertainty in uncertain times.

Rock the Garden 2022: Photos and highlights

Rock the Garden 2022: Photos and highlights

Staff • Jun 11, 2022

Follow along for performance updates and photos featuring Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Sleater-Kinney, LOW, DāM-FunK, beabadoobee, Divide & Dissolve, and Bombino.

7 more Kate Bush songs that deserve the 'Stranger Things' treatment

7 more Kate Bush songs that deserve the 'Stranger Things' treatment

Hazel Cills, Ann Powers, Marissa Lorusso, Robin Hilton, Nisha Venkat and Jacob Ganz • Jun 11, 2022

NPR Music staffers convene to offer up the Kate Bush tracks we think deserve a powerful, paradigm-shifting sync in a television show or movie.

Syd of The Internet oozes cool at Varsity Theater

Syd of The Internet oozes cool at Varsity Theater

Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis and Darin Kamnetz • Jun 10, 2022

The singer’s Broken Hearts Club tour stop lifted up an adoring Minneapolis audience.

Friday Five: Marvel at these stylish new Minnesota music videos

Friday Five: Marvel at these stylish new Minnesota music videos

Diane • Jun 10, 2022

New videos from Rafaella, Annie & the Bang Bang, Thomas Abban, Sophia Eris, and Hotline TNT.

FKA twigs: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

LaTesha Harris • Jun 10, 2022

In the hallowed halls of London's St. Matthias Church, the innovative musician performs a cathartic set, including her new song "killer."

Julee Cruise, otherworldly crooner on 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 65

Julee Cruise, otherworldly crooner on 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 65

Lars Gotrich • Jun 10, 2022

Cruise's instrument, a voice of such intense calm it could be unsettling, made her a natural collaborator of director David Lynch — and, later, new-wave icons The B-52s.

89 Days of Summer: Things to do in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and beyond

89 Days of Summer: Things to do in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and beyond

Jun 10, 2022

Throughout the summer, The Current will help you enjoy the best of the season with weekly guides to events, entertainment, and recreation in the Twin Cities.

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