The Current

Great Music Lives Here ®
Listener-Supported Music
Donate Now
  • The Current
    Great Music
    Lives Here.
    Listener-Supported Music
    Donate Now
Donate Now
Volume Button
Volume
00:00
0
listen
[0]
The Current
PlaylistSchedule
Donate

Stories

Recent stories from The Current
June 16, 2022

New entries from Yeah Yeah Yeahs who have released their first new music in 9 years, “Spitting Off The Edge of the World,” and breaking into the chart at #20 and French band Phoenix’s latest “Alpha Zulu” landing at #17.

The Chart Show: Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Phoenix Debut

The Chart Show: Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Phoenix Debut

Jun 16, 2022

New entries from Yeah Yeah Yeahs who have released their first new music in 9 years, “Spitting Off The Edge of the World,” and breaking into the chart at #20 and French band Phoenix’s latest “Alpha Zulu” landing at #17.

Meghan Stabile, promoter who united jazz and hip-hop, dead at 39

Meghan Stabile, promoter who united jazz and hip-hop, dead at 39

Nate Chinen • Jun 15, 2022

"We get so stuck on categories and labels that you completely miss the point of really beautiful, authentic forms of art," Stabille told Jazz Night in America in 2015.

Humbird preps first U.K. and Ireland tour dates

Humbird preps first U.K. and Ireland tour dates

Luke Taylor • Jun 15, 2022

The folk-tinged singer-songwriter has a number of shows in the Upper Midwest in June before crossing the Atlantic for a series of shows in July, August, and September. “It was a dream of mine,” says Siri Undlin, aka Humbird.

Listen to a new single from Beabadoobee, '10:36'

Listen to a new single from Beabadoobee, '10:36'

Hazel Cills • Jun 15, 2022

The latest single from Beabadoobee's forthcoming album has a magnetic, rough-around-the-edges sound with sweetness at its core.

Coffee Break: Debut Records

Coffee Break: Debut Records

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Jun 15, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs off debut albums do you want to hear?

On 'Barbarism,' Katie Alice Greer builds a discordant world that's all her own

On 'Barbarism,' Katie Alice Greer builds a discordant world that's all her own

Kerry Cardoza • Jun 15, 2022

The former frontperson of punk band Priests delivers an equally jarring and lush solo debut album.

Interview and Session: MMYYKK and the Blackbeat Theory

Interview and Session: MMYYKK and the Blackbeat Theory

Diane • Jun 14, 2022

Ahead of their performance at Planet Afropunk Minneapolis on Juneteenth, MMYYKK and the Blackbeat Theory performed a dynamic, dexterous set of three original songs at The Current’s studio.

The A's, 'He Needs Me'

The A's, 'He Needs Me'

Nisha Venkat • Jun 14, 2022

Sylvan Esso's Amelia Meath and Daughter of Swords' Alexandra Sauser-Monnig team up for a kooky, inquisitive and comforting performance.

Lizzo rerecords 'Grrrls' following criticism over ableist lyric

Lizzo rerecords 'Grrrls' following criticism over ableist lyric

Shruti Rajkumar • Jun 14, 2022

Lizzo rerecorded a lyric in her new song "Grrrls" after disabled fans called out her use of a word that's considered an ableist slur.

A guide to Juneteenth celebrations in the Twin Cities

A guide to Juneteenth celebrations in the Twin Cities

Darby Ottoson • Jun 14, 2022

Long before it became a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has been an important day of remembrance around the country. There's no shortage of Twin Cities festivities this year.

PREVIOUS WEEK
NEXT WEEK