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September 22, 2022

Celebrate harvest season with a trip to these select patches, orchards, and mazes scattered around Minnesota.

Scenic Minnesota spots to pick up pumpkins, apples, and other fall treats

Scenic Minnesota spots to pick up pumpkins, apples, and other fall treats

Darby Ottoson • Sep 22, 2022

Celebrate harvest season with a trip to these select patches, orchards, and mazes scattered around Minnesota.

Coffee Break: Autumnal Songs

Coffee Break: Autumnal Songs

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Sep 22, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention your favorite things about fall do you want to hear?

Jake Blount's 'The New Faith' is a cautionary, clarifying Afrofuturist tale

Jake Blount's 'The New Faith' is a cautionary, clarifying Afrofuturist tale

Jewly Hight • Sep 22, 2022

On Blount's new concept album, the singer, scholar and multi-instrumentalist reimagines field recordings of spirituals to tell a story about a time after the climate crisis has destroyed the earth.

The Chart Show: It's Brandi and Lucius on the top

The Chart Show: It's Brandi and Lucius on the top

Sep 22, 2022

Brandi Carlile and pals Lucius along with U.K. folk duo The Heavy Heavy hold the top of the chart, while newcomers Colin Bracewell and Raffaella solidify a local presence.

Visit these three southeastern Minnesota cities to chase fall colors

Visit these three southeastern Minnesota cities to chase fall colors

Sheila Regan • Sep 21, 2022

Find a crisp autumn adventure in Red Wing, Winona, or Lanesboro.

Interview: Andrew Broder talks music, art, and collaboration

Interview: Andrew Broder talks music, art, and collaboration

Diane • Sep 21, 2022

Diane catches up with the producer, instrumentalist, film score composer, vocalist, painter, and visionary in the midst of preparing for an upcoming North American tour with Joe Rainey and performance/album release with Nashville songwriter Lambchop at the Walker Art Center.

Coffee Break: Songs that mention dates

Coffee Break: Songs that mention dates

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Sep 21, 2022

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

Built To Spill perform in The Current studio

Mac Wilson • Sep 20, 2022

While on tour supporting their latest album, ‘When The Wind Forgets Your Name,’ Built to Spill visited The Current studio to play songs and to chat with host Mac Wilson.

Mariah Carey says we should finally hear her secret 1995 grunge album

Mariah Carey says we should finally hear her secret 1995 grunge album

Merrit Kennedy • Sep 20, 2022

Carey has shared that recordings of the alternative album with her lead vocals have been found. And she hinted that the elusive project will finally be released.

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road. Hello, White House. Biden invites Elton John to perform

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road. Hello, White House. Biden invites Elton John to perform

Eric McDaniel • Sep 20, 2022

President Biden will host Elton John for a performance on the South Lawn of the White House Friday for an event called "A Night When Hope and History Rhyme."

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