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December 08, 2022

First Aid Kit hold onto No. 1 for their seventh week on The Chart Show as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs move to No. 2 and are one week from reaching the Chart Show Hall of Fame. 

The Chart Show: Yeah Yeah Yeahs go up, up, up

The Chart Show: Yeah Yeah Yeahs go up, up, up

Dec 8, 2022

First Aid Kit hold onto No. 1 for their seventh week on The Chart Show as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs move to No. 2 and are one week from reaching the Chart Show Hall of Fame. 

Session and Interview: Joe Rainey in The Current studio

Dec 7, 2022

Powwow singer Joe Rainey performed three tracks from the critically acclaimed 2022 record Niineta at The Current. During his visit, Local Show host Diane also talked with Rainey, from Minneapolis and now based in Wisconsin, about the inspiration for this unique collaboration, as well as his aspirations to uplift and amplify Native culture.

Top 89 of 2022: Mac Wilson's top 10 songs

Top 89 of 2022: Mac Wilson's top 10 songs

Mac Wilson • Dec 7, 2022

Host Mac Wilson shares his favorite songs of 2022. 

Coffee Break: Stax Records

Coffee Break: Stax Records

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Dec 7, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what Stax Records songs do you want to hear?

Bartees Strange performs in The Current studio

Dec 7, 2022

Bartees and two of his bandmates — Dan Kleederman and Graham Richman — visited The Current studio to play stripped-down versions of songs from Bartees Strange’s second full-length album, ‘Farm To Table.’

Dozens of Taylor Swift fans sue Ticketmaster in the wake of its ticket sale fiasco

Dozens of Taylor Swift fans sue Ticketmaster in the wake of its ticket sale fiasco

Rachel Treisman • Dec 6, 2022

The lawsuit, filed Friday, alleges fraud and antitrust violations, among other claims. Nearly 400 more people have since shown interest in joining and will be added as plaintiffs, a lawyer tells NPR.

Hamish Kilgour, founding member of New Zealand's The Clean, has died at 65

Hamish Kilgour, founding member of New Zealand's The Clean, has died at 65

Marc Masters • Dec 6, 2022

Like the Velvet Underground before them, Kilgour and The Clean inspired tons of musicians to embrace impulsive creativity.

Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies at age 92

Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies at age 92

The Associated Press • Dec 6, 2022

The white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player co-founded the influential record label with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful "Memphis sound."

Top 89 of 2022: Zeke's top 10 songs

Top 89 of 2022: Zeke's top 10 songs

Zeke • Dec 6, 2022

Host Zeke shares his favorite songs of 2022. 

Coffee Break: Snowplow names

Coffee Break: Snowplow names

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Dec 6, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that could be used to name a snowplow?

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