Pick your protagonists at the 2023 fest from local musicians, jazz drummers, folk rock duos, classical composers, and more.

Keep an eye out for albums from Hüsker Dü, the Cactus Blossoms, and many more at Twin Cities record stores.

This week on The Current Chart Show, new songs debut from Jenny Lewis, Bully, The National, CHVRCHES, Samia, Gully Boys, and Angel Olsen with her new song “Nothing’s Free.”

This week, hear the latest from Los Angeles artists The Linda Lindas and Hand Habits, from English artist Amber Mary Bain aka The Japanese House, from Minnesota hip-hop artist Juice Lord, and from Japanese band CHAI. Plus, discover the sounds of North Carolina five-piece Wednesday.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from this year’s list of music to be preserved in the National Recording Registry?

Bobby Goldsboro tugged heartstrings all the way to No. 1; Elton John and Paul McCartney had the No. 1 single and album, respectively; Aerosmith got their own holiday in Massachusetts; and soul singer Al Green was born, today in music history.

On her best album to date, Feist mines age and experience, love and loss to shape 12 songs about the hard-earned insights of simply existing.

“To a preposterous degree, we act as if everybody in the audience has seen every one of our shows,“ he says in an interview discussing setlists, Robyn Hitchcock, Television’s Tom Verlaine, and more.  

Before Yo La Tengo performed in Minneapolis, we asked ChatGPT to predict the night’s songs. How well do you think that went?

At the reinstatement of expelled Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones, a small gathering of Nashville musicians opened up the People's Songbook for a musically imperfect yet unforgettable Bob Dylan cover.