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July 24, 2023

Steven Centrific and his wife Jasmine Seuling talk Intellephunk’s most ambitious party of the year, The Great Beyond. It takes place over the weekend of July 28-30 at a campground in Franklin, Minn.

Head to the Minnesota River Valley for a techno fest with "no corporate nonsense"

Head to the Minnesota River Valley for a techno fest with "no corporate nonsense"

Michaelangelo Matos • Jul 24, 2023

Steven Centrific and his wife Jasmine Seuling talk Intellephunk’s most ambitious party of the year, The Great Beyond. It takes place over the weekend of July 28-30 at a campground in Franklin, Minn.

First Aid Kit play celebratory show in St. Paul

First Aid Kit play celebratory show in St. Paul

Sofia Haan and Sara Fish • Jul 24, 2023

Throughout their 90-minute set at Palace Theatre, the sister duo of Klara and Johanna Söderberg employed their signature harmonies and evocative lyricism to offer an evening of light, love, and beauty. 

Weyes Blood, Bon Iver lead Pitchfork Music Festival 2023 highlights

Weyes Blood, Bon Iver lead Pitchfork Music Festival 2023 highlights

Julia Schiff • Jul 24, 2023

The Pitchfork Music Festival returned once again to Chicago’s West Loop for the weekend of July 21-23.

Coffee Break: Obama's summer playlist

Coffee Break: Obama's summer playlist

Jill Riley • Jul 24, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs from Barack Obama’s 2023 summer playlist do you want to hear?

Album of the Week: Blur, 'The Ballad of Darren’

Album of the Week: Blur, 'The Ballad of Darren’

Jade • Jul 24, 2023

In their ninth album together, Blur returns with a starkly humanistic album full of catharsis.

Amythyst Kiah performs in The Current studio for Radio Heartland

Mike Pengra • Jul 23, 2023

Amythyst Kiah is a singer-songwriter from Chattanooga, Tenn., who is one of the biggest up-and-coming artists in Americana music today. Kiah visited The Current studio for a session hosted by Radio Heartland’s Mike Pengra.

Carifest puts Caribbean musicians center stage in Minneapolis

Carifest puts Caribbean musicians center stage in Minneapolis

Marla Khan-Schwartz • Jul 21, 2023

The annual carnival-themed festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a weekend of activities July 21-22 in Minneapolis, including music by Irie Sol and the Meditations..

Coffee Break: All things Barbie

Coffee Break: All things Barbie

Jill Riley • Jul 21, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which Barbie-related songs do you want to hear?

Tony Bennett, king of the American Songbook, dead at 96

Tony Bennett, king of the American Songbook, dead at 96

Walter Ray Watson • Jul 21, 2023

The beloved singer and interpreter of pop standards won 20 Grammy awards over a career that touched eight decades.

Janelle Monáe describes 'The Age of Pleasure'

Janelle Monáe describes 'The Age of Pleasure'

Ayisha Jaffer • Jul 21, 2023

For Janelle Monáe, The Age of Pleasure is more than an album. “It is a movement, it's something that I live,” she says. Listen to Monáe’s recent interview with The Current’s Ayisha Jaffer.

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