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May 14, 2024

Many top acts from the local music scene converged in Winona, Minnesota, for Mid West Music Fest 2024. The weekend of live entertainment took place May 10-11 at venues across the city. Day two featured performances by Raffaella, Heiruspecs, Landon Conrath, Student 1, Mark Mallman, and many more.

Photos: Faces of Mid West Music Fest 2024, day two

Photos: Faces of Mid West Music Fest 2024, day two

Laura Buhman • May 14, 2024

Many top acts from the local music scene converged in Winona, Minnesota, for Mid West Music Fest 2024. The weekend of live entertainment took place May 10-11 at venues across the city. Day two featured performances by Raffaella, Heiruspecs, Landon Conrath, Student 1, Mark Mallman, and many more.

Photos: Faces of Mid West Music Fest 2024, day one

Photos: Faces of Mid West Music Fest 2024, day one

Laura Buhman • May 14, 2024

Many top acts from the Minnesota music scene converged in Winona for a weekend of live entertainment on May 10-11. Day one featured performances by Night Moves, Monica LaPlante, Black Eyed Snakes (feat. Alan Sparhawk), and more.

It was a classic rap beef. Then Drake revived Tupac with AI and Congress got involved

It was a classic rap beef. Then Drake revived Tupac with AI and Congress got involved

Greg Rosalsky • May 14, 2024

AI can conjure the voice or likeness of a dead celebrity with just a few clicks. This opens a host of legal questions about the rights of the deceased and their heirs to control their digital replicas

Coffee Break: Americana Honors & Awards nominees

Coffee Break: Americana Honors & Awards nominees

Jill Riley • May 14, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs by the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards nominees would you like to hear?

Sierra Ferrell performs songs from 'Trail of Flowers' in The Current studio

Jessica Paxton • May 13, 2024

During a tour stop in the Twin Cities to play a show at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Sierra Ferrell and her band visited The Current for a studio session hosted by Jessica Paxton. Watch and listen to the full session.

Coffee Break: remembering Steve Albini

Coffee Break: remembering Steve Albini

Jill Riley • May 13, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs produced by Steve Albini would you like to hear?

Album of the Week: Dehd, 'Poetry'

Album of the Week: Dehd, 'Poetry'

May 13, 2024

Our Album of the Week is Poetry by Dehd.

Drake and Kendrick are beefing, but who pays? Plus, moms as our social safety net

Drake and Kendrick are beefing, but who pays? Plus, moms as our social safety net

Barton Girdwood, Alexis Williams, Liam McBain, Corey Antonio Rose, Jessica Placzek, Brittany Luse and Veralyn Williams • May 10, 2024

Drake and Kendrick have been trading diss tracks for weeks, and it's gotten darker and darker with each track. Drake accuses Kendrick of beating women, and Kendrick accuses Drake of abusing minors. It's a spectacle, but who are the pawns? Brittany chats with NPR Music's Sidney Madden and writer Tirhakah Love about the collateral damage in this rap beef.

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is being placed under a legal conservatorship

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is being placed under a legal conservatorship

Anastasia Tsioulcas • May 10, 2024

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge approved the conservatorship Thursday, noting that Brian Wilson suffers from "a major cognitive disorder." Wilson has agreed to the conservatorship.

Classic Americana: Robert Johnson

Classic Americana: Robert Johnson

Mike Pengra and Luke Taylor • May 10, 2024

Every Friday around 11 a.m. on Radio Heartland, we pull a special track from the archives or from deep in the shelves to spotlight a particular artist or song. This week, we honor the legendary and influential blues musician Robert Johnson, born May 8, 1911.

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