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December 30, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from artists you would like to pay tribute to would you like to hear?

Coffee Break: 2024 Remembered

Coffee Break: 2024 Remembered

Nilufer Arsala • Dec 30, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from artists you would like to pay tribute to would you like to hear?

Top 89 of 2024: Best Local Songs

Top 89 of 2024: Best Local Songs

Dec 30, 2024

The year 2024 was filled with amazing music. The Local Show has compiled a list of the Best Local Songs that we played in the last year. Here they are — in alphabetical order by artist. 

Top 89 of 2024: Best albums

Top 89 of 2024: Best albums

Dec 29, 2024

The year 2024 was filled with amazing music. The Current has compiled a list of the Best Albums that we played in the last year. Here they are — in no particular order.

Top 89 of 2024: Best new artists

Top 89 of 2024: Best new artists

Dec 29, 2024

The Current's Top 89 Songs of 2024 will air on New Year’s Eve. We'll count down your Top 89 of 2024 at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, and at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1.

2024 Remembered from The Current

2024 Remembered from The Current

Jill Riley, Derrick Stevens, Luke Taylor, Reed Fischer, Lindsay Kimball and David Safar • Dec 28, 2024

Join The Current in honoring the life, music, and legacy of artists we lost this year with 2024 Remembered from The Current. This two-hour musical tribute is a celebration of all sounds — from indie to influential — and a way to unite in paying homage to the artists who have shaped music history.

Dec. 28 in Music History: Remembering Alex Chilton of Big Star

Dec. 28 in Music History: Remembering Alex Chilton of Big Star

Dec 28, 2024

Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys passed away, Lemmy passed away at the age of 70, George Harrison was at No. 1 with 'My Sweet Lord', The Beatles went No. 1 with 'The White Album', and Rolling Stone magazine voted 'Some Girls' by The Rolling Stones Album of the Year.

Coffee Break: Year In Review

Coffee Break: Year In Review

Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Dec 27, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that describe 2024 would you like to hear?

The Chart Show: four songs enter Chart Show Hall of Fame at year’s end

The Chart Show: four songs enter Chart Show Hall of Fame at year’s end

Dec 26, 2024

Songs by Father John Misty, Billy Strings, Gigi Perez and Hozier all enter the Chart Show Hall of Fame after 10 weeks of listeners’ votes.

Coffee Break: Home

Coffee Break: Home

Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Dec 26, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that remind you of home would you like to hear?

Dec. 25 in Music History: Remembering George Michael

Dec. 25 in Music History: Remembering George Michael

Dec 25, 2024

James Brown, Dean Martin, and Eartha Kitt died; Annie Lennox, Jimmy Buffett, Dido, and Cab Calloway were born; James Taylor received his first guitar for Christmas, Today in Music History.

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