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Bono and The Edge: Tiny Desk Concert

Bono and The Edge: Tiny Desk Concert NPR Music
It's hard to overstate the kindness and good-natured humor the U2 singer and guitarist brought to this set, where they performed reimagined songs from All That You Can't Leave Behind. Read more

Watch Oshkii Giizhik Singers' powerful performance

Oshkii Giizhik Singers – Emerging Artists Showcase session (live for The Current)The Current
Oshkii Giizhik Singers (OGS) are a group of women from the Fond du Lac/Duluth area Native American community who sing traditional and contemporary Anishinaabe songs while hand drumming. Watch their performance recorded at The Current’s Emerging Artists Showcase. Read more

Watch Laura Hugo play a captivating six-song set

Laura Hugo – Emerging Artists Showcase session (live for The Current) The Current
Laura Hugo is an Indigenous singer-songwriter from the Navajo Nation. She moved to Minnesota in 2010 to pursue music and has since played all over the Midwest. Watch Hugo’s spellbinding solo set, recorded in Duluth, Minnesota. Read more

Starcrawler perform in The Current studio

Starcrawler — three-song performance (live for The Current) The Current
Los Angeles band Starcrawler released their third full-length album, ‘She Said,’ on Sept. 16, 2022. While touring in support of the album, Starcrawler visited The Current studio to chat with host Ayisha Jaffer and to play songs from the new album. Read more

TALK performs in The Current studio

TALK – studio session at The Current (music + interview) The Current
TALK — the artist name of musician Nicholas Durocher — has captured the attention of most of the world with his hit single, “Run Away to Mars.” With a debut album expected later this year, TALK visited The Current studio for a session hosted by Ayisha Jaffer. Read more

Indigo Girls: Tiny Desk Concert

Indigo Girls: Tiny Desk Concert NPR Music
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have been offering life lessons to their fervent fans for nearly four decades; here, they play a set of stone-cold classics, including "Closer to Fine." Read more

Nikki Lane performs in The Current studio

Nikki Lane – studio session at The Current (music + interview) The Current
Nikki Lane’s latest album, ‘Denim & Diamonds,’ released in September 2022. While on the first leg of the tour in support of that album, Lane stopped at The Current studio to play songs and to visit with Bill DeVille about the origins of her songs and the making of the new album. Read more

Catching up with Tegan and Sara

Tegan and Sara – full interview with Jill Riley The Current
The last few years have seen the Canadian duo segue into other areas of creativity beyond music; specifically publishing, writing, and television. Tegan and Sara check in with The Current’s Jill Riley to talk about all of their creative projects. Read more

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