Music News: 'Tis the season for Christmas album announcements September 20, 2018 The Monkees, Eric Clapton, and William Shatner (!) are among several artists who have announced new Christmas albums for this holiday season. Also, Spotify is letting artists directly upload music; KISS are calling it quits (again); Noah Cyrus is literally selling her tears; and Dickey Betts is in critical condition. For today's viral clip, we enjoy Topaz Jones's throwback 'Toothache' video. Read More ›
Leon Bridges plays solo acoustic songs at The Current September 20, 2018 In town for two nights of shows at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, Leon Bridges walked over to The Current for an in-studio session hosted by Jade. Performing solo and with an acoustic guitar, Bridges played a couple songs off his latest album, 'Good Thing.' Bridges also pulled back the curtain on his songwriting process. Read More ›
Mumford & Sons return with brand new music, 'Guiding Light' September 20, 2018 Mumford & Sons return today with the song "Guiding Light," their first new music since 2016. Read More ›
Kari Arnett performs at Radio Heartland September 20, 2018 Kari Arnett's first full-length album, 'When the Dust Settles,' is just being released, and it's already turning some heads in the way Arnett writes about love, loss, success and disappointment. Arnett will soon be relocating from the Upper Midwest to Nashville, but we got her to bring her band into the Radio Heartland studio to talk about the next steps in her exciting career. Read More ›
Morris Hayes on '3121' September 20, 2018 Morris Hayes has it all: candor, a sense of humor, and musical chops that earned him the title of keyboardist, then musical director in Prince's band. He sat down with Purple Current host Sean McPherson for a marathon interview about Prince albums from 1995-2010, plus miscellaneous other stories he remembered as they went. Due to overwhelming demand, we're publishing the full interview album by album. Read More ›
Jessica Hopper on 'Night Moves,' Danez Smith, and being a 'geriatric' soul September 20, 2018 Jessica Hopper just released Night Moves, a love letter to friends, bikes, and Chicago night air. In advance of her Sept. 23 event at Milkweed Books in Minneapolis, she shared a conversation with The Current's Cecilia Johnson. Read More ›
The Chart Show Hall of Fame September 19, 2018 When a song stays on The Chart Show's chart for more than 10 weeks, we retire it from the poll and it enters the very prestigious Chart Show Hall of Fame. Read More ›
23 Prince albums from 1995-2010 now available on streaming services August 16, 2018 As the result of a distribution deal with Sony, 23 Prince albums originally released from 1995 to 2010 are now available on major streaming services. Some were previously available on Tidal, but the widespread availability of these albums — some of which were originally released only to members of Prince’s NPG Music Club — will… Read More ›
Prince's 12 Essential Funk Jams (1995-2010) August 24, 2018 If you are looking for a place to start on the funk, look no further. Read More ›
Music News: 'Tis the season for Christmas album announcements September 20, 2018 The Monkees, Eric Clapton, and William Shatner (!) are among several artists who have announced new Christmas albums for this holiday season. Also, Spotify is letting artists directly upload music; KISS are calling it quits (again); Noah Cyrus is literally selling her tears; and Dickey Betts is in critical condition. For today's viral clip, we enjoy Topaz Jones's throwback 'Toothache' video. Read More ›
The Current Music News podcast August 10, 2018 In about ten minutes a day, hosts Jay Gabler and Jade put music industry headlines in context, share breaking news about upcoming releases, and surprise listeners with strange-but-true stories. Entertaining, conversational, and informative, The Current Music News is an essential daily listen for fans of all genres of music to catch up on the news that matters about today’s most essential artists. Read More ›
Download The Current app January 29, 2018 Download The Current's app to hear a crisp, high-fidelity stream of our station (and our additional streams) wherever you go! Read More ›
Listen to The Current via Amazon Echo July 23, 2018 * You can listen to The Current on Amazon’s Voice-on-demand Echo devices, and get enhanced functionality -- song names, requests, song of the day -- with our Alexa Skill. Read More ›
Leon Bridges plays solo acoustic songs at The Current September 20, 2018 In town for two nights of shows at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, Leon Bridges walked over to The Current for an in-studio session hosted by Jade. Performing solo and with an acoustic guitar, Bridges played a couple songs off his latest album, 'Good Thing.' Bridges also pulled back the curtain on his songwriting process. Read More ›
Superorganism perform a #MicroShow at Can Can Wonderland September 17, 2018 Within the whimsical surrounds of Can Can Wonderland in St. Paul, Minn., Superorganism perform a MicroShow for The Current before an all-ages audience. Read More ›
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats perform a #MicroShow at the Turf Club September 10, 2018 On Monday, Aug. 6, a select group of The Current's listeners were treated to a #MicroShow with Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, who performed at the Turf Club (capacity 350) in St. Paul. The band's generous set includes seven songs from their latest release, 'Tearing at the Seams,' plus a favorite from their breakout self-titled album from 2015. Read More ›
Dawes perform an acoustic set in The Current studio September 07, 2018 Ahead of their big 'an evening with Dawes' concert at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, Dawes stopped in The Current's studio to play an acoustic set and to chat with Mark Wheat. Read More ›
Watch Neko Case live in concert at the Palace Theatre September 06, 2018 Neko Case played the second show on her fall tour supporting the album, 'Hell-On,' on Thursday, Sept. 6, in Saint Paul, Minn. We streamed live video of her entire set at The Palace Theatre. Read More ›
Coffee Break: Rain September 20, 2018 It's been raining all week and the rain doesn't look like it's going to let up for another day or two, so for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what rain songs do you want to hear? Read More ›
Today in Music History: Happy Birthday, Ben Shepherd September 20, 2018 Ben Shepherd was born; AC/DC got cheap and dirty; Queen went to No. 1; David Bowie hit No. 1 for the first time in the U.S.; and Kate Bush scored her first U.K. hit album, Today in Music History. Read More ›
Coffee Break Suggestions and Archive November 08, 2016 Got an idea for a Coffee Break? Want to see what we did a while back? Read More ›