Coffee BreakCoffee Break: World Wish DayJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Apr 29, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention wishes?
News and InterviewsPhotos: Rhiannon Giddens' sold-out Biscuits & Banjos Festival centers Black music, art and culture Apr 28, 2025The three-day festival included a reunion of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the debut of Giddens’ new band, The Old-Time Revue.
PhotosPhotos: Bad Bad Hats and Gully Boys amp up Minnesota Music Month show Laura Buhman • Apr 28, 2025Kiss the Tiger and Lighter Co. also performed on Friday, April 25, at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St. Paul.
News and InterviewsDuluth artists share their Homegrown Music Festival 2025 recommendationsMark Nicklawske • Apr 28, 2025The 27th Annual Homegrown Music Festival runs from April 27 to May 4 in Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin. More than 170 acts are scheduled to perform in 38 venues, which are broken down into neighborhood clusters each night for maximum listening adventures.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: DogsJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Apr 28, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention dogs would you like to hear?
News and InterviewsRock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2025 includes OutKast, Soundgarden and Cyndi LauperIsabella Gomez Sarmiento • Apr 28, 2025The seven acts voted into the Rock Hall this year include Southern rap and Midwest garage rock duos, pillars of the grunge and English blues rock eras and the '80s most unusual pop star.
News and InterviewsCarolina to 'Cowboy Carter' and back: A celebration of Black roots music finds a homeJewly Hight • Apr 25, 2025For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Go Wolves! Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Apr 25, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs to cheer on the Minnesota Timberwolves would you like to hear?
In MemoriamDavid Thomas, Pere Ubu's defiantly original leader, dies at 71Annie Zaleski • Apr 24, 2025Formed in 1975, Pere Ubu embodied the industrial decay and hardscrabble ethics of Cleveland. Thomas tied together the band's sound with uncompromising vocals that exuded steely menace and unfettered anguish.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: 893 Essential Songs Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Apr 24, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that you discovered on The Current would you like to hear?
