News and InterviewsCarrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney chat with Mac WilsonMac Wilson • Mar 23, 2024Mysterious aircraft, homemade granola and one-song setlists are all subjects that arise in this freewheeling conversation with rock band Sleater-Kinney.
News and InterviewsTennessee becomes the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AIRebecca Rosman • Mar 22, 2024The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, or ELVIS Act, is an updated version of the state's right of publicity law. The new legislation includes AI-specific protections.
News and InterviewsAdrianne Lenker looks ahead to 'Bright Future'Ayisha Jaffer • Mar 22, 2024Adrianne Lenker’s new solo album, Bright Future, releases Friday, March 22. Ahead of the album’s release, Lenker spent time chatting with The Current’s Ayisha Jaffer about the making of the album, as well as Lenker’s deep connections to nature and to Minnesota.
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News and InterviewsLakota vinyl collector revitalizes Indigenous music, language one record at a time Mar 13, 2024Justis Brokenrope’s vinyl collection of Native artists is bringing generations of music to new audiences on social media. The collection he’s built over the last decade includes about 300 records by Indigenous artists from various genres — mostly country, folk, rock from the 1960s through the late 1980s.
In MemoriamEric Carmen, singer-songwriter of 'All By Myself' and 'Hungry Eyes,' dies at 74Neda Ulaby • Mar 12, 2024The pop crooner was behind some of the biggest power ballads of the 1970s and '80s. His wife said he died in his sleep.
Discover MusicTaylor Swift, Beyoncé and 50 more albums coming out this springNPR Staff • Mar 12, 2024Get ready for albums by Iron & Wine, Kamasi Washington, Tyla, Vampire Weekend and many, many more.
News and InterviewsKim Gordon on her intense, disorienting, beat-driven new solo album 'The Collective'Paula Mejía • Mar 8, 2024The artist's radically inventive new album produced with Justin Raisen plays like an apt distillation of what it's like to live right now.
News and InterviewsThe 2024 Oscars' best original song nominees, cruelly rankedStephen Thompson • Mar 5, 2024If there's any justice in the world, a Barbie songwriter will take home this statue.
News and InterviewsDJ Shadow opens up about 'Action Adventure' Ayisha Jaffer • Mar 1, 2024Josh Davis — better known as DJ Shadow — has released his eighth solo album, Action Adventure. DJ Shadow stopped at The Current to talk with host Ayisha Jaffer about two serendipitous purchases that influenced the sound and the look of the new album.