Questlove Can’t Take a Compliment – An Interview with Alec Baldwin
Few musicians can compete with the encyclopedic musical knowledge that Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson possesses—which is great news if you got to be a student...
Local Music Exchange: Nominate a Minnesota band for a trip to Canada
The Current wants to share great Minnesota music with the world, so we've partnered up with Manitoba Music - Winnipeg to swap two bands...
Blank Tape: Electronic Cassette Culture
A short film about the new wave of DIY labels, producers and artists who've found a home for experimental electronic music on cassette.
https://youtu.be/lzqWGkf8tsw
Billy Crudup Teaches You How to Juggle
Hollywood’s most talented everyman teaches you the two-ball action.
https://youtu.be/sspU9PbAM8w
Cass McCombs on songwriting
Cass McCombs is a critically acclaimed American songwriter. Blending genres such as rock, folk, psychedelic, punk, and alt country, his ninth album, Mangy Love,...
The Manager For Twenty One Pilots Explains Why Discovery On Social Media Sometimes Beats Radio
"We knew early on that the power of discovery was something that we were fortunate to have – and that true discovery cannot be...
As The Years Go By …: Conversations With Canada’s Folk, Pop & Rock Pioneers
Anyone who grew up in Canada in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, knows how amazing Canada's music scene was in those magical decades.
Etched...
Eminem Proves There Are Plenty Of Words That Rhyme With ‘Orange’
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the only word that perfectly rhymes with “orange” is “sporange,” an uncommon botanical term for a part of...
Eric Hutchinson Has A GREAT Idea Called Songversations, And He Created A Game About It
The best part of social media for me is getting to ask silly and sometimes deliberately thoughtful questions and read through the answers. Eric...
Billy Bragg Explains Why Skiffle Was England’s First Teenage Subculture
The roots of skiffle as a musical genre and its influence on popular music is discussed in this book talk presented by singer and...
Steve Albini Just Didn’t Like Music Promotion For Shellac, He Hated It For Everyone Else
From the outset Shellac kept operations deliberately low-key. Their earliest music was released on 7"s with homemade covers, they performed in small atypical venues...
Slowdive’s Neil Halstead On When To Quit The Band…And Get Back Together
Neil Halstead is an English musician and songwriter best known for his work in the bands Slowdive and Mojave 3. both bands I love...
Pussy Riot Are Kickstarting A Breakthrough Theatre Production To Remind Us What Is Worth Fighting For
How wonderful is it to be living at the same time as Pussy Riot, the Russian feminist protest punk rock group based in Moscow,...
Kensington Market Jazz Festival Is Back For The 2nd Year
The new kid on the block on Toronto’s jazz festival circuit, Kensington Market Jazz Festival debuted in style in 2016 when over 200 musicians...
On this day in 1983, Prince played “Purple Rain” for the first time at a benefit for Minnesota Dance...
I LOVE Minnesota's The Current radio station. They've really been my go-to online music since WOXY went down, and today, they posted this fact: Before the...
The Next Two 33 1/3s Books Will Be David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs and D’Angelo’s Voodoo
The always excellent 33 1/3 book series just announced the next two editions that are due to be added to the series: David Bowie’s Diamond...
