With the popularity of last week's Music You Should Know 50-song series, we're launching a weekly five-song collection to help you find even more new music.

There have been all too many unhappy surprises in 2020, but one of the happy ones was that Bob Dylan released a surprise album: his first studio album of new original songs in eight years. Rough and Rowdy Ways won widespread acclaim, marking yet another chapter in the astonishingly long and successful career of Minnesota’s legendary…

On a Saturday back in April, Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge of Minneapolis indie pop band Bad Bad Hats appeared on screen sporting sunglasses, flannel, and ‘90s band merch. A stretch of silence took the place of sound check as they waited for fans to join the first episode of “Islands in the Livestream.” After…

With the entire state snuggled up under a fresh blanket of snow, there’s no better time to curl up for a holiday at home and enjoy some of the best holiday videos Minnesotan’s have to offer. Bundle up, sit back, and happy holidays! New Power Generation – “Christmas Party!” Longtime Prince backing band New Power…

Digital producer Jay Gabler shares his favorite songs of 2020.

Michael Jackson. Madonna. Prince. Every year has good music, but somehow 1984 reached an apex of pop excellence. In a wide-ranging new book, Michaelangelo Matos examines how the magic happened.

Bob Dylan, the boy born in Duluth who went on to create what the New York Times calls “one of the music world’s ultimate jewels” and the Associated Press calls “rock ‘n’ roll’s holy grail” has sold that jewel, that grail, for an estimated $300 million. In what the music world is calling a “blockbuster…

Jesse Brodd, marketing director and talent buyer for the Hook & Ladder Theater & Lounge, talked about how the venue swung into action this year to stream live shows from the historic former firehouse.

You may not be traveling at all for Thanksgiving this year, but you can still climb aboard The Current's Time Machine. Starting Wednesday at 10 a.m. and continuing all weekend long, we'll take a trip to a different year of music each hour.

This Thanksgiving, Minnesotans’ hearts will be full of grief as well as gratitude. Even so, thoughts next Thursday will turn to the people, places, and principles we cherish and give thanks for. As always in troubled times, music has been and will continue to be a source of reflection, fresh perspectives, and – yes –…