Cocteau Twins sound amazing no matter what time of the year it is, but once that calendar flips over to October, there's just ...

Coffee Break, what songs from artists you found on The Current would you like to hear? Respond with your song ideas in the ...

Thom Yorke was born; The Beatles turned down a million bucks to perform in New York; Jose Feliciano kept World Series fans ...

Hear Diane's interview with our new Artist of the Month Papa MBye. The alternative pop musician talks about his creative new ...

MPR’s first year of live broadcasts from its booth at the Minnesota State Fair — the late Kris Kristofferson was interviewed ...

Brittany Howard was born; Kim Shattuck passed away; fifteen Elvis fans were kind of wrong; the McCoys hung on to No. 1 with ...

PJ Harvey was born; Ray Charles had a hit with 'Hit the Road, Jack'; Glen Campbell did some session guitar work for the Beach ...

This week on the program, I'll be spotlighting one of my favorite synth pop acts: OMD, aka Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

We’re starting out October with “The Shook Ones” this week on an all-local episode of The Message! What does it mean to be ...

On this United States of Americana we featured nothing but tunes recorded live Sound Stage Studios in Nashville during ...

Papa Mbye's second EP, PARCELLES 16, emerged from a trip to Senegal and The Gambia. Mbye spoke with The Current about the ...

Society is always on the lookout for wicked things and that’s why your messenger of the night is going to ‘creep’ into your ...