Frank Sinatra made his first recording; the Bee Gees had the top three singles in the U.S. singles charts; the Ramones got ...

If you’ve been on social media lately, there is a good chance you’ve seen the trend where people look back to what they were like in the 90s. This extends from celebrities to those who grew up in the ...

Tuesday is St. Patrick’s Day! While there was a parade to celebrate over the weekend in Minneapolis, t he celebration in St. Paul will kick off downtown at noon. It’s the 60th anniversary of the ...

The DPS is asking the public to help choose the music played while waiting to handle business. Choices run from jazz to pop to rock, and you can even call in and listen to samples before choosing your ...

Today’s Song of the Day is “So What?” from Jane Remover’s album ♡, out now.

1945 - "Rum and Coca-Cola" by The Andrews Sisters was the No. 1 song in the U.S. The song is a sanitized cover of a calypso song about American servicemen in Trinidad who get drunk and solicit ...

This week on United States of Americana, we celebrate Ry Cooder; he turns 79 this Sunday. Cooder has had quite a career — the guy was almost a Rolling Stone once upon a time. We’ll check out a few of ...

On-Air Playlist for The Current ...

There is an abundance of films centered around musicians that have been released recently or that are in the works. Artists ...

Arkansas singer-songwriter Jesse Welles performed the first of two consecutive nights at First Avenue in Minneapolis on Thursday. Welles, who has been compared to Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan by virtue ...