Live Performance Archive
The Bad Plus perform "Rhinosaurus Is My Profession," "The Empire Strikes Backwards," "Chariots of Fire"
(12/28/2005)
Mercury Music Prize winner Damon Gough chose his stage name from the title character in the British television show Sam and his Magic Ball.
(03/11/2007)
Marcia Ball performs "Down the Road," "Louisiana 1927," "That's Enough of That Stuff," and "Count the Days"
(08/25/2005)
Few people in the indie-rock world have had three separate successful careers. Lou Barlow is known as much for his solo work as his tenure as the bassist in Dinosaur Jr. and as the founder of the alt-country/folk supergroup Sebadoh.
(11/20/2009)
Lou Barlow continues to write and play music long after having played an integral part in influential groups such as Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh. He joined Mary Lucia in the Current studios to perform songs from his latest album.
(03/15/2005)
Peter Mulvey, a product of Wisconsin and a regular performer in The Morning Show playlist, is touring the country constantly. He even books some regular gigs in Ireland where he met Clive Barnes, a respected guitarist and singer in his own right.
(01/22/2007)
Not so very long ago, Natasha Kahn began having very vivid dreams. When she awoke one morning she asked herself who wrote the song she heard in her dream? She realized she had written the entire song in her sleep. She continued to apply the things she was dreaming, layering both delicate and bombastic elements together to create the album Fur And Gold.
(10/03/2007)
After nearly 15 years as a band member and side-project collaborator, David Bazan has finally released his debut solo album, "Curse Your Branches", on Barsuk Records. Bazan began his songwriting career as a member of Pedro the Lion in 1995, and has since collaborated with Vic Chesnutt, Micah P. Hinson, and many others.
(10/28/2009)
The lead singer of Pedro the Lion is currently touring in support of his latest solo effort "Fewer Moving Parts." He talked about his other solo projects, touring with Vic Chestnut, and working while wearing pajamas.
(09/05/2007)
Beck, whose career launched in 1994 in Los Angeles after his hit song "Loser" was played on the radio, has developed a career that continues to shape and influence music as much today as it did when he began.
(10/01/2008)
Bell X1 was formed from the remnants of Juniper in 1999. Their most successful year to date was documented with the CD/DVD set "Tour de Flock" in June of 2007, the first release on the band's newly established Bellyup Records label.
(03/20/2008)
Though they have a sound that a little bit R&B and a little bit rock-and-roll, do not say they're from Detroit.
(06/30/2006)
Four albums into his solo career, Brendan Benson has made a name for himself as one of the music world's premier collaborators. As part of the Raconteurs, he's played an instrumental part in shaping the sound of garage-inspired indie rock.
(11/17/2009)
Detroit-based Brendan Benson who has recently been tied as of late to fellow Michigan Jack White (of the White Stripes) joined Mary Lucia to perform acoustic versions of his songs.
(08/01/2005)
There's an art to writing a funny song. Do you load it up with silliness, or do you try to sneak in something serious from time to time? Lou and Peter Berryman are masters of the silly song. and they do - occasionally - work in deeper and thought-provoking issues.
(11/15/2007)