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Minnesota's 150th birthday is Sunday May 11. To celebrate, The Current is highlighting Minnesota's rich musical heritage the entire week leading up to the big day.
This week we're posing the question: Is there any music that's been ruined for you though its association with an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend?
For our CD discussion, the Musicheads dipped into the recent archives for an encore broadcast, where Mac Wilson, our Music Director Melanie Walker, and Bill DeVille talked about "Magnetic Fields' "Distortion," Yoav's "Charmed & Strange," and Shelby Lynne's Dusty Springfield tribute, "Just A Little Lovin'."
For our CD discussion, the Musicheads dipped into the recent archives for an encore broadcast, where Mac Wilson, our Music Director Melanie Walker, and Bill DeVille talked about "Magnetic Fields' "Distortion," Yoav's "Charmed & Strange," and Shelby Lynne's Dusty Springfield tribute, "Just A Little Lovin'."
Tickets are SOLD OUT!. We'll be giving away a few pair of tickets as we get closer to the event. Stay tuned for your chance to see Andrew Bird, New Pornographers, Cloud Cult and Bon Iver, on June 21, 2008.
Podcasts from The Current
Song of the Day Podcast
Today's song: Polara - Longest Day
Skits from the Morning Show
Morning Show skits for May 7, 2008
Musicheads
Magnetic Fields, Yoav, Shelby Lynne, and your ex.
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Past Highlights
Live from South by Southwest 2008Facemelter
Greatest Valentine's Songs
Rock the Cradle 2008
Top 89 of 2007
Policy and a Pint: The Death of Environmentalism
Policy and a Pint: The Price of Gas
Death Becomes Us
Radio Free Current - May 1 2007
Policy and a Pint: America's Checkbook - Overdrawn with GAO Comptroller General David Walker
Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
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Current t-shirts are now available for purchase at Erik's Bike Shop locations.
Your Voice
MinnewikiThe Minnesota Music Encyclopedia
My Three Songs
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Minnesota Music
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MPR Weblogs
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In-Studio Appearances
Tokyo Police Club formed in 2005 in the wake of the breakup of their previous band. That summer they began performing live and later that fall they played the Montreal Pop Festival.
The band Black Kids posted their four-song EP on their MySpace page and received a lot of buzz, subsequently becoming one of the most talked about new bands in 2007. Their style of music combines '60s style pop, '80s new wave and upbeat dance grooves.
After spending most of 2007 on the road touring as a solo artist and as a member of Andrew Bird's band, Martin Dosh's "Wolves And Wishes" will be released in May 2008 and is the fourth Dosh full-length studio project.
News & Features from The Current
What do a morel mushroom, a Lake Superior agate and a blueberry muffin have in common? They're all official state symbols for Minnesota, of course.
How do you convince people to move to your state? You come up with a clever marketing plan. And that's just what Minnesota did in the 1800s.
More Features from MPR
The vinyl record is undergoing somewhat of a resurgence in the Twin Cities music scene. More bands are putting their music out on vinyl, more consumers, especially younger ones, are choosing vinyl over compact discs.
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c/o Melanie Walker
480 Cedar Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55101
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Events
Event spotlight:
May 30, 2008
First Avenue
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89.3 The Current presents
| 5/6 - 5/19 | Cloud Cult West Coast Tour |
| 5/9 | Polara CD Release |
| 5/11 | The Kills |
| 5/13 | Laura Veirs & Liam Finn |
| 5/15 | Policy & A Pint: The Mortgage Meltdown |
| 5/25 | Sound Set '08 |
| 5/29 | The Presets |
| 5/30 | The Breeders |
Other notable events
| 5/7 | The Swell Season |
| 5/13 | M.I.A. |
| 5/14 | K.T. Tunstall |
| 5/22 | Rilo Kiley |
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