Mary Lucia has earned a large fan base with her work as a broadcast personality, writer, actor and voice-over talent. Lucia began her media career doing evenings at REV 105, co-hosted mornings on Zone 105, and hosted a talk show, Somethin' Stupid, on 1500 KSTP.
From 1998 to 2001, she hosted the local music show Popular Creeps, a two-time Minnesota Music Award winner for "Best Locally Produced Show." For her work at The Current, Lucia has been voted best FM radio personality by City Pages seven times. In addition to her radio career, she has also appeared in commercials and in live theater productions.
Lucia likes cats and dogs more than people, wearing dead people's clothes and taking long walks off of short piers.
The latest release from Angel Olsen is characterized by soaring vocals and lush instrumental arrangements. Olsen and her band visited The Current studio to play songs from the new album.
The number of artists Clive Davis discovered, inspired and worked with is staggering. A documentary available on Netflix and elsewhere explores the life of this person Mary Lucia describes as 'an old-school music mogul.'
Mary Lucia talks about director Richard Lowenstein's biopic 'Mystify: Michael Hutchence,' which explores the complex life of the late INXS frontman. The film will make its Minnesota Premiere at the Sound Unseen Film Festival on November 17.
Mary Lucia talks about director Eric Mahoney's documentary 'Brainiac: Transmission After Zero,' which tells the story of a beloved and influential '90s band from Ohio. The film will make its Minnesota Premiere at the Sound Unseen Film Festival in November.
A new documentary from director Mark Engebretson sheds light on a lost Minneapolis music venue that Mary Lucia says 'for me, almost felt like an urban legend.' The film screens Tuesday night at the Minnesota History Center.
Chicago's seven-piece outfit Whitney visited The Current studio to play songs from their new album, 'Forever Turned Around.' Singer and drummer Julien Ehrlich says when it comes to writing songs, 'The spark is always melody.'
Mitch Easter is a musician and producer, perhaps best known for his work producing R.E.M.'s debut EP 'Chronic Town' and first two albums, 'Murmur' and 'Reckoning.' On Thursday, Oct. 17, Easter, along with four other luminaries, will be inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Mary Lucia recently spoke to Mitch Easter about his work with R.E.M.
Mary Lucia interviews Justin Smith, a music fan and college student who is also a blogger, public speaker and an advocate for the disability community. Smith talks about some of his favorite artists and shares his thoughts about accessibility at live-music venues.
Back with his fourth full-length album, 'Here Comes the Cowboy,' Mac DeMarco returns to The Current studio to play songs from the record and to talk about launching his own record label.
The New Pornographers visited The Current studio to perform songs from their new album 'In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights' and to chat with Mary Lucia ahead of their show at First Avenue.
Singer-songwriter Macy Gray is back with her 10th studio album, 'Ruby,' and a lead single featuring the guitar work of Gary Clark Jr. Mary Lucia spoke with Macy Gray about the new album, as well as about Gray's fascinating career -- and about going to elementary school with Marilyn Manson.
Ken Burns' latest film, 'Country Music,' premieres on PBS stations on Sunday, Sept. 15. In the run-up to the release, Mary Lucia talks about some of her favorite Ken Burns documentaries, and what makes them so special.
Mary Lucia talks about 'Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,' a new documentary opening Friday, Sept. 6. The film looks at Ronstadt's versatility and determination, two factors that powered her long and successful career.
Returning to The Current studio after three years, Barns Courtney -- accompanied by a full band -- plays songs from his new album releasing on Friday. 'My album's called '404' like the 404 error when a computer's searching for a website that's not there anymore,' Courtney explains. 'I like the metaphor of searching for memories and emotions that no longer exist when you get down to it.'
This last weekend, Mary Lucia revisited a documentary she hadn't seen when it first came out. 'Janis: Little Girl Blue' was produced by Alex Gibney, who has done a whole host of great documentaries, and it goes far beyond what you might already know about Janis Joplin.
'I think people know if they're coming to a Tuxedo show, they're coming to dance,' says Mayer Hawthorne of Tuxedo. The same could be said of their session in The Current studio.
'Blinded by the Light,' a new film inspired by the music of Bruce Springsteen, opens Friday, Aug. 16. Mary Lucia talks with a colleague who got to see an early screening of the film.
Now, normally Mary comes to you with some specific either documentary, or book, or event, or something she wants to tell you about. But this week is a little different.
Before kickstarting their 2019-2020 tour at the 7th St. Entry today, The Nude Party stopped by The Current studio... clothed.
Releasing Aug. 2, from director A.J. Eaton and producer Cameron Crowe, 'David Crosby: Remember My Name' offers what Mary Lucia describes as a raw and candid look at Crosby's life in music.