Mary Lucia

This week, Mary Lucia talks to Bill DeVille about the Americana Music Association's Festival and Conference in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 11 to 16.

This week, Mary Lucia talks with colleague Jesse Wiza, a native Michigander who has been enjoying discovery of the Minnesota State Fair. Jesse shares some of her new favorites and talks about her indoctrination to the Great Minnesota Get-Together.

This week, Mary Lucia talks about a new documentary about the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, 'If I Leave Here Tomorrow,' on Showtime. 'As I live and breathe, I never thought that I would be sitting here urging you to watch a 90-minute documentary about Lynyrd Skynyrd,' Mary says, 'but it is the most enlightening film. I now have a great appreciation for this band.'

Musician Curtiss A joins Mary Lucia to describe an experience he had in 1969 that he can't quite explain. Did he see a UFO? Was it something else? The experience seems to have inspired Curt's new song, 'Unidentifiable.' Watch Mary's interview with Curtiss A, and listen to the new song.

This week, Mary Lucia is joined by Bill DeVille, who went to the Jack White show at the Armory in Minneapolis last night. The show was awesome -- but Mary and Bill talk about White's no-phones concert policy. What do you think of locking up phones at concerts?

Jack White plays the Armory in Minneapolis on Monday, Aug. 6. Ahead of that show, Mary Lucia talks to Brian Oake about their shared fandom of Jack White, as well as Brian's experience seeing Jack White perform at the Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta earlier this year.

Our friends at NPR Music have asserted there's a genre called rosewave; what is it? Is it latter-day 'yacht rock'? Is it just easygoing music without hard guitars? Mary Lucia and The Current's Jesse Wiza talk about this genre and some artists' songs that seem to fit well.

Although Courtney Barnett will be playing a show in Minneapolis this weekend, Mary Lucia is 'going to drive to a casino to see Jerry Lee Lewis.' For this week's Listen to Looch, Mary talks about why she's taking a drive to see a rock and roll legend.

Low Cut Connie frontman Adam Weiner describes how he and his bandmates are staying busy touring and recording -- even if that means doing those things simultaneously. Weiner also talks about what helps him get motivated to give his all at every show.

Just days after the release of their latest album, 'Back Roads and Abandoned Motels,' the Jayhawks stopped in The Current studio for a session hosted by Mary Lucia.

Yes, Mary Lucia definitely loves dogs -- but she loves cats, too. And for this week's Listen to Looch, Mary describes why cats, on an evolutionary level, are more like rock stars than dogs are.

This week, Mary Lucia, together with The Current's Music Assistant Jesse Wiza, answer questions to a concert survey that's popular on social media. Hear Mary and Jesse's answers, then share your own.

The internet is still abuzz following James Corden's Carpool Karaoke with Paul McCartney. 'Is there anyone else you think could jump into James Corden's car and have that kind of impact?' asks Mary Lucia.

'Every time we play on stage feels like the first time,' says Bodega vocalist Nikki Belfiglio. 'That sounds really corny, but there's so much energy and so much conviction behind what we do.' Bodega bring that same energy and conviction into The Current's studio, where they played a rocking session.

This week, Mary Lucia is joined by Brian Oake, and they each share their speculative lists on who they think will play at the upcoming Eaux Claires festival in Wisconsin. Who do you think will perform there?

This week, Mary Lucia reports on an intrepid raccoon that has scaled more than 20 floors on a building across the street from MPR.

Macalester College alumnus Will Sheff is frontman of the band Okkervil River. Ahead of their show at the Turf Club in St. Paul, Sheff and company stopped at The Current for a session hosted by Mary Lucia.

Father John Misty returns with his fourth record 'God's Favorite Customer', out now on Sub Pop.

This week, Mary Lucia considers the importance of timing when it comes to artists' careers. Were artists like Big Star, PJ Harvey, and Supergrass simply ahead of their time? What bands can you think of that either benefitted from, or perhaps lost out, due to the elusive nature of timing?

Following a four-year break from touring, Eels are back on the road following the release of their album, 'The Deconstruction.' 'It's so much fun to be doing this again,' says Mark Oliver Everett, aka E. 'I honestly think we might be doing our best shows ever right now.' Eels stopped at The Current for a session hosted by Mary Lucia.