Mary Lucia

This week, Mary Lucia talks about 'Carmine Street Guitars,' a documentary by Ron Mann that covers a week in the life of a unique guitar shop in New York City's West Village. 'It's a gentle, wonderful story,' Mary says.

Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15, Jade will be broadcasting live from the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Ahead of the weekend's broadcasts, Jade talks to Mary Lucia about the culture of Bonnaroo. 'It seems like everyone is looking out for each other,' Jade says, 'which I appreciate.'

With the popularity of Hozier's song, 'Nina Cried Power,' Mary Lucia watched the Netflix documentary, 'What Happened, Miss Simone?' and shares her thoughts about it with you.

In the run-up to Bob Collins's retirement, Collins and Mary Lucia sat down for a full conversation that reflects on their careers in radio as well as Bob Collins' plans for the future. And of course, there are great memories and lots of laughs from the past 14-plus years of Lucia and Collins' 4:20 p.m. news breaks.

Around the turn of the decade, a number of news breaks featuring Mary Lucia and Bob Collins were gathered and archived as part of an early podcast experiment. Listen again to those great on-air moments, and relive a bit of news history while you're at it.

Los Angeles five-piece Local Natives' latest album, 'Violet Street,' was recorded with the band members playing together in the same room. 'We wanted the core of this album to be the five of us playing off each other,' says guitarist Taylor Rice. 'That was really integral to the album.' You can hear that collaborative sound in Local Natives' in-studio session here at The Current.

This week, Mary Lucia shares some words from a list she's compiled of words she dislikes. 'It's not so much what the word means,' Mary explains, 'although, in some instances, it is - I just don't like the sound of the word.' Hear Mary's list and feel free to share some of your own words that make your skin crawl.

Cage's strength has always been their signature dirty bluesy guitars that sound radio ready yet always with a touch of friendly menace.

Ahead of a concert at The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis in support of the album 'A Million and One,' My Brightest Diamond stopped at The Current studio for a session hosted by Mary Lucia.

This week, Mary Lucia talks about an up-and-coming documentary: 'Dennis and Lois,' from filmmaker Chris Cassidy, which tells the story of two ordinary people who are extraordinary music fans. 'I'm telling you right now,' Mary says, 'this movie is going to blow minds.'

Kaelan Mikla's first performance as a band didn't take place at a typical music venue, but rather a poetry slam. Laufey Soffia (vocals), Solveig Matthildur-Kristjansdottir (synthesizers) and Margret Rosa Doru-Harrysdottir (bass) may have thrown together the group for a poetry competition at their local library, but the trio quickly discovered their musical chemistry when they took home first place. The trio stopped by The Current studio to perform songs from their latest album and to chat with Mary Lucia.

Following Celebration 2019 at Paisley Park, Andrea Swensson talks to Mary Lucia about the experience of interviewing Jesse Johnson about Prince. 'Jesse had something very specific that he wanted to share with this audience,' Andrea says, 'and it really doesn't come across in a soundbite or two.' Listen to Andrea and Mary's full conversation about what Jesse Johnson had to say about his connections to Prince.

This week, Mary Lucia talks to Sam Choo, content manager at Call to Mind, MPR's mental health initiative, about mental-health conditions and conversations. 'We're really leaning into talking about mental health and conditions and the people who are dealing with them in a more treatment-positive way,' Choo says.

Ahead of their show at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, the Claypool Lennon Delirium visited The Current studio to play songs and to have a lively conversation with host Mary Lucia.

This week, Mary Lucia talks about a new rock documentary, 'Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury.' Releasing to theaters (starting in New York) on May 15, the film follows the trajectory of a Georgia band poised to become '90s alt-rock legends, until a car wreck disrupted their course. What happens next to the band members is as surprising as the fact they never made it big.

This week, Mary Lucia talks about legendary Los Angeles punk-rock band X, who are playing Rock the Garden 2019. As a longtime fan, Lucia explains why X mean so much to her -- and why it's important to see X perform.

This week, Mary Lucia talks about a new four-part documentary series about punk rock, titled 'Punk,' and airing on the Epix channel.

Mr. Cheswick is Mary Lucia's third pug; he's six months old, and on Tuesday, Mr. Cheswick made his first visit to The Current studio. Learn more about Mr. Cheswick as well as some cool and interesting facts about pugs.

This week on Listen to Looch, Mary Lucia visits the KARE 11 Backyard to talk with KARE 11 anchor and reporter, Jana Shortal. Lucia and Shortal have a conversation about being their authentic selves, the right trousers, and a shared favorite song.

This week, Mary Lucia talks about seeing the new documentary, 'Boy Howdy! The Story of Creem Magazine,' about the groundbreaking rock magazine that was founded in Detroit in 1969. The documentary just had its premiere at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.