Sean McPherson is an in-demand bassist, bandleader and songwriter from St. Paul, Minnesota. He plays bass with Heiruspecs, Dessa and his solo project, the Twinkie Jiggles Broken Orchestra. McPherson graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007 with an Individualized Degree in Music, African-American Studies and Cultural Studies. Sean is an instructor at McNally Smith College of Music, teaching courses in Composition, Liberal Arts and Hip-Hop Studies. In addition to his performance and teaching career, McPherson is an active entrepreneur in the Twin Cities media community. He is the co-owner of Trivia Mafia, the largest trivia company in Minnesota. McPherson is also a freelance food writer for City Pages.
Rush drummer Neil Peart passed away earlier this year and tomorrow (his birthday) the live-streamed Modern Drummer Festival 2020 will be in tribute to him. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that celebrate great drummers?
Jay Gabler brought by his latest Rock & Roll Book Club pick this morning and it's Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, about a fictional band from the 1960s. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear where a fictional band is mentioned?
This morning, The Current is debuting a single from the new project Painted Shield featuring Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, Mason Jennings, former Pearl Jam drummer Matt Chamberlin and Seattle keyboardist and singer Brittany Davis.
We know today is a very different first day of school for many families. Maybe your little ones are logging into zoom this morning, maybe they're headed back to school with safety measures in place, or maybe it's a combination of the two. Whatever the case, we wish you all the best of luck and want to play a set of educational songs for you this morning.
From their home outside of Nashville, The War and Treaty join Sean McPherson to play songs from their upcoming record Hearts Town.
Bully's Alicia Bognanno joins Sean McPherson of The Current to perform a few songs and talk about recording Sugaregg in Minnesota's Pachyderm Recording Studio studios, and relinquishing her usual duties as producer.
On this record we find Lianne paring down the dense production and sonic ambition of her earlier records and letting the songs sit center stage. With this new self-titled effort we have an artist delivering an album length autopsy on a failed relationship with unflinching honesty: the good, the bad, the carnal and thank god, the funky.
We've got Sean in for Jill today and as he is typically your host of Radio Free Current on Saturday nights, we wanted to go ALL REQUESTS for today's Coffee Break.
'People love American music,' Senator Klobuchar says, 'and we're going to lose American music if we don't make sure that we have places for artists to perform.'
Lianne La Havas joins The Current's Sean McPherson for a Live Virtual Session to talk about and to play two songs from her 2020 self-titled release, releasing Friday. La Havas also plays a selection from her 2015 release, 'Blood.'
Beninese singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo connected with The Current's Sean McPherson from Paris, where Kidjo has been spending time with her family throughout the duration of the global pandemic. Kidjo talks about some of her influences and performs three songs that reflect those influences.
In the run-up to Juneteenth, the staff and listeners of Purple Current assembled a playlist of Prince's greatest protest songs - the music that amplifies Prince's Blackness and speaks directly to it.
Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music.
Over the weekend of May 15 to 17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Watch Har Mar Superstar's performance from that festival.
Andrew Bird is at home making music and spending time with his family, and he is celebrating the silver linings in the midst of tour cancellations and the general pause on the music industry. From his home in Los Angeles, Bird connects with The Current's Sean McPherson for a live virtual session.
Glover has found his way on '3.15.20' by using every ounce of his influences and points of departure to create a record worthy of praise and exploration.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of D'Angelo's breakout album 'Voodoo,' Sean McPherson describes how the record helped him forge his personal path as a musician, fan and explorer of music.
Atmosphere return with 'Whenever' featuring stellar guest appearances from Murs, Musab, Nikki Jean, Gifted Gab, Muja Messiah and Haphduzn.
The votes are in! They've been tabulated. Here is The Message's Top Ten songs of 2019.
Welcome to the 2019 Purple Current Top 10!