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The Current DJ revealed more details about her departure ahead of her final show Thursday.

Memorial Services for Loren Wilson of Hay Springs, Nebraska will be held Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 4:00 PM at Hay Springs Community Hall in Hay S...

MINNEAPOLIS — The music scene that Lydia Liza entered as a 16-year-old, “vulnerable in every sense of the word,” was full of men and full of threats. Men who groomed her with bad intentions, men who kissed her without her permission. Soon, she and her guitar will return to venues again. But thanks to a #MeToo reckoning that’s been playing out backstage, that scene will be different, she hopes. She will be different, at least. “I never really was worried about losing a r...

The Local Show host Andrea Swensson is leaving The Current Her last show will be on Sunday, Apr. 4. Author: The host of The Local Show says the broadcast on Sunday, Apr. 4 will be her last, as she starts a "new chapter" in her career. Swensson joined Minnesota Public Radio from City Pages, where she was the music editor, and five years ago became the host of The Local Show, the weekly broadcast that celebrates Minnesota-made music. "The time has come for me to find my next thing," she wrote o...

Local Show host Andrea Swensson announces departure from The Current The former City Pages music editor and author plans to write and podcast on her own time.  March 12, 2021 — 5:14am Text size Copy shortlink: Local music has and will always be championed at 89.3 the Current, but one of its lead advocates of the past decade is about to sign off. "The Local Show" host Andrea Swensson has announced her departure from Minnesota Public...