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In an ornate hotel lobby just outside of downtown Amsterdam, Sharon Van Etten holds up her hands, which are no longer hidden beneath her sleeves. She compares the level of chipping on her nail polish with my own as if showing off old war scars. “It’s that whole ‘I’ve got shit to do, I don’t have time to maintain’ look,” she smirks, narrowing her almond-shaped eyes mischievously. When in conversation, Van Etten’s wry wit tends to rub off on you. Over the past four years, she has...

10.  Journey (It’s Yo World)  As the profile of Nashville’s hip-hop scene rises, so does the star of one of the community’s biggest talents, rapper Brian Brown. Brown released his debut full-length project Journey in January, proving that his toolkit contains much more than a knack for lending features and writing catchy loosies like 2018’s “Stoop Kid” or 2017’s “Ric Flair.” The excellent Journey track “A Cashville Story” takes stoc...

Download MP3 | 00:11:55 Just before the world was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Staves put the finishing touches on their latest record, Good Woman, due out in the U.S. on February 5 on Nonesuch Records. The lead single and title track has been airing on The Current, so with that in mind, Camilla and Jessica Staveley-Taylor of the Staves connected with Jill Riley of The Currents Morning Show to talk about the new record and to share the ways theyve been spending t...