Low’s Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and Steve Garrington recently put on a special show for their fellow Minnesotans at St. Paul’s Fitzgerald Theater. Watch them perform “Plastic Cup” and “So Blue,” from The Invisible Way, with assistance from their hometown friends in Trampled by Turtles, from The Current.

Valeska Steiner and Sonja Glass have been playing their infectious pop song “Little Numbers” since 2011, but it wasn’t until this year that the Swiss/German duo caught on in America. Watch Boy perform an acoustic version of its international hit live in The Current’s studios.

With his big, weary voice, Scott Hutchison has a remarkable gift for tugging at heartstrings. Watch him and his band Frightened Rabbit perform a stripped-down acoustic version of “The Woodpile” at The Current.

Watch Tegan and Sara perform an acoustic- and synth-driven version of “Closer” at The Current.

Minnesota station The Current asked 14 artists to interpret Beck’s Song Reader, his “album” of sheet music. One of the most energetic recordings came courtesy of the Twin Cities Funk and Soul All-Stars, who selected the song “Sorry.”

When people hear John Mark Nelson’s music for the first time, there’s often a sense of disbelief. With arrangements that recall the work of veteran songwriters, the 19-year-old Minnetonka, Minn., native has been recording sophisticated compositions since he was 14.

Watch him and his cadre of teenage friends make their radio debut on Minnesota Public Radio’s The Current, as they perform the song “Reminisce.”

Hear the new Prince single, “Screwdriver,” and meet his new backing band at The Current.

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San Cisco specializes in songs you can’t get out of your head. Watch the irresistible Australian band play its breakout hit, “Awkward,” at The Current.

After more than three decades, John Lydon and his re-formed PiL still perform with intensity and conviction. Here, they visit The Current in the Twin Cities to perform songs from their first album since 1992. Watch Lydon wail his way through “Reggie Song.”

The genre-bending Arizona band Calexico, led by Joey Burns and John Convertino, released a fine record this fall called Algiers. Watch the group perform the album’s first single, “Splitter,” live in The Current’s Twin Cities studios.