I do understand the ad intro to the songs, but I will say that the benefit to hearing the song without the ad, could be a sale of the song or entire album. I find I am happier if I can listen to a playlist of songs and then buy songs from bands, musicians, singers I like, and I buy them on ITunes. The artists benefit more from me getting to hear a song without the ad, as with the ad I tend not to listen to the song, or the ad. I do buy music, I do buy most of it from ITunes. I have already unsubscribed to this podcast as I can hear the ad, and the song, by simply going to the store page for the radio station and not having ad laden songs in my library. Maybe I am the exception here, I don't know. I do know I do not need to subscribe to a music podcast with an ad beginning.

I don’t know why people don’t understand if something doesn’t cost them anything then someone else is paying for it. I don’t like the ads, but I don’t want to pay a subscription fee either.

I will never fly Sun Country Airlines

Sometimes there are great songs. The ads before the song are tacky garbage. If this persists then it's useless.

Love discovering new songs and bands

I love the opportunity to get outside my music bubble. I found some gems that i lost when my phone was stolen and did not backup my phone. I now put the artists I find in my Apple Music feed. I can understand why they no longer have the full concert series available to stream, but I wish there was a list of songs/artists who had been on so I could refund what I lost.

Many songs are now very quiet compared to the volume of my other podcasts. But then they’ll throw in a “loud” song (i.e., something at normal volume), too, WHICH BLASTS ME IF I HAD THE SOUND TURNED UP FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY’S SONG.

Kind of like listening to the radio version of the current, I find all kinds of little gems of songs with Song of the Day, leading to many pleasant new discoveries! Like it’s brother/sister radio stations across the country, I’m glad a station like this exists, playing music that otherwise wouldn’t find an audience like me.

I returned from a few weeks off the grid and was sad I could only listen to a few old episodes. You used to be able to scroll through historical episodes. :(

I like this song so mach. I hear this song all the time when I get back home. I get back home at 2:45 and I hear this song at 5:30 that when I stop hearing this song. I hear this song like 2 or 3 hours and a half.

There are some gems here and there, but honestly there’s a whole lot of awful to wade through to find the 1 or 2 out of 100s. Not worth the space on my phone. Others do this much better and are consistently good. (Kexp for 1)

Okay okay okay,so I don’t love that fact that they remove the songs but other then that the music is amazing,I like pretty much all the artists and songs I’ve heard on here they are definitely my style 🤬🤬‼️‼️‼️

This used to be one of my favorite music podcasts. MPR introduced you to a wide range of musical artists. Now they stick an ad before every song. Do they have no idea what is like to listen to 5 songs in a row, and you get an ad, the same ad, before every single one. I am now unsubscribed from this one.

It great 👍 I can listen to these songs at the end of my school day and not have to listen to anything or anyone because I don’t like the ppl at my school there annoying 😑 like me 👉🏼😄👈🏼

𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕪+ 𝕒𝕧𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕩 𝕡𝕝𝕫 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕡 𝕡𝕝𝕫

Enjoy!

The only thing it’s missing is a Kazakh popera song now and then :)

The bad thing is that they remove the previous song’s ¿Why not save them? Just saying

I’ve been listening for years and have been introduced to so many new and wonderful artists. Thank you for what you do!

Love this podcast but I just screwed up and want some help!!i deleted the podcast instead of just one song. When I resubscribed I wasn’t able to restore all the hundreds of songs from past episodes. Is there something particular I need to do in Settings? I’ve turned off the episode limit. What else is needed?? I miss my favorites.

I'm a bit of a super-user of song of the day podcasts. I subscribe to The Current (Twin Cities), KEXP (Seattle), and KCRW (Los Angeles). The Current's podcast is, of course, extra good at Minnesota music. In terms of national acts, KEXP usually uncovers the hot new content a month ahead of The Current. Literally, the Current is often publishing the same songs a month after KEXP. And their bit rate is lower, too.

Great tunes. Subscribe.

A pleasant addition to the talkative feed of my podcasts

I love 90% of the music MPR introduces me to every day. Unfortunately, there is one HUGE issue that has driven me to the point of unsubscribing to the feed and leaving a one star review: John Mark Nelson. The song "Boy" continues to download no matter how many times I delete it. And it's not even a good song! I am just so tired of dealing with it. Sorry guys, but I've just had it with John Mark Nelson.

Where i find my favorite music and artists

Just wanted to take a moment to express a thank you for putting out these great tunes everyday!

This is one of my favorite podcasts. 200+ new songs every year, of which I like most and love many enough to go by the full albums. This podcast is awesome!!!

Thanks you for introducing me to great new artists and amazing new music. I don't think I would have found some of my favorite pieces of music without you. I am very grateful!

Sound

I love you 89.3 The Current!!

Nothing

Bobby Womack is alive and well. I am a long time fan of his (from the 70's). Whew! He still has it!

I discover so much new music this way.

It says I'm subscribed, It says I'm downloading a song, but nothing downloads and there is no link in my podcasts list. Did I miss something? I like the samples. Why won't they download?

As a sustaining member of MPR including The Current, I am grateful for such an amazing radio station with an awesome playlist! Having the song of the day is an extra special daily treat...

The best

Thanks MPR for this great use of member contributions. Keep on the cutting edge of technology. I am proud to be a member of such a versatile station and strategic business.

5 songs a week every week every year? I love this. I'm also lucky enough to live where I can hear these songs over the airwaves, but I love filling my Ipod with this stuff. I trust that these guys make interesting choices with this. History has proven time and time again that they know what they're doing.

I've been listening to this podcast for at least a year now and I love almost every episode. The music is, as other reviewers say, refreshing and out of the ordinary, in the best of ways. My problem, however, is that the audio quality has recently suffered for whatever reason! iTunes tells me that the recent podcasts, in comparison to older ones which I have saved, are of a lower bit rate. This results in a very low quality sound more akin to listening to the songs over AM radio than as an mp3 download. This is really frustrating, and I've deleted several episodes after only going 30 seconds in because the audio fidelity was so unbearable. Please fix this! I don't want to unsubscribe, but I will! I give 2 stars because MPR deserves 5 stars for song selection and 1 star for audio quality, then minus 1 from that average for not doing anything about it!

I've been following this podcast for quite some time, and have liked it quite a bit. They have great mix of interesting music that isn't widely available. Unfortunately, the past 5-6 episodes have had a strange drop in the quality of the audio- think like you're actually listening to it through an AM radio station and that approximates it. The songs are still encoded at 128kbps, but the sampling is down to 16 kHz. If they can fix that, they'll get me back up to 5 stars, otherwise it's a 3 for me.

Thanks!

I am such a huge fan of MPR and the Current. The fact that they put a song of the day out is awesome and I wouldn't have known about some of my new favorite bands if it weren't for them. Thank you!

How about adding more styles of music. Every song I've heard on this podcast could be filed under 'hipster/comfort/cutesy'. How about music that poses some form of a threat or rebellion or instills even a remote level of danger. By this I don't neccessarily mean punk or metal---just something else, something which doesn't sound like a contender for the next Volkswagon commercial. How about widening our horizons, MPR?

I'm a member of this station, so they obviously won me over a while back. The Current plays an astounding MIX of music. Though I don't like all of it, I am a financial supporter because of that MIX. I never would decide to complain about free music! I like to say "you get what you pay for," which works backwards in public radio... If you don't like it, well, at least you didn't pay for it. If you do like it, then go pay something for it! BTW, kcrw & kexp have put up some free songs of the day by Minnesotan local artists! everyone is local somewhere. Lastly, if you like this get their mpr app to stream the current or go to thecurrent.org!

What an amazing service the current and MPR are providing with no annoying ads. Just great music every day.

This has been great so far. Can't wait to hear more!

Sorry for the cheesy title, but I love MPR The Current so desperately, I may move to Minnesota one day so that I can hear it in the car, the tub, everywhere. And I hate winter. For now, though, this is a great way to get a little taste of the best radio station I have ever heard. One song, delivered daily, free to use however you like. Make a mix CD, put it on your iPod, whatever. The music selection is diverse but the songs are generally pretty great and there are some great artists to discover. Check it out!

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Sweet joy for free music!! I love the Current!

compared to KCRW and KEXP this station is not as strong for a few reasons: First, they frequently offer edited versions of the tracks, as in chopped down, sometimes dramatically, in the time (all 3 stations zap out the "naughty" words-whatever, we live in the USA). I started noticing this when the song that was over 8 minutes on KEXP's feed was 3 minutes long on the Current, and I've since seen it at least 3 more times, as they seem to be deciding how long a song should be and then pulling out the scissors. Second (relatedly), they are frequently playing songs that the other two similar feeds have already posted (sometimes last year), not that big a deal as they aren't run by the same people but it is definitely a pattern that seems to suggest the Current isn't always as current as its name suggests. Third, if there's a problem with their feed, there is no apparent way to contact them directly to let them know. Their website has a form which solicits membership from you but you never hear anything back from them if you can find a way to send them a message. Fourth, beware the post that starts with the words "Minnesota Music", as these tracks reveal that the local music scene in Minneapolis, like the local scene in my home town, is usually just not nearly up to par. It's a nice gesture to their local artists but local music isn't generally as fresh as local vegetables. Fifth, wish they would leave their posts up longer than 5 days, which is better than KCRW but not nearly as good as KEXP, which has a trove of posts going back over a year. Going on a trip over 5 days? You're out of luck on the posts from when you were gone. Having said all this, you definitely want to subscribe to this podcast, as there is a lot of really great content that comes from these guys. Just saying that they could do a better job at a few things.

Unlike other song-of-day podcasts, you won't necessarily get the latest free-indie-MP3-song-distributed-by-labels. Many local acts, and some refreshing surprises in the mix.