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Aoife O'Donovan - Sunday Breakfast - 2013

by John Platt
I first met Aoife O'Donovan back in 2002 when she came to WFUV with The Wayfaring Strangers, a project that Boston musician Matt Glazer conceived, giving traditional Appalachian songs a jazz treatment. At the time she was all of 19 and studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston, but it was clear she had a gorgeous voice.

Laura Mvula - FUV Live - 2013

by Rita Houston

Laura Mvula has already earned accolades in the UK, but her debut album, Sing To The Moon, is just starting to make waves here in the States. Classically-trained and from a musical family (her brother and sister are the other performers in this session), there is a range of influences in Mvula's sound, but that voice is utterly unique.

Mavis Staples - FUV Live - 2013

by Rita Houston

Ahead of the release of her brand new album One True Vine, Soul & Gospel legend Mavis Staples stops by Studio A to share some of the new songs with us.

I talked with Mavis about working again with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy as producer of the new record, and she also shared some wonderful stories from the past, like what it was like to work with The Band on The Last Waltz.

Check out the videos of the amazing in-studio performances here as well. 

Kim and Reggie Harris - Sunday Breakfast - 2013

by John Platt

Kim and Reggie Harris are one of my favorite married musical couples. Their lives have been very eventful in the past few years. Kim just received her doctorate in sacred music from Union Theological Seminary (with a dissertation called "Welcome Table: A Mass of Spirituals"). Reggie had an emergency liver transplant which gave him a new lease on life. (Hence the title of their new CD, "Resurrection Day.") They brought their hard-won wisdom, their laughter, and their harmonies into Studio A for a warm and wonderful session.