Cinco de Mayo

May 05, 2016|Corny O'Connell

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Cinco de Mayo is not just an excuse to sell Corona beer and Tostitos. It's a celebration of the victory...

Tacocat at WFUV

Tacocat: 2016

May 05, 2016|Alisa Ali

This jubilant, female-led, punk-pop quartet, which hails from Seattle, recently released a third record, Lost Time....

Clouds

May 04, 2016|Corny O'Connell

The rainy, grey, overcast skies are persisting here in New York. Let's acknowledge that fact and perhaps appease the weather...

Thao Nguyen and Eric Holland at WFUV

Thao and The Get Down Stay Down: 2016

May 04, 2016|Eric Holland

I've got nothing but respect and admiration for Thao Nguyen.  On her new record, A Man Alive, she put herself in a...

KT Tunstall (photo courtesy of the artist)

KT Tunstall's Five Essential Pretenders Songs

May 03, 2016|Kara Manning
"They basically make you want to wear skin-tight jeans, lurk moodily in corners, party, and cry like you're 15"

Teacher Teacher

May 03, 2016|Corny O'Connell

This is Teacher Appreciation Week and today is National Teacher Day. Has there been an educator in your life that you'd like...

Bob Boilen (photo by Jessica Mowery)

Bob Boilen: 2016

May 03, 2016|Alisa Ali

You likely know Bob Boilen from NPR’s "All Songs Considered" and "Tiny Desk Concerts." You may have seen him in animated...

The cover of the Pretenders' 1980 debut album

FUV Essentials: Corny O'Connell on the Pretenders

May 02, 2016|Corny O'Connell
"Was that a rock band quoting Oscar Wilde? Yes, it was."

May Flowers

May 02, 2016|Corny O'Connell

April showers are sticking around for the May flowers. On this damp and dreary day we need some color. Let's have your...

The Jayhawks (photo courtesy of All Eyes Media, PR)

The Jayhawks

May 02, 2016|Darren DeVivo

Paging Mr. Proust
The Jayhawks
Sham Records/Thirty Tigers

The Jayhawks are one of this country’s finest bands. The Minneapolis...