Dayna Kurtz - Words and Music - 2012
With her powerful and versatile voice, it's impressive but not surprising that Brooklyn-based songwriter Dayna Kurtz has...
Joan Osborne - Words and Music - 2012
Joan Osborne has a voice made for singing blues and soul, and now she's devoted an entire album to those classic sounds with...
Lindsay Fuller - Words and Music - 2012
Lindsay Fuller's new album 'You, Anniversary' isn't without light -- it's just buried under some beautiful layers of heavy...
Joe Louis Walker - Words and Music - 2012
Joe Louis Walker is a modern bluesman who epitomizes the role: learning from the greats, respecting tradition, and using...
Punch Brothers - Live at SXSW - 2012
You might not think of New York City as the center of the progressive-bluegrass world, but the Punch Brothers have made it...
Shearwater - Words and Music - 2012
Austin indie-rock adventurers Shearwater have spent over a decade creating musical alternate universes, and now return with...
Shearwater - Live at SXSW - 2012
Jonathan Meiburg was in great voice Friday afternoon for the WFUV showcase at SXSW. Shearwater, the band he founded with...
Emeli Sande - Words and Music - 2012
Although Emeli Sande turned down a record deal to go to medical school (at 16), music eventually won out for the Scottish...
Justin Townes Earle - Words and Music - 2012
Justin Townes Earle continues his album-a-year pace with today's release of 'Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About...
David Bromberg - Words and Music - 2012
Roots musician David Bromberg has a very personal way of devoting himself to music. It sometimes requires that he abandons...
Dry The River - Words and Music - 2012
The 5-piece UK band Dry The River adds a gritty edge and intensity to their folk roots - and plenty of volume. Ahead of the...
Ben Kweller - Words and Music - 2012
Power pop is alive and well in the hands of Ben Kweller, but this time Ben's gone the D-I-Y route by releasing his new album...
Laura Gibson - Words and Music - 2012
The nostalgic sound of Oregon's Laura Gibson gets a new sonic setting on her latest album, 'La Grande,' but it doesn't take...
Jim White - Words and Music - 2012
Songwriter Jim White has traveled a bit of a bumpy road in recent years, but it's led to some beautiful songs on his new...
Heartless Bastards - Words and Music - 2012
Find out where the band name Heartless Bastards came from as Erika Wennerstrom and company rock their way through a Studio A...
Tennis - Words and Music - 2012
I got to interview the band Tennis for their first album, Cape Dory (which I still listen to and I suggest you check out if...
Punch Brothers - Words and Music - 2012
A new producer means some new sounds from the ever-progressive bluegrass five-piece, Punch Brothers, and their new album, Wh...
Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche - Words and Music - 2012
FUV's John Platt talks with Suzzy Roche about her first novel, 'Wayward Saints,' in between her performance of a few songs...
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