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NYC Pride Playlist

June 27, 2019|Rita Houston
Rita Houston's Spotify playlist: LGBTQ+ stories through music.
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Bob Dylan (photo by John Shearer, courtesy of Columbia Records)

Bob Dylan

May 23, 2019|Kara Manning
Rita Houston's Essential Bob Dylan Spotify playlist.
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Dan Auerbach (original photo by Neil Swanson for WFUV)

Dan Auerbach

May 14, 2019|Kara Manning
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, studio owner, label exec, modern bluesman. [Playlist]
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Al Green (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Al Green

May 02, 2019|Kara Manning
For his enduring voice and his embrace of both the spiritual and the secular.
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Tank and the Bangas (photo by Alex Marks, PR)

Tank and the Bangas: Five Essential New Orleans Songs

April 25, 2019|Kara Manning
As joyful ambassadors of the city's resurrection and revival
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Richard Thompson (original photo by Gus Philippas)

Richard Thompson

April 03, 2019|Kara Manning
One of the best-kept secrets in British music. [Playlist]
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Indigo Girls

March 26, 2019|Laura Fedele
There is a perfect yin-yang balance to Emily Saliers and Amy Ray. [Playlist]
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Patty Griffin (photo courtesy of Big Hassle, PR)

Patty Griffin: Five Essential Rickie Lee Jones Songs

February 28, 2019|Kara Manning
From one "serious badass" to another.
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Rickie Lee Jones in 2010 (photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Rickie Lee Jones

February 28, 2019|Kara Manning
Her songs are not so much sung as viscerally lived. [Playlist]
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Courtney Marie Andrews (photo by Laura E. Partain, PR)

Courtney Marie Andrews: Five Essential Dolly Parton Songs

February 08, 2019|Kara Manning
From one great country songwriter to another.
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Dawes (photo by Magdalena Wosinska, PR)

Dawes: Five Essential Warren Zevon Songs

January 24, 2019|Kara Manning
Goldsmith cites Zevon's "true sensitivity," "bleak cynicism," and bold lyrical risks.
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Warren Zevon in 1989 (AP Photo/Alan Greth)

Warren Zevon

January 24, 2019|Kara Manning
Essential for his uncanny way with words, wit, intensity, and final legacy. [Playlist]
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Andrew Bird (photo by David Black, PR)

New FUV Faves

November 01, 2022|Kara Manning
Andrew Bird + Phoebe Bridgers, Spoon
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Soccer Mommy's Sophie Allison (photo by Sophie Hur, PR)

New FUV Faves: Week of October 24

October 25, 2022|Kara Manning
WFUV's Favorite New Music This Week
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Weyes Blood (photo by Neil Krug, PR)

New FUV Faves: Week of October 17

October 18, 2022|Kara Manning
Weyes Blood, Omar Apollo, Local Natives and more
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Jamila Woods (photo by Tim Adorf, PR)

New FUV Faves: Week of October 10

October 11, 2022|WFUV Staff
Bartees Strange, Lucy Dacus, Jamila Woods and others
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Bruce Springsteen (photo by Danny Clinch, PR)

New FUV Faves: Week of October 3

October 04, 2022|Kara Manning
This week: Bruce Springsteen, Amy Ray, LCD Soundsystem, and Lissie
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Margo Price (photo by Alysse Gafkjen, PR)

New FUV Faves: Week of September 26

September 27, 2022|Kara Manning
This week: Margo Price, Odesza, Alex G, and Sampa the Great
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Dehd (photo by Atiba Jefferson, PR)

New FUV Faves: Week of September 19

September 20, 2022|Kara Manning

A snapshot of some of the new releases you're hearing on WFUV this week.

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Phoenix (photo by Shervin Lainez, PR)

New FUV Faves: Week of September 12

September 12, 2022|Kara Manning

Songs by beabadoobee, Michigander, and Phoenix are among our "New FUV Faves."

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Allison Russell and Brandi Carlile (photo by Aimsel Ponti, PR)

New FUV Faves: Week of September 5

September 07, 2022|WFUV Staff
New songs from Allison Russell and Brandi Carlile, Arctic Monkeys, The Backseat Lovers, and Vieux Farka Touré with...
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Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso (photo by Brian Karlsson, PR)

New FUV Faves: Week of August 22

August 23, 2022|WFUV Staff

A snapshot of some of the new music you're hearing on WFUV:

Alvvays, "Easy on Your Own?"
This pretty, shoegazy track —...

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Son Little (photo by Cynthia Perez, PR)

New FUV Faves: Week of August 8

August 09, 2022|WFUV Staff

A quick snapshot of some of the new releases you'll be hearing on WFUV this week:

Son Little "6 AM"
Longtime FUV friend...

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Devon Gilfillian (photo by Jacqueline Day, PR)

Devon Gilfillian

March 23, 2021|Kara Manning
On Marvin Gaye, and his own activism
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Marshall Crenshaw (photo by Jeff Fasano, PR)

Marshall Crenshaw

November 11, 2020|Eric Holland
I realized I had his number in my phone. Why not give him a call?
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The Go-Go's photo by Emily Assiran/Getty Images, courtesy of Universal Music, PR)

The Go-Go's Charlotte Caffey

September 14, 2020|Eric Holland
Interview, 2020
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Josh Ritter (photo by David McClister, PR)

Josh Ritter

August 31, 2020|Eric Holland
On 'See Here, I Have Built You A Mansion,' how music relates to art, and writing songs on pizza boxes.
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The Pretenders (photo by Matt Holyoak, PR)

The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde

July 27, 2020|Eric Holland
A freewheeling conversation that covers an impressive amount of ground.
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Perfume Genius (photo by Camille Vivier, PR)

Perfume Genius: Q&A

July 09, 2020|Kara Manning
Mike Hadreas released the stunning Set My Heart on Fire Immediately when the world shut down.
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Margo Price (photo by Bobbi Rich, PR)

Margo Price: Q&A

June 16, 2020|Kara Manning
On John Prine, kid books, and her quarantine playlist [Listen]
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Nicole Atktins (photo by BarbaraFG, PR)

Nicole Atkins: Q&A

May 29, 2020|Kara Manning

Quarantined Artists is a new FUV feature that includes online Q&As and on-air conversations with musicians dealing with life...

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Lucinda Williams (photo by Danny Clinch, PR)

Lucinda Williams: Q&A

May 21, 2020|Kara Manning

Quarantined Artists is a new FUV feature that includes online Q&As and on-air conversations with musicians dealing with life...

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X (left to right: DJ Bonebrake, Billy Zoom, Exene Cervenka, John Doe: photo by Kristy Benjamin, PR)

John Doe of X

May 18, 2020|Eric Holland
John Doe on life in lockdown
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Thao Nguyen of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down (photo by Shane McCauley, PR)

Thao Nguyen: Q&A

May 12, 2020|Kara Manning
Thao Nguyen's unveiling of her inner truth continues.
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