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Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield (photo by Molly Matalon, PR)

Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield: Q&A

May 07, 2020|Kara Manning
On 'Saint Cloud,' cooking at home, and Fiona Apple.
Jade Bird (photo courtesy of Glassnote, PR)

Jade Bird

April 30, 2020|Kara Manning

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

Real Estate's Martin Courtney (photo by Shawn Brackbill, PR)

Real Estate's Martin Courtney: Q&A

April 28, 2020|Eric Holland
Martin Courtney of Real Estate talks about puppies and music.
Norah Jones (photo by Diane Russo, PR)

Norah Jones: Q&A

April 23, 2020|Kara Manning
Norah Jones made her way through quarantine with 'Pick Me Up Off the Floor.'
Bettye LaVette (photo bettyelavette.com)

Bettye LaVette

April 22, 2020|Eric Holland
On her pandemic stay-at-home life in West Orange, NJ, and also her album 'Blackbirds.'
Brian Fallon (photo by Kelsey Hunter Ayres, PR)

Brian Fallon

April 20, 2020|Eric Holland

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

Craig Finn (photo by Sherwin Lainez, PR)

Craig Finn

April 16, 2020|Eric Holland

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

Jesse Malin (photo by Steven Sebring, PR)

Jesse Malin

April 10, 2020|Eric Holland
Listen: Jesse Malin in conversation.
Margaret Glaspy (photo by Josh Goleman, PR)

Margaret Glaspy: Q&A

April 09, 2020|Kara Manning

As the second artist interviewed for FUV's new Quarantined Artists series, Margaret Glaspy tells us about her new album, Dev...

M. Ward (photo by Wrenne Evans, PR)

M.Ward: Q&A

April 02, 2020|Kara Manning

It's strange poetry indeed to release an album called Migration Stories while travel is virtually impossible during the...

Amy Winehouse (from "Amy," A24 Films, PR)

On Amy Winehouse: Nick Shymansky Interview

July 23, 2015|Kara Manning

Four years ago, on July 23, the dynamic, intuitive and soulful singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse died at her London home...

The Walkman's Hamilton Leithauser

The Walkmen: TAS In Session

June 18, 2012|Kara Manning
Watch and read: The Walkmen in session.
Jim James (photo by Neil Krug/PR)

Jim James: Five Essential Neil Young Songs

November 08, 2017|WFUV Staff

It's not a surprise that an artist with the range of Jim James would be a Neil Young fan. Whether in his solo work, as a...

Saint Etienne's Pete Wiggs, Sarah Cracknell and Bob Stanley (photo by Rob Baker Ashton, PR)

Saint Etienne: Five Essential Kate Bush Songs

November 01, 2017|Kara Manning
A tribute to a lifelong influence
Joe Henry (photo by Glen Hansard, PR)

Joe Henry: Five Essential John Prine Songs

October 24, 2017|Kara Manning
Joe Henry on the John Prine songs he loves.
North Mississippi Allstars' Cody and Luther Dickinson (photo courtesy of 7S Management)

North Mississippi Allstars: Five Essential Tedeschi Trucks Band Songs

October 11, 2017|Kara Manning
With special love for tracks found on their first, Grammy-winning album.
Rostam (photo by Alex John Beck, PR)

Rostam: Five Essential Tom Petty Songs

October 04, 2017|Carmel Holt
Guest DJ set: Playlist

Matthew Sweet: Five Essential Beach Boys Songs

September 20, 2017|Kara Manning
His most vital influence over the years.
Jessica Lea Mayfield (photo by Ebru Yildiz, PR)

Jessica Lea Mayfield: Five Essential Michael Jackson Songs

August 31, 2017|Kara Manning
She really enjoys sleek, fun, ebullient pop music.
Norah Jones (photo by Danny Clinch, PR)

Norah Jones: Five Essential Willie Nelson Songs

August 16, 2017|Kara Manning
The friend and fellow Texan narrows down the Willie catalogue.
Suzanne Vega (photo by F. Holz, PR)

Suzanne Vega: Five Essential Joe Jackson Songs

August 09, 2017|Kara Manning
We reached out to Vega to write about her friend and collaborator.
Jon Batiste (photo by Sasha Israel, PR)

Jon Batiste: Five Essential Mavis and Pops Staples Songs

July 20, 2017|Kara Manning
A Batiste-style "love riot" of admiration, enthusiasm and inspiration.
Son Little (photo by Marc Lemoine, PR)

Son Little: Five Essential Mavis Staples Albums

July 19, 2017|Kara Manning
He deeply appreciates the Staple Singers' bridge between the secular and the spiritual.
Chris Robinson Brotherhood

Chris Robinson: Five Essential Chuck Berry Songs

June 21, 2017|Kara Manning

Longtime fans of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood and his former band, the Black Crowes, know that Chuck Berry, this week's FU...

Miss Sharon Jones

Sharon Jones

May 01, 2017|Laura Fedele
The great Miss Sharon Jones was a lover and a fighter. [Playlist]
Sheryl Crow (photo courtesy of the artist, PR)

Sheryl Crow

October 02, 2019|Kara Manning
Not only great a pop and rock songwriter, but a true activist. [Playlist]
FUV Essentials: Soundtracks and Scores (collage by Laura Fedele, WFUV)

Soundtracks and Scores

November 18, 2019|Kara Manning
Our DJs pick their 'essential' movie music. [Playlist]
Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and Walter Becker (original photo by Danny Clinch, PR)

Steely Dan

October 10, 2016|Kara Manning
Their seven albums over eight years have ongoing influence. [Playlist]
Stevie Wonder (original photo PR/1985)

Stevie Wonder

May 09, 2016|Kara Manning
From child prodigy to elder statesman of American pop, soul, R&B, jazz and funk. [Playlist]
(Photo via flickr.com/m01229, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Summer of Love

June 12, 2017|Kara Manning
It's been a fifty-year embryonic journey since the Monterey International Pop Festival. [Playlist]
Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks (Original photo by ceedub13 on Flickr, CC2.0)

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks

October 08, 2017|Darren DeVivo
Musicians with an uncanny, intuitive connection to their muse, the blues. [Playlist]
The Allman Brothers (PR photo / Atco Records)

The Allman Brothers Band

September 11, 2017|Kara Manning
Tragedy never really let go of them, but there is joy in the band's afterlife. [Playlist]
The Band at The Last Waltz (AP Photo)

The Band

November 14, 2016|Kara Manning
One of the most influential and sophisticated cornerstones in American folk, blues, and roots rock 'n' roll. [Playlist]
(PR photo)

The Beach Boys

September 18, 2017|Paul Cavalconte
The band that transcended themselves, then crashed and burned. [Playlist]
The Beatles (AP Photo/file)

The Beatles

February 06, 2017|Darren DeVivo
Four lads from Liverpool who spearheaded an unparalleled musical and cultural revolution. [Playlist]
(photo image by Laura Fedele)

The Beatles: FUV Essential Covers

February 07, 2017|Kara Manning
FUV staffers make one pick each and explain why. [Playlist]