FUV's Album ReCue series, shining a light on influential and underappreciated albums, was born from our evolving EQFM initiative examining the issue of gender disparity and racial inequity in the music industry.
June is Pride month and for Album ReCue, WFUV has asked LGBTQ+ musicians to tell us about their most loved albums — those releases that inspired, soothed, empowered or galvanized them as artists. Jennifer O'Connor looks back 31 years to George Michael's Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. Listen to Alisa Ali's conversation with O'Connor in the player above.
Jennifer O'Connor (photo by Amy Bezunartea, PR)
June is Pride month and for Album ReCue, WFUV has asked LGBTQ+ musicians to tell us about their most loved albums — those releases that inspired, soothed, empowered or galvanized them as artists. Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso finds neon-bright inner joy via Cyndi Lauper's 1983 solo debut, She's So Unusual.
Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso (photo by Shervin Lainez, PR)
June is Pride month and for Album ReCue, WFUV has asked LGBTQ+ musicians to tell us about their most loved albums — those releases that inspired, soothed, empowered or galvanized them as artists. Claud, who released their debut album Super Monster earlier this year, is a fan of Belle and Sebastian's second album, If You're Feeling Sinister, which turns 25 this year.
Claude (photo by Angela Ricciardi, PR)
June is Pride month and for Album ReCue, WFUV has asked LGBTQ+ musicians to tell us about their most loved albums — those releases that inspired, soothed, empowered or galvanized them as artists. To kick it off, John Grant chats about Talk Talk's gorgeous 1986 release, The Colour of Spring.
John Grant (photo by Hörður Sveinsson, PR)
Bob Dylan turns 80 on May 24 and all month long, for our ongoing Album ReCue series, WFUV has invited musicians to choose one Dylan studio album that's meant the most to them. This week, Lucinda Williams reveals just what Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited means to her.
Lucinda Williams (photo by Danny Clinch, PR)
Bob Dylan turns 80 on May 24 and all month long, for our ongoing Album ReCue series, WFUV has invited musicians to choose one Dylan studio album that's meant the most to them. This week, Susan Tedeschi of Tedeschi Trucks Band looks back to an early phase of Dylan's career.
Susan Tedeschi (photo by Dino Perrucci, PR)
Bob Dylan turns 80 on May 24 and all month long, for our ongoing Album ReCue series, WFUV has invited musicians to choose one Dylan studio album that's meant the most to them. This week, Amy Ray of Indigo Girls goes deep into Dylan's 1983 album, Infidels.
Amy Ray (photo by Brian Fisher, PR)
Leading up to WFUV's 1971 Throwback Thursday on March 25 — dedicated to albums celebrating their 50th anniversary this year — all month on "Album ReCue" we'll be taking a deep dive into some of the '71 releases that mean the most to our weekday FUV hosts. This week, it's Carly Simon's self-titled debut.
Carly Simon (collage by Laura Fedele for WFUV)
Album ReCue 1971: Isaac Hayes's Shaft (collage by Laura Fedele)
Alisa Ali's conversation with Eric Holland about his 1971 album selection, Traffic's epic The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, and Laura Fedele's overview of that release.
1971: Traffic (collage by Laura Fedele for WFUV)
