Five Essential Songs

(December 2018 update: Radiohead will be part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2019, inducted on

In May, Halo Maud's Maud Nadal opened for Phoenix during their five-show residency at Paris's La Gaîté Lyrique. She says that the French band is the most generous she's ever met — and she returned that generosity by choosing her "Five Essential Phoenix Songs" for FUV Essentials.

As Lucinda Williams' groundbreaking album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, marks its 20th anniversary — it was released on June 30, 1998 — Margo Price gets ready for her third straight appearance at Willie Nelson's 2018 Fourth of July Picnic.

Jim James has released an eclectic third solo album, Uniform Distortion, and announced a solo acoustic autumn tour. And he's an avid student of Neil Young's music.

The "U2 Experience + Innocence Tour" is bound for the New York area for four shows, playing Madison Square Garden on June 25, June 26 and July 1 and Newark's Prudential Center on June 29, as the Irish rockers support their latest album, Songs of Experience.

Ahead of performing two concerts at Bard College's Fisher Center of nothing but Aimee Mann covers, called "All the Presidents Mann," on June 29, actress, activist, and singer Martha Plimpton chooses her "Five Essential Aimee Mann Songs" for FUV Essentials.

[June 2018 update: Good friends and the Both bandmates Ted Leo and Aimee Mann are playing a week

In early 2018, Brian Fallon and bandmates of The Gaslight Anthem reunited temporarily to mark the 10th anniversary of their second album, The '59 Sound, with a worldwide tour, playing the record in its entirety. As any fan of the band knows, there's a lyrical nod or two to Bruce Springsteen on that album — and Brian Fallon considers "The Boss" to be a major inspiration.

[May 2018 update: The FUV Boat, the station's dance party cruise, sets sails on June 1 with a night of non-stop d

Phoebe Bridgers grew up far away from the overcast skies of Ma