Big Name, Small Room
July 13, 2016|Corny O'Connell
On this date in 1974 Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band played the first of three nights at the newly opened Bottom Line...
Twin Peaks: 2016
July 13, 2016|Eric Holland
Twin Peaks regard the musical growth shown on their third album, Down in Heaven, as a matter of course. In fact, doing what...
Soak's Five Essential Joni Mitchell Songs
July 12, 2016|Kara Manning
Bridie Monds-Watson's carefully considered list
Stars
July 12, 2016|Corny O'Connell
Major League Baseball's All-Star Game is tonight. The stars of the American and National leagues will vie for bragging...
Gwenno: 2016
July 12, 2016|Kara Manning
Although she’s only in her mid-thirties, Welsh singer and songwriter Gwenno Saunders has had a fascinating life. She was a...
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FUV Essentials: Rita Houston on Joni Mitchell
July 11, 2016|Rita Houston
How many of us have written Joni lyrics in a card to a lover or friend?
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Joni Mitchell
July 11, 2016|Kara Manning
Virtually every profile of an emerging female songwriter inevitably includes a comparison to her. [Playlist]
Collegiate Origins
July 11, 2016|Corny O'Connell
Some of our favorite bands and artists got their start while in college. Who are some of your favorites that got their start...
![Cole, Nakoa and Treacher with "Sunday Supper" host John Platt (photo by Jeremy Rainer)](/sites/default/files/images/imported/music/ColeNakoaTreacher_0.JPG "Cole, Nakoa and Treacher with "Sunday Supper" host John Platt (photo by Jeremy Rainer)")
Cole, Nakoa and Treacher: 2016
July 10, 2016|John Platt
Brad Cole, Matt Nakoa, and Robinson Treacher are singer-songwriters who, in the spirit of Crosby, Stills & Nash, have joined...