Best Use of Music in Film

February 24, 2017|Corny O'Connell

There's no Academy Award for Best Use of Music in Film, so we'll hand out that award ourselves. Submit your nominees and we...

Lou Reed in 2011 (photo via Wikimedia)

Lou Reed

February 24, 2017|Kara Manning
A pivotal ambassador of New York cool. [Playlist]

Crying

February 23, 2017|Corny O'Connell

We could all use a good cry every once in a while. There's a lot of crying in song. There's weeping, sobbing and wailing. So...

Leif Vollebekk at WFUV

Leif Vollebekk: 2017

February 23, 2017|Carmel Holt

There is something about Canadian artists; an inherent, undeniably high quality of music from our northern neighbors. There...

Joan Osborne (photo by Jeff Fasano)

Joan Osborne: Five Essential Motown Songs

February 22, 2017|Kara Manning
"Where artistry, business acumen, political consciousness, and sheer joy met."

If You Could Play Any Song

February 22, 2017|Corny O'Connell

When I began taking piano lessons recently, my instructor asked which pieces I would eventually like to be able to play. I...

Goodbye

February 21, 2017|Corny O'Connell

Today we're saying "goodbye" in song. We're saying goodbye to those days when you never got your song played on the WFUV...

Bash & Pop at WFUV

Bash and Pop: 2017

February 21, 2017|Russ Borris

There have been a number of musical reunions over the last couple of years, and we can now add Bash & Pop to the mix. The...

Presidents

February 20, 2017|Corny O'Connell

Happy Presidents' Day! Nominate a song that mentions the president or any president in particular. Then we'll spin a set...

Motown (illustration by Andy Friedman)

Motown

February 20, 2017|Kara Manning
The beloved Detroit-born label was a springboard for a dazzling list of legacy artists. [Playlist]