First songs

August 01, 2017|Russ Borris

Hey there, Russ Borris for Corny again this morning. It's the first day of August, so what is your favorite "first" song on...

Newport 2017

Newport Folk Festival 2017

July 31, 2017|Rita Houston

There's something special about Newport Folk Festival. I would know, I've been going for over 20 years.

This year was full...

Changing bands

July 31, 2017|Russ Borris

Hey, it's Russ Borris for Corny this Monday morning. Today is the MLB trading deadline, where teams make trades in order to...

Press photo from the 1999 No Exit album on Beyond Records

Blondie

July 31, 2017|Kara Manning
Downtown ambassadors from the '70s who've never abandoned what made them great. [Playlist]
Blondie with Carmel Holt

Blondie: 2017

July 31, 2017|Carmel Holt

There are few bands that are as synonymous with the New York City punk and the New Wave scene, and even fewer that were...

Steelism's Jeremy Fetzer and Spencer Cullum, Jr. with Paul Cavalconte (photo by Jeremy Rainer/WFUV)

Steelism: 2017

July 30, 2017|Paul Cavalconte

The week Cavalcade launched in its new Sunday space, and I was pleased to welcome Nashville’s Steelism to the show for live...

Allison Pierce and friend (photo by LeAnn Mueller, PR)

Allison Pierce: 2017

July 30, 2017|John Platt

For more than 15 years, encompassing five albums, Allison Pierce was part of an acclaimed duo, the Pierces, with her sister...

Darren DeVivo with Honey West in Studio A (photo by Lili Huang/WFUV)

Honey West: 2017

July 29, 2017|Darren DeVivo

Honey West is a New York City band fronted by singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor Ted Zurkowski. Today, Honey West also...

Maya Jane Coles (photo courtesy of Motormouth Media, PR)

UKNY For July 29

July 29, 2017|Kara Manning

Well, this has certainly been a bizarre week. Then again, most weeks fall automatically in a perplexing strange-but-true...

Faith's Burger (photo by Arne List, courtesy of CC 2.0)

Hamburger For Breakfast?

July 28, 2017|Paul Cavalconte

It's as American as apple pie.  But it's a hamburger. And it may very well have been first served at New Haven's legendary...