Onomatopoeia
May 08, 2019|Corny O'Connell
My producer Wes came up with a suggestion for the Question of the Day that we've never done before: Onomatopoeia in Lyrics...
Vampire Weekend: 2019
May 08, 2019|Eric Holland
Listen: Conversation with Ezra Keonig & DJ Eric Holland
Ex Hex: 2019
May 08, 2019|Alisa Ali
Washington, D.C.'s Ex Hex is the very definition of a power trio: Mary Timony on guitars and vocals, Betsy Wright on bass...
Foals: 2019
May 07, 2019|Kara Manning
Foals didn’t deliberately plan to release two albums in 2019. But as the Oxford, England-bred band prepared for its fifth...
Numbered Band Names
May 06, 2019|Corny O'Connell
Listener Gregg from Upper Montclair wants us to come up with a number of bands with numbers in their names. Can we count on...
Sunday Supper: Seeger Centennial
May 05, 2019|John Platt
Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday would have been on May 3, 2019, so "Sunday Supper" honored Pete’s music and legacy earlier this...
UKNY for May 5
May 05, 2019|Kara Manning
Marika Hackman, who released the excellent, scrappy I'm Not Your Man in 2017 (enthusiastically backed by the Big Moon), is...
FUV High Line Bash 2019
May 04, 2019|Kara Manning
Citizen Cope, Richard Thompson, Jill Sobule, Caroline Rose, and the Binky Griptite Orchestra.
Pete Seeger
May 03, 2019|Corny O'Connell
Today is the centennial of Pete Seeger's birth. He was at the forefront of the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s. His music...
Streets, Roads and Highways
May 02, 2019|Corny O'Connell
Yesterday the City of New York named 63rd & Broadway "Sesame Street" in honor of the program's 50th anniversary. That got us...
Aldous Harding: 2019
May 02, 2019|Kara Manning
New Zealand’s Hannah Harding, who records as Aldous Harding, has always chosen a circuitous route when discussing her own...
Al Green
May 02, 2019|Kara Manning
For his enduring voice and his embrace of both the spiritual and the secular.
May Flowers
May 01, 2019|Corny O'Connell
We've had our April showers. Now it's time for May flowers. Let's have your favorite songs about roses, begonias, tulips or...
Glen Hansard: 2019
May 01, 2019|Rita Houston
Watch/Listen: Performance and conversation, with DJ Rita Houston