Natalie Merchant is our FUV Essentials artist this week, and she has also graced our Holiday Cheer for FUV stage. So as we get ready for this year's show — and wish Natalie a happy birthday today — take a listen to...

Listen: Conor Oberst, Natalie Merchant, Suzanne Vega, Laura Marling, The Lone Bellow, The Felice Brothers, and Jonathan Wilson

A restlessly innovative rock musician with a candid, philosophical streak, Conor Oberst was a natural choice to headline our 2014 benefit concert, Holiday Cheer for FUV. This prolific Nebraskan musician has had an...

One of Conor Oberst's labelmates on Nonesuch Records is Natalie Merchant, who released her sixth solo album, self-titled, in 2014. This quietly powerful and thoughtful record, rich with exquisite character studies...

A Brooklyn trio with a heroic take on country soul and the sweetest harmonies in the borough, The Lone Bellow has been on WFUV's radar for a long time. A favorite of our canny program director Rita Houston, she...

Listen: Suzanne with Gerry Leonard

A shaggy-haired troubador who mines the rich Laurel Canyon sound of the late '60s and '70s, Jonathan Wilson was aboard 2014's Holiday Cheer for FUV with Conor Oberst and Friends not only as a solo artist, but as...

The Felice Brothers are not only longtime favorites of WFUV, but the prolific New York folk rockers are good friends of Conor Oberst. They've toured with him and recorded their 2014 album, the rollicking Favorite...

An astonishing singer-songwriter and guitarist, Laura Marling pens cathartic, conversational songs that deftly shift between ferocity and fragility. Just 24 years old, she's already released four critically...

The warmth and exuberance that filled the Beacon Theatre for our sold-out 2014 benefit concert, Holiday Cheer for FUV, was an oasis of peace in unsettled times. The stormy winds of change were blowing just beyond...