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Hollandude Rewind

Rewind to January 2017 for an interview with multi-instrumentalist Indie rocker Andrew Bird where he describes the creative process behind his latest release Are You Serious. Also shown is a concert excerpt at Carnegie Hall.

Andrew Bird Goes Top Shelf All The Way For Are You Serious

The latest album by Andrew Bird represents, as the artist phrased it in an interview conducted last month at Carnegie Hall, an attempt to go top shelf all the way.  That is, he didn’t start recording until he had explored myriad permutations of each song.  He turned them upside down and […]

Lenny Kaye at WFUV

Lenny Kaye Talks Nuggets

Here’s a quick peek at the interview – video courtesy of WFUV graduate fellow Maya Sargent Listen to full interview with music here: I’m very happy to be able to post this full one hour radio show recorded 7/19/2023 from 9 – 10p on WFUV. I’ve always been a huge […]

Hermanos Gutiérrez

Hermanos Gutiérrez Back With 5th Album “El Bueno Y El Malo”

The music of Hermanos Gutiérrez brings you to another place. It’s a place of saguaro cacti and miles of sun-baked sand. If you’re a fan of spaghetti Westerns, it may suggest a love of Ennio Morricone and perhaps even evoke images of characters named Blondie, Angel Eyes, and Tuco in […]

Charley Crockett

Charley Crockett New Album “The Man From Waco”

American blues, country, and Americana singer, guitarist, and songwriter Charley Crockett is back with a new album, The Man from Waco. It’s a laconic, elegant song cycle that tells the story of a fictional character who has some things in common with the artist but who has a life of […]

Sting The Bridge

Sting Offers Insights Into New Album “The Bridge”

Sting is the rarest of artists. In 1978 – the year he first visited New York, “Roxanne” established him as one of the great voices in music and a formidable songwriter who would go on to pen the most played song on the radio ever. (Which one is revealed in […]

Jesse Malin 2021

My Top 10 Songs and Albums of 2021

Jesse Malin Photo Credit: Gus Philippas These are my top 10 songs and albums of 2021, and discovery of the year, as compiled for the WFUV post, The Best of 2021 Staff Picks. Top 10 Songs 1 Wolf Alice: Smile2 Wet Leg: Chaise Lounge3 Spoon: The Hardest Cut4 My Morning […]

DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS

Durand Jones & The Indications are Back with Private Space

The song “Witchoo” explodes right out of the speakers. It’s undeniable and a no-brainer pick for one of my top ten songs of the year. (And now that it’s October I better start pondering what the other nine are.) It turns out the band behind the song have crafted an […]

David Gray Skellig

David Gray Discusses New Album Skellig

I had a chance to speak with British singer-songwriter David Gray for WFUV about his album Skellig that came out earlier this year.  He’s an excellent conversation partner and he offered great insight into the album while also sharing some fascinating and entertaining tidbits drawn from his lifetime.  Here’s the unedited Zoom […]