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Fran Healy, of the band Travis, plays an acoustic set in FUV’s Studio A and sits down with host Kara Manning to have a candid chat about songwriting, how personal challenges can inspire great music and he gives our listeners some reassuring advice: wait for your moment – it’s coming. Songs: Bus, Naked In New York City and Sing

Vocal powerhouse Cassandra Lewis talks with WFUV’s Eric Holland about her new album, Lost In A Dream, how collaborating with other songwriters helped this record flourish and answers a handful of true or false questions about the more unconventional aspects of her life. Songs: Some Kind Of Love, Lost in a Dream and So Bad

Emily Kempf and Jason Balla of indie rock band, Dehd, talk with WFUV host Sam Sumpter about their latest album, Poetry, and what it was like to eat, sleep and breathe making an album while traveling throughout some of the United States' most beautiful landscapes. Songs: Bad Love, Mood Ring and Dog Days

Abigail Morris and Aurora Nishevci of British band, The Last Dinner Party, talk with WFUV host Kara Manning on their tour bus ahead of their Webster Hall show in New York City about their debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy, and what it has been like to achieve so much success so quickly. Songs: Sinner, Portrait of a Dead Girl and The Feminine Urge.

Welsh musician, songwriter, composer and producer Gruff Rhys joined WFUV host Kara Manning in New York City for a live set and to talk about his new album, Sadness Sets Me Free, and how he managed to hang his collection of “weird songs” on the peg of the title track. Songs: Sadness Sets Me Free, Bad Friend and I Tendered My Resignation.

Friends and bandmates Alex Bleeker and Martin Courtney from Brooklyn-based, Bergen County-bred band, Real Estate, talk to WFUV host Eric Holland about the meaning behind their new album, Daniel, and play a live set with the rest of the band. Songs: Water Underground, Flowers, Daniel and Haunted World.

Singer, songwriter + guitarist Fabi Reyna of Reyna Tropical talks to WFUV host Kara Manning about how Reyna Tropical’s debut album, Malegría, helped them move forward and process their grief following the sudden death of their musical partner. Songs: Cartagena, Conexion Ancestral and Suavecito.

FUV Live Sessions is a podcast from WFUV in New York City featuring live sessions and interviews with emerging artists and established icons. Each week, FUV hosts will talk to artists, and listeners will get the chance to hear a live set from FUV’s Studio A. ‘FUV Live Sessions’ will premiere on Monday, May 13, featuring singer, songwriter and guitarist Reyna Tropical. New episodes drop every Monday. Follow this feed to stay up to date on all the latest episodes.

Brooklyn-based Indie Rock band OK Cowgirl sits down with their friend and FUV DJ, Sam Sumpter, to talk about their first record, Couldn’t Save Us From My Gut, and how listening to their intuition has helped them make this honest and authentic album. Songs: Little Splinters, Mars Cheese Castle and On My Mind

Hannah Joy, Tim Fitz and Harry Day from the Australian band, Middle Kids, talk with WFUV’s Kara Manning about their new album, Faith Crisis Pt 1, what it was like to get vulnerable with their songwriting, how they collaborated to complete the album and whether or not there will be a Pt 2. Songs: Dramamine, Bootleg Firecracker and Bend

WFUV’s Alisa Ali sits down with Lake Street Dive in Racket NYC’s greenroom ahead of their exclusive show for FUV Marquee Members to talk about their new album, Good Together, and how they rolled the Dungeons & Dragons dice to craft creative tracks for this album. Songs: Good Together, Walking Up Hill and Help Is On the Way

Long-time WFUV favorite Gary Clark Jr. sits down with host Eric Holland backstage at Radio City Music Hall ahead of his show to talk about his new album, JPEG Raw, what it was like to work with Stevie Wonder and how his relationship with his guitar has changed over the years. Songs Courtesy of CBS Saturday Morning: This Is Who We Are, Triumph and Maktub

Quadruple threat singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Brittany Davis chats with WFUV’s Meghan Offtermatt about their new album, Image Issues, and how important it is for listeners to hang up any preconceived notions that what they see is more important than what they hear. Songs: So Fly, Lashes and Goons

Following the release of their new EP, SPACELUV, Philly-based band Snacktime sat down with WFUV host Alisa Ali to talk about how they got their start playing music for outdoor diners during the pandemic, their people-centric philosophy and where to eat in Philadelphia. Songs: I DON’T GIVE A DAMN, SPACELUV and TOGETHER

Australian band, Girl And Girl, joins WFUV host Alisa Ali in the studio to play three songs from their debut record, Call A Doctor, and bandmates Kai James and his Aunty Liss talk about what it was like to buckle down and release this album after getting signed by Sub Pop Records. Songs: Hello, Strangers and Call A Doctor

Ahmed Gallab, who makes music as Sinkane, talks with WFUV host Kara Manning about his album, We Belong, how it pays homage to the Black diaspora and what can happen when you decide to make the music you really want to make. Songs: We Belong, Come Together and How Sweet Is Your Love

Indie singer-songwriter and guitarist, Soccer Mommy, sat down with WFUV host Kara Manning to talk about her new album, Evergreen, how she aims to write universal lyrics and what it was like to strip back production for her fourth studio album. Songs: Lost, Driver and M

Katie Crutchfield AKA Waxahatchee sat down with WFUV host Benham Jones after her New York City show at The Beacon Theater back in August to talk about her new album, Tigers Blood, early aughts pop influence and her musical legacy. Songs: Right Back To It, Bored and Crimes of the Heart

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Sarah Kinsley sits down with WFUV host Kara Manning to talk about her debut album, Escaper, and how her classical training influences the music she makes now. Songs: Last Time We Never Meet Again, Glint and Knights

The Linda Lindas sit down with WFUV host Eric Holland to talk about their new album, No Obligations, and what it's been like to open for their musical heroes while still in high school. Songs: Fine, All In My Head, Too Many Things and Resolution Revolution

New York’s own Cassandra Jenkins sits down with WFUV’s Kara Manning to talk about why she loves the city she grew up in, how important it is to stay present and not take the people in your life for granted and if the last track on her third album suggests the beginning of a fourth. Songs: Clams Casino, Petco and Aurora, IL

LA LOM (The Los Angeles League of Musicians) sits down with WFUV host Benham Jones to talk about where they get their musical flavor, their love of vintage gear and how important it is to find the best coffee wherever they wind up on tour. Songs: Danza de LA LOM, San Fernando Rose and ‘72 Monte Carlo

The retro-inspired rock band, The Heavy Heavy, just released their debut LP, One of a Kind, and bandmates Georgie and Will sit down with WFUV’s Alisa Ali to talk about how they make every live performance just “a little bit more” for their growing global fanbase. Songs: Happiness, Because You’re Mine and Cherry

Sammy Rae & The Friends joined WFUV host Alisa Ali in Studio A to perform music from their debut album, Something for Everybody, and talked about their varied musical influences, how the group came together and how important it is to appreciate your audience. Songs: Thieves, No Rulebook and Coming Home Song

The endearing and earnest Orla Gartland sat down with FUV host Sam Sumpter to talk about her second album, Everybody Needs A Hero, her preference for talking about her feelings via songwriting and what it’s like to put music out independently. Songs: Mine, Late To The Party and Little Chaos

The two-piece rock band, Shovels & Rope, joined FUV host Eric Holland in Studio A to talk about their new album, Something Is Working Up Above My Head, how they navigate their marriage along with their music and how important it is that everything they do in the studio be able to be replicated on stage. Songs: Piranhanana, Love Song From A Dog and I’d Be Lying

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Laura Marling sat down with WFUV’s Kara Manning to talk about the release of her eighth studio album, Patterns in Repeat, how giving birth to her daughter altered her perspective on life and how her career has evolved over the past fifteen years. Songs: Patterns, Caroline and The Shadows

Friko, the Chicago-based band, stopped by Studio A and talked to FUV host Sam Sumpter about the release of their debut album, Where we’ve been, Where we go from here, how being such close friends has influenced their music and why Chopin and Indie Rock go hand in hand. Songs: Where We’ve Been, Crashing Through and Get Numb To It!

Singer-songwriter Gigi Perez sat down with WFUV host Sam Sumpter to talk about her meteoric rise to fame with her viral hit single, Sailor Song, how imperative it is to write music that helps people cope with life’s painful challenges and the importance of artistic autonomy. Songs: Sometimes (Backwood), Sailor Song and Please Be Rude

The globetrotting, genre-defying band Peter Cat Recording Co. sat down with WFUV host Kara Manning to talk about what it’s like to have multiple songwriters in the studio, how they navigate a multigenre sound and the themes that show up in their most recent album, BETA. Songs: Foolmuse, Flowers R. Blooming and I Deny Me

Beabadoobee has skyrocketed to fame over the past few years and she sat down with FUV host Kara Manning ahead of her sold out Central Park Summerstage show in September to talk about her new album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves, how her music has matured and what it meant to work with iconic producer, Rick Rubin. Songs: Beaches, Ever Seen and Coming Home

Phantogram, the electronic duo, sat down with WFUV’s Alisa Ali to talk about their fifth album, Memory Of A Day, how sonic ideas from fifteen years ago resurfaced for this project because they were too good to forget and the value in making music with your best friend. Songs: All A Mystery and Come Alive

French-American duo, Pearl & The Oysters, sat down with WFUV host Kara Manning to talk about their new album, Planet Pearl, extraterrestrial metaphors in their music and how they bonded over their shared love of unconventional genres when they met in high school. Songs: Side Quest, Triangular Girl and Cruise Control

Stephen Malkmus and Jim White of The Hard Quartet joined WFUV host Alisa Ali to lay down some tracks off their self-titled 2024 album along with their bandmates, Matt Sweeney and Emmett Kelly, and to talk about the ultimate trifecta: forming a band, making an album and touring together. Songs: Action For Military Boys, Our Hometown Boy and Rio’s Song

Indie rock band, Peach Pit, joined WFUV host Sam Sumpter in Studio-A to talk about their latest album, Magpie, how this project’s sonic diversity takes the listener on a journey, the importance of bandmate communication and having the nicest fans in the music industry. Songs: Magpie, Am I Your Girl and Did You Love Somebody

English rock band, Wunderhorse, sat down with FUV’s Kara Manning to talk about their first fully collaborative album, Midas, letting their first album, Cub, breathe after the pandemic and what it was like to record at Pachyderm Studios in Minnesota. Songs: Midas, Teal and Rain

Singer-songwriter Katie Gavin (of the band MUNA) joined WFUV host Alisa Ali to talk about her debut solo project, What A Relief, how these songs showcase different parts of her personality, what it's like to have Phoebe Bridgers as a boss and what changes she’d like to see in the music industry. Songs: Casual Drug Use, Aftertaste and Inconsolable

Cosmic country musician, singer and songwriter Daniel Donato joined FUV host Eric Holland in Studio-A to talk about the value of tradition in music, how important it is to tell the truth in songwriting and the healing power of music that reflects the dynamic experience of living. Songs: Half Moon Night, Lose Your Mind and Dance In The Desert

Multihyphenate singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor, Yola, sat down with WFUV host Kara Manning backstage at SOBs in Manhattan ahead of a live performance to talk about her latest EP, My Way, what it’s like being a goddess of agency, how being an immigrant helped her succeed in the music industry and how important it is to have a diverse community to live a more technicolor life. Songs: My Way and Symphony

Egyptian-Belgian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Tamino, visited WFUV’s Studio A to give host Paul Cavalconte a crash course in the electric oud and to talk about his genre-defying new album, Every Dawn’s a Mountain. Songs: Babylon, Sanctuary and Dissolve

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell sat down with FUV host Eric Holland following his Beacon Theater performance in February to talk about his new solo acoustic album, Foxes in the Snow, how much has changed in his life over the course of his career, his return to early musical influences and how he turned on the tap and let it flow for this record. Songs: Bury Me, Foxes in the Snow and If We Were Vampires

Singer-songwriter Victoria Canal sat down with WFUV host Kara Manning to talk about her debut album, Slowly, It Dawns, and the water theme that trickles down throughout the record, how important it is to write songs that highlight all the different parts of her personality and what she has learned from collaborating with music icons Hozier and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. Songs: June Baby, Vauxhall, Black Swan and Hollow

Iconic indie rock band Franz Ferdinand sat down with FUV host Eric Holland at The Power Station at BerkleeNYC to play three songs from their new album, The Human Fear, and singer/guitarist Alex Kapranos talked about the magic that happens when the band gets together in the studio, the organic themes that surfaced during the making of this project and how lyrics don’t belong to any one person – they have meaning for everybody. Big thanks to The Power Station at BerkleeNYC for sharing audio with us for this episode! Songs: Bar Lonely, Audacious and Night or Day

Lauren Mayberry, of the band CHVRCHES, talked to WFUV host Kara Manning about her debut solo studio album, Vicious Creature, the pros and cons of working on an independent project, how this record helped her access creativity and identity and what it was like to work with The Cure’s Robert Smith. Songs: Something In The Air, Oh, Mother and Anywhere But Dancing

The Swell Season duo, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, joined WFUV host Alisa Ali in Studio-A to talk about their new album, Forward, which dropped last week and is their first album together since 2009, how their partnership serves as a catalyst for musical inspiration and how important it is to be honest during the songwriting process. Songs: Falling Slowly, People We Used To Be and Stuck In Reverse

You might know Kareem Rahma from his social media features, “SubwayTakes” and “KEEP THE METER RUNNING,” but what you might not know is that Kareem has a music project: Kareem Rahma & Tiny Gun – the entire band joined FUV Live Sessions Executive Producer, Meghan Suma, at WFUV to talk about their latest single, New Year New York, how important it is to say “yes” to everything in this city and the good art that can come out of taking risks and not taking yourself too seriously. Songs: New Year New York, Time and Baby I Could Never Win

Multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter, Saya Gray, joined WFUV host Alisa Ali to talk about her self-titled album, SAYA, how the project was influenced by travels across California and Japan and how being a session musician helped spark her work as a solo artist. Catch Saya in New York City May 3, 2025 or May 4, 2025 at Bowery Ballroom! Songs: SHELL ( OF A MAN ), ..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE ) and LIE DOWN..

Los Angeles-bred and Brooklyn-based indie rock band, Momma, joined WFUV host Sam Sumpter in Studio-A to talk about their new album, Welcome to My Blue Sky, finding inspiration at gas stations, what they learned from touring and how songwriting can benefit from a long-term friendship. Welcome to My Blue Sky is out NOW! Songs: I Want You (Fever), Rodeo and Ohio All The Time

WFUV host Eric Holland caught up with Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers to talk about the band’s latest album, Automatic, the bizarre reality of going from busking on New York City streets to playing some of the city’s biggest venues and how the band’s songwriting is inspired by real people and real moments from their lives. This episode features live songs from a special duo performance with bandmate Jeremiah Fraites at 35 Left Studios in Denver. Photo by Noah Griffel. Songs: Same Old Song, Keys on the Table and Plasticine

Adam Duritz and Dave “Immy” Immerglück of Counting Crows joined WFUV host Benham Jones in Studio-A for an exclusive duo performance to celebrate their 2025 album - Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! - and they chatted about what it’s like to make music for 30 years, the secret sauce in a classic Counting Crows track and what they’re listening to right now. Songs: Spaceman in Tulsa, Washington Square and A Long December