At the age of 80, Jorma Kaukonen is going strong, spending much of his time, aside from Hot Tuna and solo projects, with his Fur Peace Ranch guitar camp in Southern Ohio. John Hurlbut is the Fur Peace manager and a fellow guitarist; now he and Jorma have collaborated on The River Flows, which sounds like them on the porch trading trading licks.
Read MoreThis week's "Sunday Supper" will honor two icons who shared a birthday and a commitment to social justice, Nina Simone and John Lewis.
Read MoreIf there was ever a time we could use Valentine's Day, it's this year. This week's "Sunday Supper" is happy to oblige with valentines, funny and otherwise, from Chet Baker, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and a pair of Earles, Steve and Justin Townes.
Read MoreOn the eve of his 80th birthday, Tom Rush's talents as a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and raconteur are undiminished. He's been shooting a weekly "Rockport Sundays" video series on Patreon; this week we'll give him some "Sunday Supper" love on WFUV with choice tracks, including a spellbinding live version of "Urge for Going" recorded in Studio A.
Read MoreWith Groundhog Day just a few days away, this week's "Sunday Supper" will brighten this dark winter with songs of light by Gathering Sparks, Kim & Reggie Harris & Magpie, Jesse Colin Young, Darlingside, Freebo, Michael Kiwanuka, Sturgill Simpon, and Ralph Stanley.
Read MoreOn Wednesday President Biden offered healing words to a sharply divided nation. In 1865 Abraham Lincoln gave an Inaugural Address to an even more divided nation, urging "With malice toward none...let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds."
Read MoreI always considered Richie Havens both a mensch and a mystic. He's been gone eight years but still in our hearts, so we celebrate what would've been his 80th birthday on this week's "Sunday Supper."
Read MoreJoan Baez celebrates her 80th birthday this weekend. Her angelic voice earned her the nickname of the "Folk Madonna" in the early '60s, but she's resisted trite labels, with her interest in social causes and all kinds of music
Read MoreSlaid Cleaves once begged for "One Good Year," a sentiment I suspect many of us share going into 2021. This week's "Sunday Supper" has a full menu as we usher in the new year.
Read MoreWith 2020 blessedly winding down and few highlights to recount this year, at least there were numerous musical moments to give us solace. On this week's "Sunday Supper" I'll share my Top 10 songs of the year (in advance of the annual WFUV Listener Poll coming on Thursday).
Read MoreJoin me this week for my favorite show of the year: the "Sunday Supper" Annual Festival of Holiday Songs.
Read MoreOne of music's most talented married couples, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, are chronicling their busy lives in a 10-episode documentary called It Was the Music, premiering tonight online at fans.live and available soon on Amazon.
Read MoreWhen Dar Williams, Richard Shindell, and Lucy Kaplansky formed the "folk supergroup" Cry Cry Cry in 1998, one of their first concerts was for WFUV members. After touring for a year, they went back to their solo careers, much to the chagrin of their fans.
Read MoreAmong the sad passings of 2020, one of the most untimely was Justin Townes Earle's. His father, Steve Earle, has recorded an album of his son's songs, J.T., in his honor.
Read MoreEven before the pandemic, Nashville had to endure a vicious tornado, which ripped the roof off Gillian Welch and David Rawlings' home studio. They desperately braved the wind and rain to salvage the contents, which included some demo tapes they made almost 20 years ago for a songwriting publisher.
Read MoreThis week's "Sunday Supper" succumbs to the irresistible appeal of covers. The show kicks off with the Avett Brothers' timely and true-folk version of "This Land Is Your Land" and segues into a couple of Pete Seeger covers.
Read More"Sunday Supper" has a septuagenarian salute this week. We'll toast Neil Young's 75th birthday with a sampling of his solo work and CSNY, plus recent covers by Rachael Sage and Katie Pruitt.
Read MoreSunday is All Saints Day and the beginning of Eastern Standard Time, but those things pale in importance to the election just two days away. As the tension mounts, find perspective in another pre-election edition of the "Sunday Supper."
Read MoreWith the marathon presidential campaign coming into the home stretch, this week's pre-election edition of the "Sunday Supper" allows a bunch of artists to express their musical opinions.
Read MoreThree years ago this month, we were shocked by Tom Petty's untimely passing. This week, before what would have been his 70th birthday on Tuesday, "Sunday Supper" celebrates his life and music…
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