Once a teenage prodigy, Alison Krauss is about to hit the Big 5-0 this coming Friday, warranting a toast on this week's "Sunday Supper."
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This week's "Sunday Supper" will remember the humanitarian and songwriter Harry Chapin, who was killed in an accident on the L.I.E. on his way to a benefit concert in Eisenhower Park forty years ago this Friday.
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On the 4th of July edition of "Sunday Supper" Madeleine Peyroux asks the musical question, "What is an American?"
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Two years ago a quartet of Black banjo-playing women formed a remarkable collaboration as Our Native Daughters.
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On June 22, 1971, Joni Mitchell released an album that was transformative - for her career and the artists and music lovers who heard it - Blue.
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More than a year after its release in the U.K., Diana Jones' beautiful Song to a Refugee, which humanizes the migrant crisis with empathy and insight, is available in the U.S.
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As Americans have borne witness to the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre, this week's "Sunday Supper" offers a powerful song by the NYC bluesman Guy Davis, "God's Gonna Make Things Over," that recounts the story of that tragedy.
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A week after Bob Dylan's 80th birthday, this week the "Sunday Supper" features an FUV fave half his age, as Brandi Carlile hits the not-so-big 4-0! We honor her resilience and musical range, including a Joni Mitchell cover and a selection with The Highwomen
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With Bob Dylan's 80th birthday on Monday, the "Sunday Supper" has our own little Dylan-palooza.
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Marvin Gaye released the legendary "What's Going On" album on May 21, 1971, and it resonates more than ever today.
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"Sunday Supper" wishes you a Happy Mother's Day this week with songs by Brandi Carlile, Susan Cattaneo, and Grace Morrison. Donovan's 75th birthday on Monday is also cause for celebration; listen for songs on the sunny side of the psychedelic troubadour.
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Spring has sprung and "Sunday Supper"is ready with a few songs of the season. In addition to perennials like Brewer & Shipley, Wendy Waldman, and the Rolling Stones, I'll have new selections by Jaspar Lepak, Wes Weddell and Ailisa Newhall, and Peggy Seeger.
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Add to the list of my favorite open-hearted musicians Michael Trotter, Jr., and Tanya Trotter-Blount, a.k.a The War and Treaty.
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One of folk's most open-hearted singers, Sloan Wainwright, has a beautiful tune on her forthcoming album, Red Maple Tree, called "Help Each Other Through." That sounds like a good theme for this week's "Sunday Supper," as we look for support during WFUV's Spring Member Drive.
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Aoife O'Donovan, the Boston-born, Brooklyn-based singer who has enchanted fans of Crooked Still and I'm With Her, has just released a new single for a project of the Irish Art Center, appropriately called "Transatlantic."
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This coming Wednesday marks the first anniversary of John Prine's passing. Of all the losses caused by Covid-19, that was surely one of the saddest.
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Even as vaccinations have made it safe to hug at last, we're confronted yet again with tragic murders in our country. Martin Luther King said, "Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." With both those realities in mind, this week's "Sunday Supper" has love on the menu.
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For the past four years, I've made sure that every edition of "Sunday Supper" contains at least a couple of songs that appeal to our better selves. I call them "Songs of Compassion and Commitment."
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This week's "Sunday Supper" has a little international flair. Rhiannon Giddens has just released a new single, "Waterbound," which she recorded in Ireland with her partner, the Italian musician Francesco Turisi.
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Andra Day just copped a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Musical or Comedy. While The United States vs. Billie Holiday takes some liberties with the true story (as biopics often do), she gives a fearless performance as the legendary singer.
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