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🎶 At WFUV we’re celebrating #PublicRadioMusicDay2025 on 10/29, by turning up the volume on what makes us: #LiveLocalEssential. From the artists we champion to the stories we share — this day is for the music lovers, the local legends, and YOU.
📍Join us at 90.7FM, streaming at WFUV.org.

General admission is sold out but there are still VIP tix available to see "An Evening with The Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social and Molly Tuttle!" Your VIP ticket = a pre-party, a set by Low Cut Connie's @lowcutconnie.bsky.social Adam Weiner + more! Tix here: wfuv.org/viptix2025

Thanks to WFUV members, we met our Fall Member Drive match goal! You came through when it mattered, helping us keep the music alive as we work to fill the federal funding cut gap. Once again, when this community comes together, great things happen.
Missed the drive? Give now: supportwfuv.org

Drummer Olmo Tighe, bassist Elijah Amitin, and guitarist and frontman, the actor Michael Imperioli, are the New York trio #Zopa. Watch/listen to their first session at WFUV, playing songs from their 2025 album, 'Diamond Vehicle,' here: wfuv.org/content/zopa...

Thank you to everyone who contributed to @wfuv.bsky.social's Fall Drive! We're member-powered and couldn't continue without you! You can always donate at WFUV.org.

First look at the newest WFUV gear! 👀 Become a WFUV sustaining member today and pick up your choice of thank you gifts, including our classic hoodie (now in blue!) and a new long sleeve tee. Don't just tune in. Turn up. Give now at supportwfuv.org

If you fell in love with Renée Elise Goldsberry's Tony-winning turn in "Hamilton," search out her solo debut album, 'Who I Really Am.' In a new "FUV Live" session, Goldsberry brought her band and those powerful new songs to Studio A. Check it out here: wfuv.org/content/rene....

Molly Tuttle stopped by @wfuv.bsky.social to perform and talk about her new album, 'So Long Little Miss Sunshine,' with host Alisa Ali, who says: "She did one take of each of the songs ... and just nailed it each time." You can watch it at www.nonesuch.com/journal/watc...

On the drive to school today, WFUV played "Mama Said Knock You Out," and my 3 grade-school children were transfixed. When it was over, they all applauded! Excellent way to start your day: hype up those kids, and always support public radio and 1990s East Coast hip-hop. @wfuv.bsky.social

We're grateful beyond words for our listeners. In just five days, WFUV's "An Evening with The Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social and Molly Tuttle" at Sony Hall on 11/11 is sold out! There are still some limited VIP packages available: more info here: wfuv.org/aneveningwit...

Tix for WFUV's "An Evening with The Mountain Goats and Molly Tuttle" go on sale at 10am this morning via Eventbrite — and this week's "FUV Live" session features #MollyTuttle in Studio A! Watch her sublime set: wfuv.org/content/moll...
and get your tix today: wfuv.org/aneveningwit...

Fall is finally here and WFUV's "An Evening with #TheMountainGoats and #MollyTuttle" happens on Tuesday, 11/11, at Sony Hall, an intimate, (mostly) acoustic night of songs and surprises. Tickets are on sale via Eventbrite on Friday, 9/26, at 10am. More: wfuv.org/aneveningwit...

In a new "FUV Live Session," #JapaneseBreakfast's Michelle Zauner and her bandmate/husband Peter Bradley stopped by to perform a three-song set from the new album, 'For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women),' produced by Blake Mills. Watch/listen to the session here: wfuv.org/content/japa...

National Voter Registration Day is on Tuesday, 9/16. Attend Headcount's NYC block party which happens from 10am-5:30pm at LaGuardia Place near Washington Square. Expect interactive games and giveaways — and register to vote. WFUV will be there too. More at @headcountorg.bsky.social.

Perfume Genius's seventh album, 'Glory,' is out now on @matadorrecords.bsky.social — and it is Mike Hadreas's most collaborative to date. In a new FUV Live session, Mike and his band, which included Meg Duffy of Hand Habits, played a powerful trio of tracks. Watch/listen:
wfuv.org/content/perf...

"NY Slice Sessions" alums Infinity Song have been touring the world this year — but the siblings made time for an "FUV Live" concert from The Bitter End. Watch videos of two of those songs, "Metamorphosis" and "Lotus," here: wfuv.org/content/infi...
#InfinitySong play Irving Plaza on 10/23.

The first FUV "Top Ten" list for September and no surprise that Wet Leg — headed for Central Park SummerStage 9/17 and Brooklyn Paramount on 9/18 — are at No. 1. Role Model not falling in love at No. 2 and HAIM at No. 3.

'Mortal Primetime' is the bold new album from #SunflowerBean — and for this FUV Live session, Julia Cumming, Nick Kivlen and Olive Faber delivered a muscular trio of songs from that record, including "Champagne Taste." Watch/listen here: wfuv.org/content/sunf... + the "FUV Live Sessions" podcast.

The third album from #MaribouState, 'Hallucinating Love,' is Chris Davids and Liam Ivory's most lushly beautiful album to date. Listen to a new FUV Live session of candid conversation + a four-track live set recorded at Denver's Ogden Theatre. wfuv.org/content/mari...

FUV welcomed @thisisdeepseadiver.bsky.social — Jessica Dobson and band— to Studio A for a session drawn from three songs from the excellent 'Billboard Heart,' out on @subpop.bsky.social. Watch/Listen to the session, hosted by @airwavesali.bsky.social, here: wfuv.org/content/deep...

The dog days of August give these summer songs a boost on this week's FUV "Top 10 Songs" with @thelumineersmusic.bsky.social at No. 1 with "First We Ever Met." British chanteuse Olivia Dean is at No. 2 and @bigthiefmusic.bsky.social, who play Forest Hills Stadium on 10/25, at No. 3.

Do you have a summer 2025 anthem in mind? It might be one this week's FUV "Top Ten Songs" of the week with Wet Leg's "mangetout" at No. 1 (#WetLeg is in NYC on 9/17 at @summerstage.bsky.social and 9/18 at Brooklyn Paramount) #Turnstile is at No. 2 and @bigthiefmusic.bsky.social at No. 3.

With her second album, "Slang Spirituals,' Lady Blackbird, real name Marley Munroe, segues from folk to mind-bending psychedelic jams to gospel-splashed piano house. Listen/watch a new FUV Live session with Marley + Chris Seefried + Reginald the Maltipoo. wfuv.org/content/lady... #ladyblackbird

If you're loving this August t-shirt weather, you'll appreciate Circa Waves' performance of their hit song in our recent FUV Live session. Watch/listen to the full session with the Circa Waves (as a duo) now here: wfuv.org/content/circ... #circawaves

Last week, the CPB announced their closure after the clawback of $1.1 billion in funding by Congress. WFUV is looking at an estimated $500K permanent gap in funding — and face tough decisions that could affect the services you rely on. Please go to supportwfuv.org, and become a member today.

If you're headed to @newportfolk.bsky.social, do not miss singer and songwriter Mon Rovîa and his band, who gifted us with a gorgeous FUV Live session of four songs, including "crooked the road." Watch/listen: wfuv.org/content/mon-...
Mon Rovîa is back in NYC on 11/18 at Irving Plaza. #monrovia

Going to @newportfolk.bsky.social (7/25-27) or @newportjazzfest.bsky.social (8/1-3)? FUV spoke to musicians on the lineups with big #Newport love, like @maggierogers.music-social.com, @sofitukker.music-social.com, @jensenmcrae.bsky.social. @marenmorris.bsky.social + more: wfuv.org/content/so-y...

Check out a new FUV Live Session with Wet Leg — a chat with charismatic frontwoman Rhian Teasdale + three songs from their new album, "Moisturizer,' recorded in Los Angeles, here:
wfuv.org/content/wet-... or via the "FUV Live Sessions" podcast. #wetleg @dominorecordco.bsky.social

The Senate has approved the #RescissionsAct, stripping $1.1 billion in already-approved funding for public media, threatening stations like WFUV. The amended bill is now back in the House for final consideration before a 7/18 deadline. Ask your reps to vote NO: protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls/