" Sixteen Candles"-The Crests " Candle In The Wind"-Elton John " Lay Down"-Melanie " Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning"-Jefferson Airplane ...

Anaïs & The Hoops , the project of the Brooklyn-based, San Diego-raised singer and songwriter Anaïs Lund, makes jazzy indie-pop music that goes down smoothly.

The trio of Ian Richard Devaney (lead vocals, guitar), Aidan Noell (synthesizer), and Alex MacKay (bass guitar) has since released two additional albums, most recently Dance Called Memory.

At the start of December, I sat down with Allan Pepper, co-founder of the fabled club, The Bottom Line. Pepper has co-authored a book with journalist Billy Altman called Positively Fourth and Mercer: ...

“Crying Over Nothing” is a great example of this. You can hear her working through the pain of missing someone while still wishing them happiness despite her own sadness. On "Heartthrob" she ...

Also, a nighttime sojourn with Alewya, more from Annahstasia 's powerful Tether, and the peace-focused centerpiece of Manchester's Maruja 's debut album, Pain to Power. That's "UKNY," Sundays from ...

These curiosities set the stage for "Cavalcade"'s 8 p.m. "Golden Anniversary LP Crate Dig" to December 1975, where reggae by Bob Marley and Burning Spear meets intergalactic funk from Parliament, and ...

That's "Mixed Bag." Saturdays from 4-8 p.m., on 90.7FM, streaming online, and in the Archives after broadcast.

Today is the anniversary of the repeal of prohibition in 1933. So we're raising a glass and singing songs about drinking. Share your favorites and we'll spin a set. Hear your requests weekdays after 9 ...

The Beths' Elizabeth Stokes and Jonathan Pearce (photo by Gus Philippas for FUV) ...

It's that time of year when we get together with relatives more distant than our immediate (nuclear) family. So let's see if we can come up with songs about aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, ...

Today is a gridlock alert day. So you may want to think twice about bringing your car into Manhattan. However, if you like the sounds of honking horns, sirens and engines revving, then go right ahead.