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

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

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

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

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