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TAS on FUV for Wednesday May 8th

5.8.13 at 5:00pm by Russ Borris

Join me at ten for a Hump Night edition of The Alternate Side!

TAS on WFUV Report: The Downtown Music Festival

5.8.13 at 4:09pm by Alisa Ali

The Downtown Music Festival is taking place this weekend here in NYC, so for the TAS report with Dennis Elsas, I thought I'd bring in some music from one of the bands I'm most excited about seeing at the festival: Ducktails

I played the song, "Letter of Intent" which I've also included the video for if you wanna take a look.

Question of the Day: Acoustic Blues

5.8.13 at 6:00am by Corny O'Connell

Today we celebrate the birthdate of Robert Johnson - Father of the Delta Blues. His recordings of "Cross Road Blues", "Love in Vain", "Sweet Home Chicago" and others became blues blueprints influencing everyone from Muddy Waters to The Rolling Stones to Eric Clapton. Johnson performed and recorded before electric guitars became popular. So for today's Question of the Day, let's have your favorite acoustic blues. Leave your suggestion in the comments below and we'll spin a set this morning.

Here's what we played:

TAS on FUV for Tuesday May 7th

5.7.13 at 5:00pm by Russ Borris

Weeknights at 10, we bring you into The Alternate Side!

Roots, Rock and The Spirit at JazzFest 2013

5.7.13 at 4:02pm by Paul Cavalconte

I am spoiled. Within an hour of landing at the New Orleans airport, I've been whisked straight to the Uptown home of Terence Blanchard, a family friend, and plunged into Jazzfest culture. Gathered around the parlor piano are Terence and Dee Dee Bridgewater, who belts out room-filling renditions of "Caravan" and "All Blues" without a microphone in sight: sublime music as it was meant to be heard, from God's lips to my ears.

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