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Brendan Benson always has music on the brain and a killer lyric at the ready, and he's continuing to enjoy an interesting and varied career. The co-founder of The Raconteurs with Jack White, is also a prolific producer and now head of his own label, Readymade Records.
Loudon Wainwright III had just settled into WFUV's Studio A when a heavy light came crashing down, inches from his head. Some artists might be rightfully spooked, but Loudon smiled, made a lawsuit joke and moved on. After all, this is the man who just wrote a whole record about mortality: Older than My Old Man Now.
Despite sad circumstances, Jesca Hoop found an uplifting and inspiring way to work through grief: writing songs full of beautiful, disturbing and poignant images for her new album, 'The House That Jack Built'. The California native is now living in the UK, but came back to the U.S. for a tour with Punch Brothers, and Jesca was joined by Aoife O'Donovan when she performed a few of her new songs during an interview with FUV's Kara Manning. [recorded: 04/25/12]
Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore each have long resumes in music, but the couple has just released their debut album as The Mastersons, called 'Birds Fly South', and they recently performed a few songs at FUV. Says host Claudia Marshall: 'Chris Masterson was wearing the geekiest glasses I think I have ever seen (high praise coming from me, as I have some pretty nerdy-looking vintage frames myself), and Chris and wife Eleanor also share my love of a pricey, British shoe designer.
The punk-loving guys of Lucero formed in Memphis in 1998, and quickly began stirring together a bunch of musical ingredients: a dash of indie-folk, a dollop of alt-country, and a heaping cup of southern-fried rock. The mixture has served them well ever since, and a tour in support of their new album 'Women & Work' brought Lucero by FUV for a visit with host Darren DeVivo. [recorded: 04/17/12]
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