Friko, "Get Numb To It!"
Friko vocalist/guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger first crossed paths in high school and the two friends built upon creative chemistry and shared sources of inspiration. In February, they released their debut full-length, 'Where we’ve been, Where we go from here' and the Chicago duo + their bandmates recently came by Studio A for an FUV Live session with host Sam Sumpter. Watch Friko's charismatic set, including "Get Numb To It!" and listen to the interview now at WFUV.org or via the "FUV Live Sessions" podcast at Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Podcasts. Friko already has a winter tour set, including a return NYC stop at Music Hall of Williamsburg on 3/7. More: https://wfuv.org/content/friko-2024
Giving Tuesday Spotlight: WFUV member and volunteer Rona from Long Island
#GivingTuesday Spotlight: WFUV member and volunteer Rona from Long Island gives back to her community in so many ways. Working with othes from her congregation in Wantagh, NY, she helped turn an unused lot into a flourishing green space. Rona says, "It's been great for our community to have a serene space to work and be with others." The produce from The Garden at TBT is harvested and donated to local food pantries for neighbors struggling with food insecurity.
Together, we're creating a world filled with music, kindness, and community. You can make a difference, too. Help WFUV deliver more music with your #GivingTuesday donation: wfuv.org/tuesday
Giving Tuesday Spotlight: WFUV Marquee member Kevin from the Bronx
#GivingTuesday Spotlight: WFUV Marquee member Kevin from the Bronx volunteers with City Island Oyster Reef on Long Island Sound. The organization creates oyster reefs to increase biodiversity and improve the quality of the waters around New York City. A single oyster can filter 50 gallons of water! The oyster reefs also help protect the shoreline, making it stronger and more resilient. Kevin says, "This work is important to me because we need to make sure that we nurture the environment." Kevin's making the world a better place, in the water and on the airwaves as a WFUV member. You can help by supporting WFUV with a gift for more music on this global day of giving: wfuv.org/tuesday
#GIVINGTUESDAY spotlight: Delphine Blue
#GIVINGTUESDAY Spotlight: When Delphine Blue isn’t spinning new music on “The Whole Wide World,” she’s helping animals in need at Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC). That's where lost and surrendered dogs end up, through no fault of their own, when families lose homes or jobs, or face serious illness. Delphine also works to support PAWS NY, where volunteers temporarily foster pets when an owner is hospitalized.
Together, we’re creating a world filled with music, kindness, and community. You can make a difference, too. This #GivingTuesday, help WFUV deliver more music with your donation at wfuv.org/tuesday
Giving Tuesday Spotlight: WFUV member Bob from East Meadow
#GivingTuesday Spotlight: WFUV member Bob from East Meadow is an avid hiker. As a volunteer with the Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference, Bob helps to clear paths, repair boardwalks, and build steps to maintain over 200 miles of scenic wooded trails, making them safe and beautiful for everyone to enjoy. It's hard work, but for Bob it's a highly rewarding labor of love. "It's very satisfying to me when I see people enjoying walking these beautiful trails," he says. Together our WFUV family is creating a world filled with music, kindness, and community. You can make a difference, too, when you make a gift for more music on WFUV this #GivingTuesday at wfuv.org/tuesday
Giving Tuesday Spotlight: Kara Manning
#GivingTuesday Spotlight: When UKNY host Kara Manning lost her mother to Alzheimer’s, she went beyond caregiving and became a volunteer advocate with Alzheimer's Association in NY state, traveling to Washington D.C. and Albany, advocating for legislation for research and services. Kara says, "I wish I could talk to my mom about the organization's work and my fellow advocates; she spent much of her professional life as the executive director of a senior center advocating for older Americans. I miss her every day... and she would have been proud that I was July’s ‘Advocate of the Month’ last year."
Together, our WFUV family is creating a world filled with music, kindness, and community. You can make a difference, too. This #GivingTuesday, give to WFUV and help us deliver more music that provides comfort and inspiration to everyone. Visit wfuv.org/tuesday
Giving Tuesday Spotlight: WFUV Garden Party
#GivingTuesday Spotlight: WFUV’s Garden Party at the magnificent Queens Botanical Garden is a celebration of music, nature, and community, hosted by our own Alisa Ali and Benham Jones. This inspiring day brings together the entire WFUV family, with members and listeners donating food for the Astoria Food Pantry, and raises awareness for other local organizations improving the lives of Queens residents with a wide range of much-needed services. Supporting the music, and each other. You can help keep this powerful music strong at wfuv.org/tuesday
Giving Tuesday Spotlight: WFUV weekend host Janet Bardini
#GivingTuesday Spotlight: Science says music can make us feel better, and WFUV weekend host Janet Bardini takes your good health even further by participating in American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout in her role as Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. She uses an acupuncture menthod developed right here in the Bronx at Lincoln Hospital to reduce cravings, ease stress, and support people who want to quit smoking naturally, without pharmaceuticals. Supporting the music, and each other. Together we are WFUV. Help keep the music playing: wfuv.org/tuesday
Giving Tuesday Spotlight: WFUV member Mandi Sussman
#GivingTuesday Spotlight: WFUV member Mandi Sussman of Riverdale gives back as a volunteer coach at Van Cortlandt Track Club in the Bronx. This work is important to her because as a lifelong runner, it’s Mandi’s goal to develop more lifelong runners. By coaching for the kids' club, she helps kids develop their physical fitness, creating a new generation of runners. Mandi tells us, “The club also races to raise money for The Friendly Fridge BX, which serves local people who may not have access to healthy food, and helps redirect food out of landfills so that we’re not increasing the carbon footprint.” You can head over to Van Cortlandt Park at 10 a.m. this Sunday to join their “Lettuce Run” Turkey Trot where everyone's a winner! Supporting the music, and each other. Together we are WFUV. Help keep the music strong at wfuv.org/tuesday
Peter Cat Recording Co. interview
Breaking out as one of the most globally recognized rock bands out of India, Peter Cat Recording Co. came to the Bronx for an FUV Live session, hosted by Kara Manning, while they were in the midst of their 77-date world tour, which included two sold-out headlining dates at Brooklyn Steel and Irving Plaza. In a conversation about their new album, 'BETA,' bassist Dhruv Bhola discussed his song "I Deny Me,' which the band performed in Studio A. Watch videos/listen to the FUV Live session now at WFUV.org or find the "FUV Live Sessions" podcast at @spotify, @applepodcasts, and @playmorepods. You can also hear the session on "UKNY" this Sunday night, 12/1, at 11pm.
https://wfuv.org/content/peter-cat-recording-co-2024
Peter Cat Recording Co. "Foolmuse"
Straddling multiple genres and cleverly adhering to none, Peter Cat Recording Co. artfully weave tangential rainbows of psychedelic rock jams, jazzy interludes, Indian classical, and straight-up soul ballads into their songs all while tackling big philosophical questions. The North Goa-Delhi band came up to Studio A while in the midst of their 77-date global tour in support of their new album, 'BETA.' In this FUV Live session, hosted by Kara Manning, each of the singer-songwriters — Suryakant Sawhney, Dhruv Bhola, and Kartik Pillai — played one of their songs from BETA (that's Kartik on "Foolmuse"). The quintet also chatted about the challenges of being a band in India, recording BETA in the middle of the night, and the levels of love that flow through this new album. Listen/watch videos at WFUV.org or catch up to "FUV Live Sessions" at Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Podcasts.
More: https://wfuv.org/content/peter-cat-recording-co-2024
Hermanos Gutiérrez, "Low Sun"
The brothers of the Swiss-Ecuadorian duo Hermanos Gutiérrez offer a dreamy escape and more on their mesmerizing sixth album, 'Sonido Cósmico.' The instrumental guitar interplay of Estevan and Alejandro, an intricate dance of six-strings, pedal steel, and Latin-sparked psychedelia and cumbia, asks both body and mind to settle and listen. FUV's Marquee Members did just that when the siblings played an intimate set at The Loft at City Winery NYC drawing on songs from their new album, including "Low Sun" and "Sonido Cósmico." In addition, the brothers played a "desert medley" of three songs found on 2020's 'Hijos Del Sol.' Watch the videos now at WFUV.org here:
https://wfuv.org/content/hermanos-gutierrez-loft-city-winery-2024
