Participants battle it out in this low stakes spelling competition. The Williamsburg Bee is a spelling contest open to adults who are up for the challenge of spelling words like triumvirate or ...

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Cinco de Mayo is not just an excuse to sell Corona beer and Tostitos. It's a celebration of the victory by Mexican forces over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

On May 1, President Trump signed an Executive Order which instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to prohibit ...

It's the "best of" time of year... WFUV's "Best of 2012" Listener Poll is open through Thursday night (tell us your favorite albums of the year), and then we'll be doing the Top 90 Albums of 2012 ...

For NPR's Heavy Rotation — a roundup of ten songs that are entrancing WFUV and other friends in public radio — FUV program director Rita Houston chose Claire's "Games" as her current earworm ...

As a young man growing up in Bergen County, New Jersey, Wesley Schultz was a regular listener of WFUV. During our recent chat at a midtown hotel, he proudly recalled even calling up and becoming a ...

Pop and rock artists have been using vocal effects on their recordings since the 1950s, and they continue to do so as the technology evolves.You may not be a fan of singers that use Auto-Tune, but ...

Willie Nelson turns 92 years old today. The "red-headed stranger" started making music in the 1950s, wrote hits for Patsy Cline and Ray Price in the '60s before becoming a superstar in the '70s. We're ...

The WFUV High Line Bash is this Wednesday at City Winery. Learn how you can attend here. The Bash is a big party that we throw every spring. As we prep for that, let's hear songs about parties.