Kara Manning

Belgium, United States

Director, Host and Producer at WFUV-FM (Bronx, NY)

playwright, music scribbler, Islington aspirant and coffee addict

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The English Beat: Five Essential Songs

1 week ago | wfuv.org | Kara Manning

Got your ticket yet to the 2025 WFUV High Line Bash at City Winery at Pier 57 on April 30? If so, along with Jade Bird and Fantastic Cat, you're going to see one of Britain's most beloved, critically revered two-tone, ska, and punk bands, The English Beat, led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Dave Wakeling.
UKNY for April 13

1 week ago | wfuv.org | Kara Manning

Full confession: due to travel, tonight's "UKNY" had to be prerecorded early last week, so I just missed the inclusion of the starry, spiky return of the new Pulp single — sorry, Jarvis! That said, there are other fantastic big comebacks to cheer about this evening at 11 p.m., like Stereolab, bouncing back with their first album in 15 years, Instant Holograms on Metal Film, out on May 23. The group's skyward-tilting new single is co-written by Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane.
Lauren Mayberry: 2025

3 weeks ago | wfuv.org | Kara Manning

This FUV Live session is also available as a podcast, "FUV Live Sessions." We're elevating WFUV's long history of live sessions and interviews via a podcast that you can find on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Podcasts. New episodes drop every Monday. It's been a dozen years since Lauren Mayberry first visited FUV with CHVRCHES, the Glaswegian synth-rock trio that vaulted to fame with their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe.
UKNY for March 30

3 weeks ago | wfuv.org | Kara Manning

Drummer Fay Milton might be best known for her tenure in the British-French band Savages, but since that band has been on hiatus, she's expanded her focus in multiple directions. Not only is she a climate activist and filmmaker, but Milton has been recording as Goddess and will release her self-titled debut album on May 30 on Bella Union. On "UKNY" tonight at 11 p.m., the first single from Goddess, a collaboration between Milton and Ex:Re (who is Elena Tonra of Daughter).
Σtella: Five Essential Albums

4 weeks ago | wfuv.org | Kara Manning

Women's history is world history, but care is taken in March to elevate the message and mission of Women's History Month. We've asked some of the women we love — including Miso Extra and Sunny War — to write about their Five Essential Albums for FUV. Adagio, the fifth album from Stella Chronopoulou, who records as Σtella, is just under a half hour in length, but it grapples with life's big questions on love, time, and the brevity of both.
UKNY for March 23

1 month ago | wfuv.org | Kara Manning

Manchester's Westside Cowboy kicked off their 2024 debut single with a l-o-n-g title, "'Ive Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)," hollering their name — and now the quartet is galloping into 2025 with a headline show at London's Windmill Brixton on March 29, a summer of festivals, and a support slot with Blondshell beginning in September. On "UKNY" at 11 p.m., that auspicious first release, produced by English Teacher guitarist Lewis Whiting and signed to Nice Swan.
Sunny War: Five Essential Albums

1 month ago | wfuv.org | Kara Manning

Women's history is world history, but care is taken in March to elevate the message and mission of Women's History Month. We've asked some of the Women We Love to write about their Five Essential Albums for FUV. On her strikingly-titled album, Armageddon in a Summer Dress, Sunny War and producer Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Margo Price) had in mind a bigger band sound, but still remained true to the inherent intimacy of Sunny's vibe (and yes, there's a squall of electric guitars here).
UKNY for March 16

1 month ago | wfuv.org | Kara Manning

Tonight's "UKNY" at 11 p.m. features an FUV Live session with Victoria Canal whose debut album, Slowly, It Dawns, is surely one of the most beautiful to be released this year. Victoria's candor, compassion and deft songwriting craft infuses all she does — and it was a privilege to have her visit Studio A for an expansive four-song set, accompanied by touring guitarist Justin Goldner. I first saw her play live exactly a year ago, at SXSW in Austin, and again in New York and London last year.
Miso Extra: Five Essential Albums

1 month ago | wfuv.org | Kara Manning

Women's history is world history, but care is taken in March to elevate the message and mission of Women's History Month. We've asked some of the Women We Love to write about their Five Essential Albums for FUV. At last year's SXSW, Miso Extra's playful, dynamic sets were among the highlights at the Austin music festival, and the early start of the Japanese-British singer and producer's beeline to her debut album, Earcandy, which will be released on May 16 via Transgressive and PIAS.
Victoria Canal: 2025

1 month ago | wfuv.org | Kara Manning

With the release of her debut album, Slowly, It Dawns, in January, Victoria Canal would be the first to call it the culmination of a dream that's been over a decade in the making. She's been winning music awards since she was a teenager, named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts by President Barack Obama in 2015.