WFUV's Take Five

From 2011: With the release of her third album 'A Creature I Don't Know,' had 21-year-old Laura Marling already achieved a masterpiece? Find out as the UK songwriting phenom joins Kara Manning in Studio A.

From 2010: The Black Keys stay busy. Dan Auerbach released a solo album, 'Keep it Hid,' Pat Carney launched the band Drummer, and they even went into the studio to record a rap-rock collaboration Blackroc. However, their album 'Brothers' is back to the duo's more primal blues rock roots, which they talked about with The Alternate Side's Alisa Ali.

From 2010: Sean Lennon has worked with his mom’s Plastic Ono Band, contributed to Cibo Matto, and released a solo album, 'Into the Sun.' His new project with his girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl is called 'The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger,' and has a sixties folk pop sound, and during a stop at FUV, the duo played some songs live and spoked with host Rita Houston about writing 'children’s songs.'

From 2009: Between a Madison Square Garden tribute show, playing the inauguration festivities in D.C., and the 50th anniversary of the folk festival he co-founded in Newport, RI, Pete Seeger's 90th birthday year was a busy time. He shared a few thoughts on the celebration with FUV's John Platt.

From 2010: Mose Allison started off as Stan Getz's piano player and in the more than fifty years since he got his start he's become one of the most influential blues and jazz songwriters in pop music. At 82, he released an album produced by Joe Henry called 'The Way of The World,' and while he was at the piano in Studio A he told FUV's Darren Devivo about performing.

From host Russ Borris, 2012: 'The Tallest Man On Earth returned to Studio A upon the release of 'There's No Leaving Now.' There's a warmth and sweetness in the production that brings a new feel to his music. TTMOE made a pretty special record and hearing these songs live was pretty exciting. We talked about the making of the album, how his approach has changed and his guitar style. Make sure you pay extra attention to 'To Just Grow Away.' Beautiful stuff.'

From 2011: Toronto trio The Rural Alberta Advantage set out to make a thematic series of EPs, and ended up with 2 full-length albums: the debut 'Hometowns' and the follow-up 'Departing.' The album titles explain some of the story, and the band told host Alisa Ali a bit more of the background between live songs, in a visit to FUV's Studio A.

From 2012: The raucous Philly band Dr. Dog performs songs from its album, 'Be The Void,' in a session with host Claudia Marshall at FUV.

From 2010: With the album "Nobody Left To Crown," Richie Havens continued to speak loudly in song, using his words and those of other writers to discuss the frustrations, hopes, and ways of the world. Was he a folk singer though? It's a question Richie faced most of his career, and it was just one topic of conversation as he joined host Dennis Elsas for an interview at WFUV.

From 2010: What do Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and Paula Abdul have in common? They've all covered songs by John Hiatt. After releasing his album 'The Open Road,' he stopped by Studio A for a performance where he told FUV's Rita Houston that for him, taking some time off just means working hard at his home studio.

From 2012: Stephin Merritt takes an understated approach to the role of frontman in The Magnetic Fields, but his distinctive songwriting and singing voice are more than enough to draw attention. After The Magnetic Fields returned with the album 'Love At The Bottom Of The Sea,' Stephin made a solo stop at FUV to perform songs from throughout the band's catalog - on ukulele - and to talk with host Russ Borris.

From 2012: The Alternate Side's Russ Borris talks with Cleveland-based Cloud Nothings about their album, 'Attack On Memory.' The band also performs the songs 'Fall In' and 'Our Plans' from the new record, live in FUV's Studio A.

From 2010: The band Broken Bells only has two people — The Shins' James Mercer and Brian Burton a.k.a. producer/DJ Danger Mouse — so it might be a stretch to call them an indie rock super group. However, in an interview with FUV's Alisa Ali, they said that even with all of their other projects, putting together their self-titled debut has been among their favorite musical projects.

From 2011: Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow loves Joni Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens, and 1970s soul, and you can hear all of those influences on his debut album ‘Early in the Morning.’ FUV's Alisa Ali talked with James, and he played a few of the songs from the album live in studio A.

From 2010: The voices of The Secret Sisters, Laura and Lydia Rogers, go back to an old time era of Carter Family harmonies and the music of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. Their debut album was put out by the legendary T Bone Burnett, and they sang and told FUV's Rita Houston that it was T Bone and Brandi Carlile that had a big impact upon their young singing careers.