I’m not a DJ

I'm not a commercial radio DJ whose job it is to provide banter and personality. I'm not a party or club DJ who mixes dance music. I'm a programmer who selects and sequences music for a meaningful and hopefully intelligent listening experience. I hope I succeed, and I hope you know the difference. 

When I started at WPKN, then-GM Harry Minot told me, “At WPKN you have the right to be anything but banal.” My prime directive has always been Do Good Radio. What that means is different for everyone, but you know it when you hear it. 

I hope I’ve been successful. 

Playlist, November 9, 2025

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Todd Herbert; Lou's Idea; Captain Hubbs (2025 TH Productions)

Mitch Towne; Act As If; Refuge (2025 Cross Towne)

Miles Davis; Filles de Kilimanjaro; Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968 Columbia)

Pat Metheny Group; The First Circle; First Circle (1984 ECM)

[mic break 9:38 a.m.]

Set Two

Steely Dan; Kid Charlamagne; The Royal Scam (1976 ABC)

Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery; Maybe September; The Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966 Verve)

John Von Ohlen-Chuck Carter-Steve Allee Big Bands; Showtime; Downtown Blues (1999 Sea Breeze)

Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People; Hackensack; Family (2023 Whaling City Sound)

[mic break 10:05 a.m.]

Set Three

Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People; Song for My Father; Family (2023 Whaling City Sound)

George Benson; Song for My Father; Goodies (1968 Verve)

George Coleman; Ugly Beauty; George Coleman with Strings (2025 HighNote)

DePaul University Big Band; Squeeze Me; Clark Terry Express (1996 Reference)

[mic break 10:30 a.m.]

Set Four

Keith Jarrett; Falling in Love with Love; Standards Live (1986 ECM)

Keith Jarrett; Prism; Changes (1984 ECM)

Freddie Hubbard; First Light; First Light (1971 CTI)

Miles Davis; Guinnevere; Circle in the Round (1979 Columbia)

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition; Where or Wayne; In Europe (1980 ECM)

[mic break 11:30 a.m.]

Set Five

Emmet Cohen; Surrey with the Fringe on Top; Vibe Provider (2025 Mack Avenue)

Grateful Dead; Sunrise; Binghamton, NY (1977-11-06)

The Electric Flag; Sunny; An American Music Band (1968 Columbia)

Eric Reed; Puttin' on the Ritz; Manhattan Melodies (1999 Verve)

[mic break 11:50 a.m.]

Playlist, November 2, 2025

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES    

Set One

Steely Dan; The Last Mall; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)

Joe Kennedy with the David Hughes Quartet; Birdseed (2025 Chicken Coup)

Charlie Parker; Scrapple from the Apple; Yardbird Suite (1997 Rhino)

Stan Kenton & His Orchestra; Artistry in Rhythm; Artistry in Rhythm (2001 Prism Leisure)

Herbie Hancock; Steppin' in It; Man-Child (1975 Columbia)

[mic break 10:25 a.m.]

Set Two

Marina Pakowski; Can You Dig Being Dug?; New Jazz Standards, Vol. 7: The Music of Carl Saunders (2025 Summit)

Bobby West; Never Let Me Go; Requiem for Mary Turner (2025 Soulville)

The Butler Twins; Jack Daniels and Me; Harpin' On It: An Anthology Of Harmonica Blues (1983 JSP)

Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell; Let's Go Get Stoned; Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at LOCKN' (2025 Fantasy)

[mic break 10:51 a.m.]

Set Three

Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell; Feelin' Alright; Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at LOCKN' (2025 Fantasy)

Robert Hunter; Arizona Lightning; Tales of the Great Rum Runners (1974 Round)

The Klezmatics; Shnirele, Perele; Rhythm + Jews Revisited (2025 Piranha)

Yes; I'm Running; Big Generator (1987 Atco)

Memphis Slim; Blue Memphis Suite; Blue Memphis (1971 Warner Bros)

[mic break 11:38 a.m.]

Set Four

Atlantic Jazz Collective; Turn Again; Seascape (2025 ALMA)

Mike Clark; Epistrophy; Itai Doshin (2025 Wide Hive)

Roberta Flack; Bridge Over Troubled Water; Quiet Fire (1971 Atlantic)

Kraftwerk; Autobahn; Autobahn (1974 Vertigo)

[mic break 12:20 p.m.]

Set Five

Professor Longhair; Big Chief; Big Chief (1993 Tomato)

Kate Bush; Eat the Music; The Red Shoes (1993 Columbia)

Frank London - Greg Wall - Hasidic New Wave; Tzur Michelo; Jews and the Abstract Truth (1997 Knitting Factory Works)

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention; Sofa No. 2; One Size Fits All (1975 DiscReet)

Mike Agranoff; Ballad of the Sandman; The Modern Folk Musician (1993 BFD)

[announcement break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History

The Jauntee; Old Thompson > Colorado > Dog Gone Blues; Denver, CO (2017-11-02)

Consider the Source; It Is Known; Denver, CO (2018-11-02)

Goose; Arcadia; Harrisburg, PA (2017-11-02)

Raq; Cheap Sunglasses (with members of Goose); Harrisburg, PA (2017-11-02)

[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, October 19, 2025

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES

Set One

Kevin Brunckhorst; Daydream Manual; After the Fire (2025 Calligram)

Stanley Cowell; Sienna: Welcome, My Darling; Waiting for the Moment (1977 Galaxy)

Stanley Cowell; Sienna: Waiting for the Moment; Waiting for the Moment (1977 Galaxy)

JD Allen; Don't Go to Strangers; Love Letters: The Ballad Sessions (2025 Savant)

Yoko Yates; Winding River; Eternal Moments (2025 Banka)

[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Two

Nadav Remez; The Awakening; Summit (2025 Haramaz Music)

Ben Webster; Tenderly; King of the Tenors (1953 Verve)

Nick Finzer; Say When; The Jazz Orchestra, Volume 1 (2025 Outside In Music)

George Coleman; Ugly Beauty; George Coleman with Strings (2025 HighNote)

Coleman Hawkins; That's How I Feel Today; The Essential Side Remastered 1929-1933 (2006 JSP)

[mic break 11:02 a.m.]

Set Three

Bobby West; Requiem for Mary Turner; Requiem for Mary Turner (2025 Soulville)

Josie Falbo; Chelsea Bridge; Kickin' It (2025 self)

Tom Talbert Jazz Orchestra; Chelsea Bridge; Duke's Domain (1993 Sea Breeze Jazz)

Cedar Walton; Brazil; Latin Tinge (2002 HighNote)

[mic break 11:37 a.m.]

Set Four

Sonny Clark; Improvisation No. 2/Over the Rainbow; The Sonny Clark Memorial Album (1975 Xanadu)

Steve Turre; Wee Dot; One4J (2003 Telarc)

Steve Houghton Group; Waltz for Bill; And then some (2025 self)

Randy Weston; In the Still of the Night; Zulu (1977 Milestone)

Randy Johnston; Things We Said Today; Hit & Run (2002 HighNote)

[mic break 12:14 p.m.]

Set Five

Randy Johnston; One for Detroit; Jubilation (1994 Muse)

Jorge Garcia; Tiny Dancer; Still Crossing  (2025 SDG Company)

Juan Pastor's Chinchano; Memorias (2025 Calligram)

Richie Cole; Maria; West Side Story (1997 MusicMasters)

Hank Jones; Bossa Nouveau; Just for Fun (1977 Galaxy)

[mic break 12:48 p.m.]

[announcement break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Potpourri

Frank Zappa; Inca Roads (Live in Rotterdam 9/28/74); One Size Fits All (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe) (2025 Zappa)

Frank Zappa; City of Tiny Lites (10/30/77); Halloween 77 (2017 Zappa)

[mic break 1:20 p.m.]

Phish; Bathtub Gin; Birmingham, AL 2025-09-13 (2025 LivePhish)

Phish; Runaway Jim; Birmingham, AL 2025-09-13 (2025 LivePhish)

[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, October 12, 2025

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Linda Dachtyl; Caravan; Full Steam Ahead (2025 Chicken Coup)

Christian McBride Big Band; Op. 49 – Cold Chicken Suite, 3rd Movement; Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 (2025 Mack Avenue)

Ledisi; What A Difference A Day Made; For Dinah (2025 Candid)

Todd Herbert; Captain Hubbs; Captain Hubbs (2025 TH Productions)

[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Two

Kevin Brunckhorst; Daydream Manual; After the Fire (2025 Calligram)

Mike Stern; Silver Lining; These Times (2006 JMS)

JD Allen; You Are Too Beautiful; Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) (2025 Savant)

Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer; Lush Life; Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer (2025 MarKeez)

Isaiah J. Thompson; The Cakewalk Dilemma; The Book of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry (2025 Mack Avenue)

[mic break 11:01 a.m.]

Set Three

Count Basie and His Orchestra; Avenue C; America's #1 Band! (2003 Columbia Legacy)

Barry Harris; 7-4-3; Live in New York (2003 Reservoir)

Louis Hayes; Jack's Tune; The Real Thing (1978 Muse)

Michika Fukumori; Our Future; Eternity and a Day (2025 Summit)

[mic break 11:30 a.m.]

Set Four

Mike Thompson; Parisian Deception; 6th Avenue (2025 BespokeJazz)

Bigger Badder Bones; Down Home; Sliders (2025 Summit)

Joe Pass; 500 Miles High; Virtuoso #2 (1977 Pablo)

Eddie Harris; Get On Down; I Need Some Money (1975 Atlantic)

[mic break 12:01 p.m.]

Set Five

Peter Smith; Swagger Waggle; Smitty Straightens Out (2025 Real Magic)

Booker Little; We Speak; Out Front (1977 Barnaby/Candid Jazz)

Oregon; Yellow Bell; Out of the Woods (1978 Elektra)

John Hicks; Rosetta; Fatha's Day: An Earl Hines Songbook (2003 HighNote)

[mic break 12:23 p.m.]

Set Six

Asleep at the Wheel; Lost Mind; Wheelin' & Dealin' (1976 Capitol)

Leo Kottke; Buckaroo; Leo Kottke (1976 Chrysalis)

Horace Silver; Doodlin'; Greatest Hits (1996 CEMA)

Zoot Sims; Main Stem; Hawthorne Nights (1977 Pablo)

[mic break 12:50 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History

Grateful Dead; Uncle John's Band; Augusta, ME (1984-10-12)

Buggles; Video Killed the Radio Star; The Age of Plastic (1980 Island)

Grateful Dead; Playing in the Band (Reprise) Augusta, ME (1984-10-12)

Grateful Dead; Uncle John's Band (Reprise); Augusta, ME (1984-10-12)

Grateful Dead; Morning Dew; Augusta, ME (1984-10-12)

[mic break 1:42 p.m.]

Infamous Stringdusters; It'll Be Alright/Cluck Ole Hen; Eureka Springs, AR (2018-10-12)

[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, October 5, 2025

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Bill O'Connell; Three Little Words; Touch (2025 JoJo)

Freedom Art Quartet; First Dance; First Dance (2025 Freedom Art)

Keith Jarrett; Meaning of the Blues; Standards Vol. 1 (1983 ECM)

Cedar Walton; The Man I Love; Seasoned Wood (2008 HighNote)

[mic break 10:35 a.m.]

Set Two

Benito Gonzales/Gerry Gibbs/Essiet Essiet; Fly with the Wind; Passion Reverence Transcendence: The Music of McCoy Tyner (2018 Whaling City Sound)

Steven Oquiendo Latin Jazz Orchestra; Machito Forever; A Centennial Salute to Tito & Tito (2025 TRRC)

Joe Kennedy w/the David Hughes Quartet; Nature Boy; Time Travel (2025 Chicken Coup)

[mic break 11:00 a.m.]

Set Three

Conrad Herwig; Augmented Blues; Reflections–Facing South (2025 Savant)

Mud Morganfield; Cosigner Man; Deep Mud (2025 Nola Blue)

The Jay D'Amico Trio; Passacaglia; Ginverva: A Portrait of Little Girl Blue (2025 CAP)

Todd Herbert; Straight Street; Captain Hubbs (2025 TH Productions)

[mic break 11:25 a.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: David Chevan & the Nu Haven Kapelye All Stars

Set Four

Linda Dachtyl; Roxy Strut; Full Steam Ahead (2025 Chicken Coup)

Miles Davis; Bye Bye Blackbird (Live from Olympia Theatre, Paris); The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (2018 Columbia)

[mic break 12:55 p.m.]

Set Five

Marina Pacowski; August In New York; New Jazz Standards, Vol. 7: The Music of Carl Saunders (2025 Summit)

Frank Zappa; Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink; Chunga's Revenge (1970 Bizarre/Reprise)

The Turtles; Eve of Destruction; It Ain't Me Babe (1965 White Whale)

Duck's Breath Mystery Theater; The Underwater World of Jacques Cocteau; Born to be Tiled (1986 Rounder)

Frank Zappa; Tinseltown Rebellion; Tinseltown Rebellion (1981 Barking Pumpkin)

Mike Agranoff; Ballad of the Sandman; The Modern Folk Musician (1993 self)

Rush; The Spirit of Radio; Permanent Waves (1980 Anthem)

[mic break 1:35 p.m.]

Set Six

Genesis; The Firth of Fifth; Selling England by the Pound (1973 Island)

Phish; Split Open and Melt; Ventura (2013 JEMP)

[2:00 p.m.]

Playlist, September 28, 2025

AUDIO STREAM & ARCHIVES 

Set One

Bill O'Connell; 85th Street; Touch (2024 JOJO)

Mystic Bowie; Houses in Motion; Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads (2018 MTMB)

Dom Salvador; Safira; Jazz is Dead 24 (2025 JiD)

Mike Freeman ZonaVibe; Wellspring; Circles in a Yellow Room (2025 Vibes Out Front)

[mic break 10:29 a.m.]

Set Two

Soul Coughing; Bus to Beelzebub; The Best of Soul Coughing (2023 Round Hill)

Aaron Irwin Trio; Five Bells; (after) (2025 Adhyaropa)

Michika Fukumori; Port (The Departure); Eternity and a Day (2025 Summit)

George Coleman; Moment to Moment; George Coleman with Strings (2025 HighNote)

The Bigger Badder Bones feat. Andre Hayward; Stuff Like This; Sliders (2025 Summit)

[mic break 10:59 a.m.]

Set Three

Todd Herbert; Straight Street; Captain Hubs (2025 TH Productions)

Ray Mantilla Space Station; Mariposa; Hands of Fire (1984 Red)

Mark O'Connor; Opus 10: Rampology; On the Rampage (1980 Rounder)

[mic break 11:24 a.m.]

Set Four

Jorge Garcia; Little Wing; Still Crossing (2025 SDG)

Devon Allman; Little Wing; The Blues Summit (2025 Ruf)

Jimi Hendrix; Message to Love; Band of Gypsys (1970 Capitol)

Steely Dan; Aja; Aja (1977 ABC)

Bob Dylan; Highway 61 Revisited; Highway 61 Revisited (1965 Columbia)

[mic break 11:56 a.m.]

Set Five

Conrad Herwig; Listen Lady; Reflections–Facing South (2025 Savant)

Dizzy Gillespie; Tenor Song; New Faces (1985 GRP)

Mel Graves; Cave Dwellers; Three Worlds (1980 Arch)

Phish; Cities; Birmingham, AL 9/13/2025 (2025 LivePhish)

[mic break 12:38 p.m.]

Set Six

Talking Heads; I Zimbra; Fear of Music (1979 Sire)

Popcorn Behavior; Impromptu (Conversations)/Exile of Erin; Strangest Dream (1999 self)

Frank Zappa; Andy; One Size Fits All (1975 DiscReet)

[announcement break 12:55 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Today in Jam Band History

Max Creek; Cruel World > Dark Water; Hartford, CT (1996-09-28)

Joe Russo's Almost Dead; jam > Easy Wind; Washington, DC (2019-09-28)

Grateful Dead; Help on the Way > Slipknot!; San Francisco, CA (1975-09-28)

[2:00 p.m.]