Exclusive Radio Golden premium items this Sunday

I'm pleased to offer the following items when you call with your donation on Sunday, October 24th. .

• Framed print and 2 t-shirts (any size x-xxl) from Twilight Dance Design. 
• The Custeez.com Party Pack (3 t-shirts: Cactus, Ghost & Nice Marmot)
• The book Grant's Indian autographed by author Peter Johnson
• $50 gift certificate for Blanchette Sporting Goods in Shelton
• Tarot reading from Adina of Mystic Readings
• CD and band t-shirt from FlyinFisch (they played the Sunday Brunch Concert a while back)

Please support free-form independent radio. Call with your pledge: 203-331-9756.

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Twilight Dance Design premium item

Brianne Diomede from Twilight Dance Design has generously donated a framed print and two t-shirts for Sunday's pledge break. The print is the same design as the green shirt.

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Playlist, October 17, 2010

Set One
South Nine Ensemble; Hallways of Foster; Doing it Augie Style (2009 Playtime)
The Cookers; Capra Black; Warriors (2010 Lazz Legacy Productions)
Doug Beavers Nine; Hand Jive; Two Shades of Nude (2010 Origin)
[mic break 10:24 a.m.]

Set Two
Clayton Brothers; The New Song and Dance; The New Song and Dance (2010 ArtistShare)
The Kora Band; Ngoni System; Cascades (2010 OA2)
UoU; Home; Home (2010 Tippin)
The Glenious Inner Planet; …this lontano i.; The Glenious Inner Planet (2010 Blue Bamboo)
Jazz Folk; All Tomorrow's Parties; Jazz in the Stone Age (2010 CreativeMusicInChina.com)
11:15 a.m.
Interview with Kenny Werner
11:45 a.m.
Interview with Peter Johnson\
Pledge break

Set Three
Grateful Dead; Samson and Delilah; 10/2/77 Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR
Grateful Dead; Looks Like Rain; 10/10/82 Frost Ampitheater, Palo Alto, CA
Grateful Dead; China-Rider; 10/10/82 Frost Ampitheater, , Palo Alto, CA
Grateful Dead, The Music Never Stopped, 10/21/83 Worcester Centrum
Vaugn DeLeath; Bridgeport By The Sea
The McLovins; Cohesive
Jesse McReynolds; Bird Song; Songs of the Grateful Dead (2010 Woodstock Records)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Glass pendant for WPKN

The handmade glass pendant measures 1.5 inches across and is suspended on a 16 inch sterling silver chain. The pendant is signed and dated by the artist.

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Radio Golden exclusive pledge drive premiums this Sunday!

I'm pleased to offer the following items when you call with your donation on Sunday, October 17th. .

• The Custeez.com Party Pack (3 t-shirts: Cactus, Ghost & Nice Marmot)
• The book Grant's Indian autographed by author Peter Johnson
• 1 hour guitar or bass lesson from Sam Blanchette
• $50 gift certificate for Blanchette Sporting Goods in Shelton
• 1.5" hand-blown glass pendant on sterling silver chain, signed by the artist (Lola) [photos]
• 40" adult-size fitness hoop + one lesson from The New Hoop
• Tarot reading from Adina of Mystic Readings
• CD & band t-shirt from FlyinFisch (they played the Sunday Brunch Concert a while back)

Please support free-form independent radio. Call with your pledge: 203-331-9756.

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Playlist, October 10, 2010

Set One
Moe.; Buster; Smash hits Volume One (2010 Fatboy)
Grateful Dead; Help on the Way/Slipknot!; One From the Vault (2007 Rhino)
Grateful Dead; Franklin's Tower; One From the Vault (2007 Rhino)
The Kora Band; Cascades; Cascades (2010 OA2)
Lorenza Ponce; The Vision; Mystic Fiddler (2001 Melodia)
Jesse McReynolds; Loser; Songs of the Grateful Dead (2010 Woodstock)
Weather Report; Palladium: Heavy Weather (1977 Columbia)
[mic break 10:54 a.m.]

Set Two
The McLovins; Cohesive
The McLovins; Milktoast Man; Good Catch! (2010 Triple J)
Gov't Mule; Lay Your Burden Down; Mulennium (2010 Evil Teen)
Frank Zappa; Been to Kansas City in A Minor; Imaginary Diseases (2005 Zappa)
Mothers of Invention; Meow; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Vol. 5 (1992 Rykodisc)
Mothers of Invention; Baked-Bean Boogie; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Vol. 5 (1992 Rykodisc)
Clayton Brothers; Soul Tango; The New Song and Dance (2010 ArtistShare)
Jazz Folk; To Lay Me Down; Jazz in the Stone Age (2010 1 Hr Music)
Frank Zappa; The Black Page; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Vol. 5 (1992 Rykodisc)
[mic break 11:53 a.m.]

Pledge break

Set Three
Frank Zappa; Charlie's Enormous Mouth; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Vol. 3 (1991 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; Mudd Club; You Are What You Is (1981 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing; You Are What You Is (1981 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; Dumb All Over; You Are What You Is (1981 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; Heavenly Bank Account; You Are What You Is (1981 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; Outside Now; Broadway the Hard Way (1989 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; What's New In Baltimore?: Son of Cheap Thrills (1999 Rykodisc)
Frakn Zappa; Strictly Genteel; Make A Jazz Noise Here (1993 Rykodisc)
[2:00 p.m.]



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Playlist, October 3, 2010

Set One
Grateful Dead; Shakedown Street; 10//25/79 New Haven, CT
10:28 a.m.
Interview with Jeff Mattson
10:47 a.m.
Grateful Dead; Victim or the Crime; 7/4/90 Bonner Springs, KS
Grateful Dead; Foolish Heart; 7/4/90 Bonner Springs, KS
Phish; Antelope; 8/14/93
[mic break 11:36 a.m.]

Set Two
The Glenious Inner Planet; The Thing, and the thing that makes the thing the Thing; The Glenious Inner Planet (2010 Blue Bamboo Music)
Alison Ruble; You're Gonna Make me Lonesome When You Go; Ashland (2010 Origin)
Buxter Hoot'n; Motion; In Another Life (2010 Buxter Hoot'n)
Jesse McReynolds & Friends; Alabama Getaway; Songs of the Grateful Dead (2010 Woodstock)
[mic break 11:56 a.m.]

Pledge break

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On today's program...

Hey, it's live radio. Times are approximate.

• 10:30 a.m. Interview with Jeff Mattson (DSO, Zen Tricksters, Donna Jean Band)
• 11:00 a.m. Crazy Phish Antelope medley
• 12:00 noon Pledge Break
• 1:00 p.m. Sunday Brunch Concert featuring Multiple Mono

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Playlist, September 25, 2010

Set One
Pat Metheny; Orchestrion; Orchestrion (2010 Nonesuch)

10:30 a.m.
Intrview with Len Dell'Amico

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Buxter Hoot'n at Sullivan Hall

I receive lots of review CDs. There's a big stack on my desk as I type. Sometimes one really grabs my attention. Such is the the sophomore effort from Buxter Hoot'n, entitled In Another Life. Their engaging music lies in a region bordered by country, bluegrass & blues with a Jefferson Airplane feeling.

They'll be at Sullivan Hall in New York on Wednesday, September 22nd. Catch them if you can. 

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Playlist, September 19, 2010

Set One
Joey DeFrancesco; Eighty One; Snapshot (2010 Highnote)
Wayne Escoffery and Veneration; The Sake of It; Hopes and Dreams (2008 Savant)
The Glenious Inner Planet; Khalil; The Glenious Inner Planet (2010 Blue Bamboo)
Klezwoods; Hey Lady; Oy Yeah! (2010 Accurate)
[mic break 10:29 a.m.]

Set Two
Dan Gailey Jazz Orchestra; 11th Hour (for Michael Brecker); What Did You Dream? (2010 OA2)
George Cables; Morning Song; Morning Song (2008 Highnote)
Django Reinhardt; Moten Swing; Django on the Radio (2008 JSP)
[11:00 a.m. pledge break]

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Interview with trombonist Conrad Herwig

Today, 12:30 p.m. – While discussing his latest album, The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock, Conrad provides an erudite discussion of Afro-Caribbean music.

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Well, that didn't go quite as planned

I woke up on Sunday morning with incredible pain. It turned out to be kidney stones, but not knowing what was going on I called 911 and went to the hospital in an ambulance. Sunday was, to say the least, not very pleasant, and I missed the Epic Pledge Drive Brunch Concert. I even missed Harry Minot coming in to answer phones.

Thanks to Cliff Furnald for hosting, Dave Schwartz and Don Duffy for tech support, and Rod Richardson for fundraising help. Here are links to the audio:

Frank Viele & the Manhattan Project
The Kind Buds
Interview with Kung Fu

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Fall Pledge Drive

Yes, it's that time of year when we at WPKN ask you the listener to help us in our mission to broadcast sounds and ideas not readily heard elsewhere.

Our goal is 89.5 thousand dollars, and we're going to keep at it until we reach the goal. At our average pace of $2,700/day, we're looking at about 33 days. Your generosity makes it possible for us to do Radio Vibes, the Sunday Brunch Concert series, and all the other groovadelic programming you enjoy throughout the year. Consider the following incentives:

• We have some good music in the WPKN Store.
• We just introduced the WPKN Community Card, which provides lots of discounts for museums, dining and shopping. It even has a discount for coffee!
• This Sunday, September 12th, it's the Epic Pledge Drive Brunch Concert with three bands in three hours.

Please donate to WPKN by calling 203-384-9756, online at wpkn.org, or by mailing a check to
WPKN
244 University Avenue
Bridgeport CT  06604

Thank you!

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Playlist, September 5, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Set One
Ablaye Cissoko/Volker GOetze; Sira; Sira (2010 ObliqSound)
Either/Orchestra; History Lesson; Mood Music for Time Travelers (2010 Accurate)
Ernesto Cervini Quartet; 2+2=5; Little Black Bird (2009 Anzic)
[mic break 10:30 a.m.]

Set Two
Jimmy Smith; The Big Brawl; The Cat Strikes Again (1980/2009 Inner City)
Kung Fu; Chakrabarty Overdrive
U.O. Project; Stop This Train; It's Time for U (2010 usojazzy)
Gail Pettis; I Could Have Danced All Night; Here in the Moment (2010 OA2)
Conrad Herwig; Cantaloupe Island; The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock (2010 Half Note)
[mic break 11:06 p.m.]

Set Three
The Glenious Inner Planet; Bloe Rondo a la Raad; The Glenious Inner Planet (2010 Blue Bamboo)
Klezwoods; Nassam Aleyna; Oy Yeah! (2010 Accurate)
Hot Club Sandwich; J'Attendrai; And If Only (2010 hotclubsandwich.com)
Keller and the Keels; Wind's On Fire; Thief (2010 SCI Fidelity)
Yonder Mountain String Band; Reuben and Cherise; Jerry Jams for Rex (2010 nugs.net)
[mic break 11:34 a.m.]

Set Four
Sean Sullivan; Adlib; Square One (2010 seansongs)
Chris Colangelo; The Ubiquitous One; Elaine's Song (2010 C-Note)
Chris Potter 10; The Arc of a Day; Song for Anyone (2007 Sunnyside)
Harvie S; Ike (take a hike); Cocolamus Bridge (2010 Blue Bamboo)
[mic break 12:01 p.m.]

Set Five
Thomas Makucevich; Eight Cartoons; Nefitef (2010 Radio Star)
New York Voices; Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing; A Day Like This (2007 MCG Jazz)
Miles Davis; Freedom Jazz Dance (Evolution of the Groove) Remix featuring Nas; Evolution of the Groove (2007 Columbia)
Miles Davis; It's About That Time Remix featuring Carlos Santana; Evolution of the Groove (2007 Columbia)
Trombone Shorty; In The 6th; Backatown (2010 Verve)
[mic break 12:28 p.m.]

Set Six
Antonio Hart; Woody I (on the new ark); For Cannon ball and Woody (1993 Novus)
Mark Egan; Truth Be Told; Truth Be Told (2010 Wavetone)
Rita Edmond; Easy Living; A Glance at Destiny (2010 ritaejazz.com)
Cedar Walton; Young and Foolish; As Long As There's Music (1993 Muse)
PSA break 12:55 p.m.
[mic break 1:00 p.m.]

Set Seven
The Kind Buds; I Know You Rider; 3/17/07
The Brew; Eyes of the Giant; 9/5/07 Nectar's
Lettuce; Sam Huff's Flying Ragin' Machine; 9/5/2008 Highline Ballroom
Railroad Earth; 1759; 9/5/09 Red Rocks Ampitheatre
Grateful Dead; Scarlet Begonias; 9/5/79 Madison Square Garden
Grateful Dead; Fire on the Mountain; 9/5/79 Madison Square Garden
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, August 29th, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Set One
U.O. Project; The Maestro "Blues"; It's Time For U (2010 usojazzy.com)
Contrad Herwig; Butterfly; The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock (2010 Half Note)
Charlie Hunter; High and Dry; Gentlemen I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid (2010 Spire Artist)
Charlie Hunter; Tout Ce Qui Bille Ne Pasor; Gentlemen I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid (2010 Spire Artist)
Eddie Jefferson; Workshop (Blues for a Debutante); Godfather of Vocalese (1990 Muse)
Dave Anderson/Mike Wingo; Gentle Rain; Conversations (2010 daveandersonmusic.com)
Mel Torme; Guys and Dolls Medley; Night at the Concord Pavilion (1990 Concord)
[mic break 10:50 a.m.]

Set Two
Gabriel Alegria; Eva; Pucusana (2010 Saponegro)
Gabriel Alegria; My Favorite Things; Pucusana (2010 Saponegro)
Hot Club Sandwich; Dueña de Mi Alma; And If Only (2010 hotclubsandwich.com)
Keller and the Keels; Don't Cuss the Fiddle; Thief (2010 SCI Fidelity)
Either/Orchestra; Circle in the Round/I Got It Bad; The Half-Life of Desire (1990 Accurate)
[mic break 11:25 a.m.]

Set Three
The Kind Buds; I Know You Rider
Kung Fu; Teen Town
[mic break 11:42 a.m.]

Set Four
Harvie Swartz; Softly As In A Morning Sunrise; In A Different Light (1990 Bluemoon)
Harvie S; Coco Loco; Cocolamus Bridge (2010 Blue Bamboo)
Julian Yeo; A Nightingale Sane in Berkeley Square; Homage (2010 JYCD)
Kung Fu; Chakrabarty Overdrive; 7/30/10 Gathering of the Vibes
Frank Viele & the Manhattan Project; Cards, Right, Tonight; Neon Lights (2010 frankvielemusic.com)
[mic break 12:15 p.m.]

Set Five
Harris Simon; Stonehenge; The Mastery of Passion (2010 Resonance)
The McLovins; Toykyo Tea; Good Catch! (2010 Triple J)
Railroad Earth; Mississippi Half-Step Updown Toodeloo; Jerry Jams for Rex (2010 nugs.net)
Rubber Souldiers; Here Comes the Sun
PSA break 12:49 p.m.
[mic break 12:53 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert
Parker's Tangent LIVE from from Arcadia Coffee in Greenwich
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, August 22, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Set One
Paul Tynan/Aaron Lington; Lovely on the Water; Bicoastal Collective Chapter Two (2010 OA2)
Thomas Lorenzo Quartet; You're Cute; Spanish Breezes (2009 Barcelona Music)
Charlie Hunter; You Look Good in Orange; Gentlemen I Neglected to Tell You You Will Not be Getting Paid (2010 Spire Artists)
Frank Viele and the Manhattan Project; Turn Around; Neon Lights (2010 Manhattan Project)
[mic break 10:29 a.m.]

Set Two
Ernesto Cervini Quartet; Jimmy Rey; Litle Black Bird (2009 Anzic)
Sean Sullivan; Love For Sale; Square One (2010 seansongs)
Harris Simon; Street Song; The Mastery of Passion (2010 Resonance)
Dan Dean; Stella By Starlight; 2 5 1 (2010 Origin)
U.O. Project; N'Awlins Greens; It's Time For U (2010 usojazzy.com)
[mic break 11:04 a.m.]

Set Three
Tom Rizzo; One For Daddy-O; Imaginary Numbers (2010 Origin)
Matt Jorgensen; Colorado; Tattooed by Passion (2010 Origin)
Incorrigible; Petite Ange; One For All (2010 Jazz legacy)
Nadav Snir-Zelniker Trio; Secret Love; Thinking Out Loud (2010 OA2)
[mic break 11:35 a.m.]

Set Four
Kenny Werner; Death Is Not The Answer; No Beginning No End (2010 HalfNote)
Tom Harrell; Storm Approaching; Roman Nights (2010 HighNote)
Beegie Adair; Here's that Rainy Day; Into Somethin' (2010 Adair Music)
Bob Snider/Joe Locke; Flirtibird; Nocturne for Ava (2009 Origin)
Avishai Cohen; Afterthoughts (Mozartine); After the Big Rain (2007 Anzic)
Gerry Gibbs and the Electric Thrasher Orchestra; Directions; Play the Music of Miles Davis 1967-1975 (2010 Whaling City Sound)
[mic break 12:19 p.m.]

Set Five
Conrad Herwig; Maiden Voyage; The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock (2010 Half Note)
Thomas Janzon; Moanin'; Experiences (2010 Changes Music)
Thomas Janzon; Full House; Experiences (2010 Changes Music)
Andreas Öberg; Compared to What; Six String Evolution (2010 Resonance)
Joe Pass; All The Things You Are; Virtuoso
[mic break 12:50 p.m.]

Set Six – Sunday Brunch Concert
Phish; Backwards Down the Number Line; 8/17/10 Wantagh, NY
Gov't Mule; Lay Your Burden Down; Mulennium 12/31/99 Atlanta
Little Feat; Time Loves a Hero; 8/22/02 Petaluma, CA
Little Feat; Day Or Night; 8/22/02 Petaluma, CA
Perpetual Groove; Platyground; 8/22/08 Carrboro, NC
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, August 15, 2010

Set One
Steely Dan; The Last Mall; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
Little Feat; The Fan; Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974 Warner Bros)
Little Feat; Cold Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie; Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974 Warner Bros)
[mic break 10:23 a.m.]

Set Two
Petrescu; Cakewalk; Thrivin' Live at the Jazz Standard (2010 Resonance)
Petrescu; My Romance; Thrivin' Live at the Jazz Standard (2010 Resonance)
John Hicks & Frank Morgan; Passion Flower; Twogether (2010 HighNote)
Admad Jamal; Hi Fly; A Quiet Time (2009 Drefys Jazz)
[mic break 11:06 a.m.]


Set Three
Joel Harrison; Straight No Chaser (Variations); Urban Myths (2010 HighNote)
Ziggurat Quartet; Oregonian Monkey Chant; Calculated Gestures (2010 Origin)
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band; Do It Fluid/Do It Again; Live; Mardi Gras in Montreux (1986 Rounder)
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band; The Flintstones Meets the President (Meets the Dirty Dozen); Live; Mardi Gras in Montreux (1986 Rounder)
Fats Waller; St. Louis Blues; The Complete Recorded Works Vol 1 (2007 JSP)
Fats Waller; Lenox Avenue Blues; The Complete Recorded Works Vol 1 (2007 JSP)
Trombone Shorty; In the 6th; Backatown (2010 Verve)
[mic break 11:39 a.m.]

Set Four
Little Feat; Rock 'n' Roll Doctor; 9/19/74 Hempstead NY
Little Feat; Two Trains; 9/19/74 Hempstead NY
30db; Get In Line; One Man Show (2010 SCI Fidelity)
Turbine: War of 9161 (The Pledge); Sounds in the Hail (2010)
Turbine: Invited; Sounds in the Hail (2010)
Little Feat; Dixie Chicken; 10/18/75 Rochester NY
Little Feat; Tripe Face Boogie; 10/18/75 Rochester NY
Little Feat; Willin'; 10/18/75 Rochester NY
[mic break 12:19 p.m.]


Set Five
Radam Schwartz; Blues Citizens; Blues Citizens (2010 Savant)
Jacob Melchior; Bird of Beauty; It's About Time (2010)
Tomas Janzon; Here's That Rainy Day; Experiences (2010 Changes Music)
Kenny Burrell; Do What You Gotta Do; Prime (2010 HighNote)
Charlie Hunter; Every Day You Wake Up New York Says No; Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid (2010 Spire Artist)
Andreas Öberg; Papa Gato; Six String Evolution (2010 Resonance)
[mic break 12:56 p.m.]

Set Six
Interview with Frank Viele



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Playlist, August 8, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Set One
Steely Dan; King of the World; Countdown to Ecstasy (1973 MCA)
Nadav Snir-Zelniker Trio; Isfahan; Thinking Out Loud (2010 OA2)
Dan Gailey Jazz Orchestra; Early Light; What Did You Dream? (2010 OA2)
Ernesto Cervini Quartet; Coconut Bill; Little Black Bird (2009 Anzic)
Dave Anderson/Mike Wingo; La Fiesta; Conversations (2010 Dave Anderson)
[mic break 10:36 a.m.]

Set Two
Sean Sullivan; Summer Rain; Square One (2010 Seansongs)
The Claudia Quintet; Crane Merit; Royal Toast (2010 Cuneiform)
Adam Rudolph/Ralph Jones; Dream Inflected; Yèyí (2010 Meta)
Adam Rudolph/Ralph Jones; Leaf Writing; Yèyí (2010 Meta)
Chicago Trombome Consort; Deemer, Shock and Awe for Trombone Quartet; Chicago Trombone Consort (2010 Albany)
Ray Vega/Thomas Marriott; 'Round Midnight//In A Sentimental Mood ; East-West Trumpet Summit (2010 Origin)
John Hicks/Frank Morgan; Night in Tunisia; Twogether (2010 HighNote)
[mic break 11:24 a.m.]

Set Three
Interview with Melvin Seals
JGB; Run For The Roses 3/27/2010 The Warehouse, Hartford, CT
Trombone Shorty; Right to Complain; Backatown (2010 Verve)
Ablaye Cissoko/Volker Goetze; Lountang; Sira (2009 ObliqSound)
Tom Harrell; Study in Sound; Roman Nights (2010 HighNote)
Jerry Garcia Band; That's What Love Will Make You Do; Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, CA. 4-23-93
[mic break 12:15 p.m.]

Set Four
Chris Graham Trio; 471 Lb. Little Girl; After-Birth of Cool (2010 Chris Graham)
Eric Reed/Cyrus Chestnut; Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul; Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul (2010 Savant)
Phish; Theme From The Bottom; 8/7/10 Berkeley, CA
[mic break 12:31 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Best of GOTV 2010
Caravan of Thieves; Candy
Caravan of Thieves; Freaks
Billy Simons Band; Hello, My Name is Arthur
12:55 pm. NPA Break
The McLovins; Deep Monster Trance
David Gans; Like A Dog
Turbine; Quicksand
Little Feat; Willin'/Don't Bogart That Joint/Willin'
Donna Jean Godchaux Band; Don't Let Go
The Macpodz; The Truth
[2:00 p.m.]


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Playlist, July 25, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Set One
Steely Dan; Bodhisattva; Countdown to Ecstasy (1973 MCA)
Joe Jackson; King of the World/You Can't Get What You Want; Summer in the City (2000 Manitcore)
[mic break 10:23 a.m.]

Set Two
Pat Bianchi; Portrait of Jenny; Back Home (2010 Doodlin')
Pat Bianchi; Just In Time; Back Home (2010 Doodlin')
James Carter; Artillier Lourde; Chasin' the Gypsy (2000 Atlantic)
Wellstone Conspiracy; Anne Rose; Motives (2010 Origin)
Mark Egan; Shadow Play; Truth Be Told (2010 Wavetone)
Interview with Gordon Taylor about Radio Vibes
Mike Stern; Big Neighborhood; Big Neighborhood (2009 Heads Up)
Nathan Eklund Group; Front Lawn; Coin Flip (2010 OA2)
[mic break 11:36 a.m.]

Set Three
Mark Murphy; On Green Dolphin Street; Bop for Miles (2004 HighNote)
Pat Bianchi; Litha; Back Home (2010 Doodlin')
Frank Morgan; Polka Dota and Moonbeams; Mood Indigo (1989 Island)
Bryan Lynch; On Green Dolphin Street; Meets Bill Charlap (2003 Sharp Nine)
[mic break 12:10 p.m.]

Set Four
Toninho Horta; Agua de Beber; To Jobim With Love (2008 Resonance)
Yuko Ito; Agua de Beber; Mania De Voce (2009 Funny Baby Face)
Adam Shulman Quintet; Spring; Patterns of Change (2009 Kabocha)
Miles from India; Miles Runs the Voodoo Down; Miles From India (2008 Times Square)
Mark Murphy; Milestones; Bop for Miles (2004 HighNote)
Mark Murphy; Miles; Bop for Miles (2004 HighNote)
12:55 p.m. NPA break
Miles Davis; In A Silent Way/It's About That Time; In A Silent Way (2969 Columbia)
[mic break 1:21 p.m.]

Set Five
Jackie Greene; Shaken; Giving Up the Ghost (2008 429 Records)
Keller and the Keels; Mountains of the Moon; Thief (2010 SCI Fidelity)
Umphrey's McGee; Anchor Drops; 8/26/2004 Carbondale, IL
Umphrey's McGee; Glory; 8/26/2004 Carbondale, IL
Umphrey's McGee; Baba O'Reilly; 8/26/2004 Carbondale, IL
Umphrey's McGee; Bright Lights Big City 8/26/2004 Carbondale, IL
[mic break 1:52 p.m.]
Matt Bunsen and the Burners; Life on the Road 2.0; Greatest Hits (2009 mattbunsen.com)
[2:00 p.m.]

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The Radio Vibes blog

This will be my home away from home for the next 10 days.

Radio Vibes on WPKN 89.5 FM: Your other online resources for Radio Vibes: "We have a Facebook page and we're on Twitter (@vibesradio). Post some photos and tell us what's happening in your corner of your favorite fe..."

Playlist, July 18, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM


Set One
Tom Harrell; Storm Approaching; Roman Nights (2010 HighNote)
Peter Epstein & Idée Fixe; Air I; Abstract Realism (2010 Origin)
Kenny Garrett; Wayne's Thing; Sketches of MD: Live at the Iridium (2008 Mack Avenue)
Eric Reed & Cyrus Chestnut; It Don't Mean a Thing if ti Ain't Got That Swing; Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul (2010 Savant)
[mic break 10:34 a.m.]


Set Two
Dan Gailey Jazz Orchestra; Point No Point; What Did You Dream? (2010 OA2)
Michael Dease; Toys; Grace (2010 Jazz Legacy)
Michael Dease; Love Dance; Grace (2010 Jazz Legacy)
Bob Albanese Trio w/Ira Sullivan; Joyful Noise; One Way/Detour (2009 Zoho)
Jessica Williams; Goodbye Porkpie Hat; Touch (2010 Origin)
VW Brothers; Simone; Muziek (2010 Patois)
[mic break 11:19 a.m.]


Set Three
Taj Mahal; Scratch My Back; Maestro (2008 Heads Up)
Pimps of Joytime; Keep That Music Playin'; Janxta Funk!
Trombone Shorty; Suburbia; Backatown (2010 Verve)
Cagle & Nash; Straight to L.A.; Loungevity (2009 Churchill-Nash)
Steely Dan; Show Biz Kids; Countdown to Ecstasy (1973 MCA)
[mic break 11:47 a.m.]

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Playlist, July 11, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM


Set One
The Derek Trucks Band; So What; The Derek Trucks Band (21997 Landslide)
The McLovins; Quiet Kings; Good Catch! (2010 Triple J)
Corey Christiansen Quartet; Outlaw Tractor; Outlaw Tractor (2010 Origin)
Cecil Brooks III; They Long to Be Close to You; Hot Dog (2009 Savant)
Pat Bianchi; Just in Time; Back Home (2010 Doodlin' Records)
Dr. Lonnie Smith; Beehive; Spiral (2010 Palmetto)
[mic break 10:50 a.m.]

Set Two
Quartette indigo; So What?; Kind of Blue Revisited: The Miles Davis Songbook (compilation) (2009 HighNote)
Nathan Eklund Group; The Supernatural; Coin Flip (2010 OA2)
Rita Edmons; Gentle Rain; A Glance at Destiny (2010 DaBomb Music)
Grafitti; Apropo; Grafitti (2010 tomgraf.com)
Tim Warfield; Sentimental Journey; A Sentimental Journey (2010 Criss Cross Jazz)
Frank Morgan; Footprints; Raising the Standard (2005 HighNote)
Frank Morgan; Nefertiti; Raising the Standard (2005 HighNote)
Frank Morgan; Don't Get Around Much Any More; Raising the Standard (2005 HighNote)
[mic break 11:47 a.m.]

Set Three
Jerry Garcia/David Grisman; So What; So What (1998 Acoustic Disc)
Grateful Dead; Cumberland Blues; 7/29/74 Capital Center, Landover, MD
Grateful Dead; Scarlet Begonias; 7/29/74 Capital Center, Landover, MD
Grateful Dead; Jack Straw; 7/29/74 Capital Center, Landover, MD
Grateful Dead; Deal; 7/29/74 Capital Center, Landover, MD
[mic break 12:24 p.m.]


Set Four
Michael Dease; I Talk to the Trees; Grace (2010 Jazz Legacy)
Kathryn Smith; You Go to My Head; With Every Breath I Take (2010 self)
Chris Graham Trio; Punchin Trout; After-Birth of Cool (2009 self)
The Claudia Quintet; Keramag; Royal Toast (2010 Cuneiform)
Frank Viele & the Manhattan Project; Cards, Right, Tonight; Neon Lights (2010 self)
Trombone Shorty; Something Beautiful; Backatown (2010 Verve)
[mic break 12:59 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert

1. God Street Wine; Mile by Mile; 7/9/10 Gramercy Theatre, NYC
2. God Street Wine; Hellfire; 7/9/10 Gramercy Theatre, NYC
3. Dave Nelson Band; Wind & Rain; 2010-06-25 The Palm Ballroom, San Rafael, CA
4. Zach Deputy; Sunshine; 6/26/10 Sully's, Hartford, CT
5. Phish; Bathtub Gin; 7/3/10 Alpharetta, GA

[2:00 p.m.]

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Sunday Brunch Concert: Parker's Tangent postponed

Due to heat conditions in the room and expected traffic from the parade in Bridgeport, the Parker's Tangent concert has been postponed. We will reschedule for later in the summer. We'll even try to find a location with air conditioning! My apologies to the band and their friends for this inconvenience, but you'll thank me later.

Today's concert will be a selection of recent performances from the jam band world.

1. God Street Wine; Mile by Mile; 7/9/10 Gramercy Theatre, NYC
2. God Street Wine; Hellfire; 7/9/10 Gramercy Theatre, NYC
3. Dave Nelson Band; Wind & Rain; 2010-06-25 The Palm Ballroom, San Rafael, CA
4. Zach Deputy; Sunshine; 6/26/10 Sully's, Hartford, CT
5. Phish; Bathtub Gin; 7/3/10 Alpharetta, GA

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Jerry Garcia night with the S.F. Giants

The Giants will honor one of San Francisco's most beloved native sons on the 15th anniversary of Jerry Garcia's passing with two baseball traditions, and what could only be described as a Pranksterish stunt. According to Relix:

Garcia’s daughter Annabelle will throw out the first pitch while Bob Weir will perform the National Anthem. Later, during the seventh inning stretch, Mickey Hart will attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest kazoo ensemble, leading more than 7,000 fans in “Take Me Out To The Ball Game.”

We have to be grateful that Micky's not leading a vuvuzela ensemble.

Independence Day

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness....

We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

Playlist, July 4, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Set One
Marius Nordal; School Days; Boomer Jazz (2009 Origin)
John Hicks; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square; I Remember You (2009 HighNote)
John Hicks; All Of You; I Remember You (2009 HighNote)
Eric Reed; I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good; The Duke of Elegant (compilation) (2009 HighNote)
Mike Longo; Morning; Sting Like a Bee (2009 CAP)
McCoy Tyner; A Night in Tunisia; Jazz Roots (2000 Telarc)
[mic break 10:30 a.m.]

Set Two
Jim Snidero; Vortex; Crossfire (2009 Savant)
David Berger Jazz Orchestra; Positano Afternoon; Sing Me A Love Song (2009 Such Sweet Thunder)
Ernie Watts Quartet; Hot House; To the Point (2007 Flying Dolphin)
José James/Jef Neve; Embraceable You; For All We Know (2010 Verve)
Mark Murphy; All Blues; Kind of Blue Revisisted (compilation) (2009 HighNote)
Cecil Brooks III; Theme from "Mannix"; Hot Dog (2009 Savant)
[mic break 11:14 a.m.]

Set Three
Lou Donaldson; Funky Mama; Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today? (compilation) (2001 Label M)
Mark Egan; Rhyme or Reason; Truth Be Told (2010 Wavetone)
Mike Stern; 6th Street; Big Neighborhood (2009 Heads Up)
Ali Baba's Tahini; Unity; Living Room (2010 SCI Fidelity)
The Derek Trucks Band; Mr. PC; The Derek Trucks Band (1997 Landslide)
Solar Circus; Tabla Rasa; Step Right Up
[mic break 11:54 a.m.]

Set Four
John F. Kennedy reads the Declaration of Independence
Grateful Dead;  U.S. Blues; 4/12/78
Hot Club Sandwich; Hit That Jive Jack; And If Only (2010 hotclubsandwich.com)
Pumpkin Head Ted; Dazed and Confused/Of Course; The New Bedford Knockabout (2010 Whaling City Sound)
BooZoo Chavis; Susy-Q; Zydeco Homebrew (1992 Maison de Soul)
Jorma Kaukonen; Operator; River of Time (2009 Red House)
Bob Dylan; Sittin' on Top of the World; Good As I Been to You (1992 Columbia)
Allman Brothers Band; In Memory of Elizabeth Reed; Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival (2003 Epic)
[mic break 12:49 p.m.]


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Sunday Brunch Concert

1:00 p.m. on WPKN
Today's show will be a selection of music recorded on or near Independence Day.

1. Playing In The Band (09:43)
Grateful Dead – 7/2/88 – Oxford, ME

2. Rebubula (09:01)
Moe. – 7/4/06 – Milwaukee, WI

3. Peaches en Regalia > (03:14)
4. Pigmy Twylite > (08:50)
5. Peaches en Regalia (02:40)
The Breakfast – 7/4/09 – Toad's Place

6. Please (09:37)
Boombox – 7/4/2007 – Nelson Ledges Quarry Park

7. Ruben and Cherise (08:46)
8. Pride of Cucamonga (07:30)
Furthur – 6/29/10 – Penn's Peak

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Playlist, June 27, 2010

Archive audio: (most recent show)





Set One
Russell Gunn; Night and Day; Mood Swings (2003 HighNote)
Woody Witt; Standard Form Requirement; First Impression (2009 Blue Bamboo)
Roy Vega/Thomas marriott; Juicy Lucy; East-West Trumpet Summit (2010 Origin)
Arturo Sandoval; Speak Low; A Time for Love (2010 Concord)
Benjamin Boone Quartet; Fush Hour; Live (2010 5/8 Records)
[mic break 10:42 a.m.]

Set Two
Frank DiBussolo; Loco Linda; Average White Cats (2010 Lost World Music)
Kristin Porter; Light of the Moon; By the Light of the Moon (2010 Kristin Porter)
Yuko Ito; Magamalabares; Mania De Voce (2009 Funny Baby Face)
Howard Levy; Slanted Samba; Tonight and Tomorrow (2009 Chicago Session)
Danilo Perez; Think of One; Panamonk (1996 impulse!)
Giorgio Gaslini; Blue Monk; Gaslini Plays Monk (1981 Soul Note)
[mic break 11:16 a.m.]

Set Three
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane; Monk's Mood; The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (2006 Concord)
Giorgio Gaslini; Monk's Mood; Gaslini Plays Monk (1981 Soul Note)
Danilo Perez; Monk's Mood; Panamonk (1996 impulse!)
Danilo Perez; Panamonk; Panamonk (1996 impulse!)
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane; Blues for Tomorrow; The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (2006 Concord)
[mic break 11:49 a.m.]

Set Four
Dizzy Gillespie; Just Tippin' In; Endlessly (1988 impulse!)
Wynton Marsalis; Knozz-Moe King; Live at Blues Alley (1988 Columbia)
Wynton Marsalis; Juan; Live at Blues Alley (1988 Columbia)
Wynton Marsalis; Cherokee; Live at Blues Alley (1988 Columbia)
Tom Harrell; Storm Approaching; Roman Nights (2010 HighNote)
[mic break 12:22 p.m.]

Set Five
Dr. Lonnie Smith; Frame for the Blues; Spiral (2010 Palmetto)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; RDNZL: Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
Steve Davis and the Explorers; Caravan; The Moon Knows (1995 Brownstone)
[mic break 12:56 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert
Umphrey's McGee; Push the Pig; 4/8/2008 Egyptian Theater, Dekalb IL
Phish; 2001; 6/25/10 Camden, NJ
Phish; Light; 6/25/10 Camden, NJ
Phish; Possum; 6/25/10 Camden, NJ
The McLovins; Tokyo Tea; 4/24/10 Keene State College
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, June 20, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Set One
Steely Dan; Your Gold Teeth; Countdown to Ecstasy (1973 MCA)
Nellie McKay; Suitcase Song; Get Away From Me (2004 Columbia)
Coleman Hawkins; On the Sunny Side of the Street; Good Time Blues: The Ultimate Tenor Sax Collection (2004 Savoy)
Lester Young;  June Bug: The Ultimate Tenor Sax Collection (2004 Savoy)
Ahmad Jamal; A Quiet Time; A Quiet Time (2009 Dreyfus Jazz)
Marius Nordal; Mrs. Robinson; Boomer Jazz (2009 Origin)
[mic break 10:31 a.m.]

Set Two
Joey DeFrancesco; Take Me Out to the Ballgame; Joey D! (2008 HighNote)
Yotam; Bye Y'All; Resonance (2010 Jazz Legacy)
Bobby Bradford/Tom Heasley/Ken Rosser; Crooked March; Varistar (2009 Full Bleed Music)
Pat Metheny Group; Forward March; First Circle (1984 ECM)
Pat Metheny; Orchestrion; Orchestrion (2010 Nonesuch)
[mic break 11:12 a.m.]

Set Three
Ziggurat Quartet; XoBoX; Calculated Gestures (2010 Origin)
Avery Sharpe Trio; Blues on the Corner; Live (2010 JKNM)
Amy Cervini; Enjoy the Silence; Love Fool (2009 Orange Grove)
Harvey S; Coco Loco; Cocolamus Bridge (2009 Blue Bamboo)
[mic break 11:39 a.m.]

Set Four
Anat Cohen; Sweet Georgia Brown; Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard (2010 Anzic)
Rita Edmond; Sunny; A Glance at Destiny (2010 DaBomb)
Grafitti; Coffee & Donuts; Grafitti (2010)
Frank Kimbrough; Sure As We're Here; Rumors (2010 Palmetto)
Fats Waller; You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It; The Complete Recorded Works Volume 5 (2008 JSP)
Lawrence Lebo; Was That Love; Don't Call Her Larry (2010 On the Air)
Michael Zilber; My Number; The Billy Collins Project: Eleven on Turning Ten (2010 OA2)
[mic break 12:16 p.m.]

Set Five
Tim Warfield; Here's That Rainy Day; A Sentimental Journey (20101 Criss Cross Jazz)
Thelema Trio; Junchaya: Emmeleia from Tres Danzas Episkenicas; Neither From Nor Towards (2010 Innova)
Miles Davis; Honky Tonk; The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (2005 Columbia Legacy)
[1:00 p.m.]
Sunday Brunch Concert: FlyinFisch
[2:00 p.m.]

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Mets Police: Return Blue to the Road

Mets Police has ratcheted up the War On Black. Today he takes on the dreaded hybrid caps and black undergarments used with the road grays.

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Phish dropping TTE from live repertoire

Citing overwhelming negative feedback on the internet, Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio announced that Phish would no longer perform their epic song Time Turns Elastic. Fans on internet forums have been complaining about the song since it was introduced, and venue managers across the country have been blaming the song for several trampling incidents caused by mass rushes to the restrooms.

"You know, you just can't please everybody," said Anastasio. "We liked the song, but the custies don't, and we owe it to them to give them a good show. Time Turns Elastic was an ambitious composition that didn't translate well on stage. We're hoping that Fishman's new vuvuzela quartet is more to the crowd's liking."

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Playlist, June 13, 2010

Set One
Orrin Evans; Two Steppin With Dawn; Faith in Action (2010 Posi-Tone)
VW Brothers; Moon Over Gate 24; Muziek (2010 Patois)
2009 Mt. Hood Jazz Band; Take Five; 2nd Time Around (2010 Sea Breeze Vista)
Corey Christiansen Quartet; Outlaw Tractor; Outlaw Tractor (2010 Origin)
[mic break 10:38 a.m.]

Set Two
The McLovins; 20 in a 35; Good Catch! (2010 Triple J)
The Eleventh House; Low-Lee-Tah; Introducing The Eleventh House (1974 Vanguard)
Larry Coryell; No More Booze, No More Blues; Majr Jazz Minor Blues (1998 32 Jazz)
Richie Beirach and John Abercrombie; Odin; Emerald City (1987 Pathfinder)
Trombone Shorty; Neph; Backatown (2010 Verve)
The Disco Biscuits; On Time; Planet Anthem (2010 Diamond Riggs)
Kyle Hollingsworth; Too Young; Then There's Now (2010 SCI Fidelity)
FlyinFisch; Up & Down; FlyinFisch (2010 FlyinFisch)
[mic break 11:23 a.m.]

Set Three
Dr. Lonnie Smith; Bee Hive; Spiral (2010 Palmetto)
Rashaan Roland Kirk; Hot Cha; Left & Right (1998 32 Jazz)
Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra; MacArthur Park; Nice N' Juicy (2009 Sea Breeze)
Michael Zilber; The Man in the Moon; The Billy Collins Project: Elven on Turning Ten (2010 OA2)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis; Comin' Home Baby; The Heavy Hitter (1998 32 Jazz)
Mandatory PSA break
Benjamin Boone Quartet; Sissy's Strut; Live (2010 5/8 Records)
[mic break 12:06 p.m.]

Set Four
Miles Davis; Little Willie Leaps; First Miles (1988 Savoy Jazz)
Tommy Flanagan; Shall We Dance; Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein (1987 Savoy Jazz)
Sarah Vaughn; Black Coffee; The Columbia Years 1949-1953 (1988 Columbia)
Etta Jones; They All Say I'm the Biggest Fool; My Buddy (1988 HighNote)
Kristin Porter; Teach Me Tonight; By the Light of the Moon 2010 Kristin Porter)
Yuko Ito; Agua De Beber; Mania de Voce (2009 Funny Baby Face)
[mic break 12:36 p.m.]

Set Five
Andrew Oliver Sextet; Very Small Island; 82% Chance of Rain (2010 OA2)
Tim Warfield; Crazy Rhythm; A Sentimental Journey (2010 Criss Cross Jazz)
30db; Lick #6; One Man Show (2010 SCI Fidelity)
Matt Bunsen and the Burners; Life on the Road 2.0; Greatest Hits (2009 Matt Bunsen.com)
[mic break 12:59 p.m.]

Daria Musk on the Sunday Brunch Concert
[2:00 p.m.]

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Help keep underwriting announcements off WPKN!

Next Tuesday, June 15th, WPKN staff will vote on a constitutional amendment that would allow paid commercial underwriting announcements on the air. WPKN has avoided this for the 20 years it has been listener supported. Underwriting announcements will alter the sound of WPKN, and not for the better. In addition to the phony commercials run during programming, there will be increasing pressure to alter the schedule so that the right kind of programs are at the right times for the corporate sponsor's advertising.

You can help stop this before it starts. Whenever you're listening to WPKN, call the programmer who's on the air and ask him or her to vote NO on the constitutional amendment. The phone number is 203-331-9756.

Thank you. The future of WPKN's integrity depends on you.

Playlist, June 6, 2010

Set One
McCoy Tyner; Lazy Bird; Solo (2009 Half Note)
McCoy Tyner; Naima; Solo (2009 Half Note)
Incorrigible; Spirit Waltz; One For All (2010 JLP)
Cyrus Chestnut; Come Sunday; Spirit (2009 JLP)
Miles Davis; Gone; Porgy and Bess (1997 Columbia Legacy)
[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Two
Avery Sharpe Trio; I Understand; Live (2010 JKNM)
Avery Sharpe Trio; Dragon Fly; Live (2010 JKNM)
John Hicks; Left Bank Swing; Nightwind: An Erroll Garner Songbook (1999 HighNote)
Eric Reed/Cyrus Chestnut; All The Things You Are; Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul (2010 Savant)
[mic break 10:58 a.m.]


Set Three
Lester Young; Dickie's Dream; The Lester Young Story (2005 Proper)
Lester Young; Lester Leaps In The Lester Young Story (2005 Proper)
Steve Colson; Maybe; The Untarnished Dream (2009 Silver Sphinx)
Wellstone Conspiracy; A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing; Motives (2010 Origin)
Mihoko; Misty Path; We'll See (2010 Mihoko)
[mic break 11:30 a.m.]

Set Four
Furthur; Help on the Way; Further Fest 5/30/10
Furthur; Slipknot; Further Fest 5/30/10
Furthur; Franklin's Tower; Further Fest 5/30/10
[mic break 12:04 p.m.]

Set Five
Mose Allison; My Brain; The Way of the World (2010 Anti)
Kevin Eubanks; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Live at Bradley's (1996 Capitol)
Dry Branch Fire Squad; Aragon Mill; Live! At Last (1996 Rounder)
Weather Report; Teen Town; Heavy Weather (1997 Columbia Legacy)
Phish; Bathtub Gin; 2009/08/07 II George, WA
Phish; Harry Hood; 2009/08/07 II George, WA
[1:00 p.m.]
Sunday Brunch Concert: Who Are Those Guys
[2:00 p.m.]

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Memorial Day

Playlist, May 30, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Tune in to WPKN 89.5 FM Bridgeport, or online.




Set One
Corey Christiansen Quartet; Carefree; Outlaw Tractor (2010 Origin)
Mihoko; We'll See; We'll See (2010 Mihoko)
The Marty Sheller Ensemble; Sweet & Lovely; Why Deny (2007 PVR Records)
Geri Allen; Dancing Mystic Poets at Twilight; Flying Toward the Sound (2010 Motema)
Brandon Wright; Odd Man Out; Boiling Point (2010 Posi-Tone)
Houston Person; Lester Leaps In; Mellow (2009 HighNote)
[mic break 10:43 a.m.]

Set Two
Marc Pompe; Alone Together; Hi-Fly (2009 Marc Pompe)
Mike Longo; Daahoud; Sting Like a Bee (2009 CAP)
Dan Dean; Stella By Starlight; 2 5 1 (2010 Origin)
Dave Glasser; It Could Happen To You; Evolotion (2010 Here Tiz)
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio; Sunday; Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1958 Verve)
[mic break 11:20 a.m.]

Set Three
Jackson Garrett; Kisses All Around; Speechless (2010 jackson Garrett)
Richard Blake; Things Ain't What They Used to Be; Midtown at Midnight (2010 Richard Blake)
Benjamin Boone Quartet; Rush Hour; Live (2010 5/8)
Interview: Corsairs Over CT/ http://wingsandwheels.org
Benjamin Boone Quartet; De Novo; Live (2010 5/8)
The Jazz Mandolin Project; Monkey Blake; The Jazz Mandolin Project (1996 Accurate)
Keller & the Keels; Get it While You Can; Thief (2010 SCI Fidelity)
Danny Barnes; Peanut Butter is a Man's Best Friend; Dirt on the Angel (2003 Terminus)
FlyinFisch; Blueberry Oats; FlyinFisch (2010 FlyinFisch)
FlyinFisch; Tide Turning; FlyinFisch (2010 FlyinFisch)
Daria Musk; Space; Radio Sampler (2010)
Trombone Shorty; On Your Way Down; Backatown (2010 Verve)
[mic break 12:21 p.m.]

Set Four
Yotam; Daahoud; Resonance (2010 JLP)
Larry Coryell; Big Fun; Sketches of Coryell (1996 Shanachie)
Frank Zappa; A Cold Dark Matter; Trance-Fusion (2006 Zappa)
Psychedelic Guitar Circus; On Broadway; Psychedelic Guitar Circus (1994 Sky Ranch)
McLovins; Virtual Circle; Good Catch (2010 Triple J)
[mic break 12:52 p.m.]


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Yes!

This blog is ranked number 7,848,269 in the world according to the Alexa Traffic Rank.

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Frank Zappa Memorial Day Meltdown

Bob Chamenko does it again!

The Frank Zappa Memorial Day Meltdown makes its annual appearance this Friday May 28 at 7pm AND 11:30pm!! The six and a half hour special will run from 7pm to 10pm and 11:30pm to 3am with a 90 minute public affairs break from 10pm to 11:30pm. The annual dose of ZAPPA will be presented by Bob Chamenko with special guests (& Zappa experts) Johnny "the Rod" Curotto & Dave "the Crusher" Kisyk. The massive FZ Special will include music from all aspects of Frank's career and will feature Zappa interview material as well as frequent readings from various Zappa books. Enlightening and entertaining, the Frank Zappa Memorial Day Meltdown should provide a great start to the holiday weekend. "Just add water, makes its own sauce!"

Note: the music will be interrupted from 10:00-11:30 p.m. for some crappy Pacifica programming.

Tune in to WPKN 89.5 FM Bridgeport, or online.






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A sad day for local radio: WPKN ditches Montauk-New London signal

After five years as a regional broadcaster covering the I-95 from Stamford, CT to Westerly, RI,  WPKN has given up its Montauk frequency and will no longer broadcast on 88.7 FM. Today at 12:00 noon, Hamptons Community Radio will assume control of the signal. WPKN will be heard no more on the East End of Long Island and east of the Connecticut River.

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Playlist, May 23, 2010

Set One
Michael Falzarano; Candyman; We Are All One (2008 Woodstock)
Sun Travellers; Skywalker; Excursions 2010 suntravellers.com)
Michael Zilber; Walking Across the Atlantic; The Billy Collins Project: Eleven on Turning Ten (2010 OA2)
Mothers of Invention; Brown Shoes Don't Make It; Absolutely Free (1967/1988 Rykodisc)
Damian Rivero; Vuelta Al Carrusel; Con El Diabblo en el Hombro (2007 Latin Street Music)
The Marty Sheller Ensemble; The Route 40 Flyer; Why Deny (2007 PVR)
[mic break 10:41 a.m.]

Set Two
Matt Bunsen and the Burners; Live on the Road 2.0; Greatest Hits (2009 mattbunsen.com)
The String Cheese Incident; The Wedge; Trick or Treat (2009 SCI Fidelity)
The String Cheese Incident; Get Down Tonight; Trick or Treat (2009 SCI Fidelity)
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Dirty Business; Where I Come From radio mixes (2009 Woodstock Records)
Yes; The Revealing Science of God; Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973 Atlantic)
Keller & the Keels; Don't Cuss the Fiddle; Thief (2010 SCI Fidelity)
[mic break 11:46 a.m.]

Set Three
Speak; Polypockets; Speak (2010 Origin)
Mandatory PSA break
Chick and Hiromi; Fool on the Hill; Duet (2009 Concord)
Incorrigible; Incorrigible; One For All (2010 Jazz Jegacy Productions)
Mark Egan; Sea Saw; Truth Be Told (2010 Wavetone)
[mic break 12:23 p.m.]

Set Four
Alyssa Jones; Extra Girl; 35 (2009 Alyssa Jones)
Alyssa Jones; Painted Lady; 35 (2009 Alyssa Jones)
Matt Bunsen and the Burners; The Trouble with Love; Greatest Hits (2009 mattbunsen.com)
Pablo Aslan; El Amanecer; Tango Grill (2010 Zoho)
Courtney Fortune; Care of Cell 44; Speak Love (2009 Origin)
Steve Turre; Midnight in Madrid; Rainbow People (2008 HighNote)
Royce Campbell Trio; You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; All Standards…And A Blues (2010 Philology)
[mic break 1:01 p.m.]

Set Five
Richard Blake; Norwegian Wood; Midtown at Midnight (2010 Richard Blake)
Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy Big Band; Knight For a Day; Bright Future (2010 OA2)
Frank Zappa; Bavarian Sunset; Trance-Fusion (2006 Zappa Records)
McCoy Tyner; Naima; Solo (2009 Half Note)
Pumpkin Head Ted; Dazed and Confused/Of Course; The New Bedford Knockabout (2010 Whaling City Sound)
Dr. Lonnie Smith; Mellow Mood; Spiral (2010 Palmetto)
[mic break 1:33 p.m.]

Set Six
Mark Karan; Memphis Radio; Walk Through the Fire (2009 dig)
Corey Christiansen Quartet; Outlaw Tractor; Outlaw Tractor (2010 Origin)
The Disco Biscuits; You and I; Planet Anthem (2010 Diamond Riggs)
Frank Zappa; Strictly Genteel; Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
[2:00 p.m.]


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Dear Bloggy

Dear Bloggy,

I know, I've been neglectful. That thing with Facebook, that other thing with Twitter—believe me, they meant nothing. You have always been my first, my only social media true love. I promise I will be more attentive, more authorly in the future.

Yours always,
Dave

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Playlist, May 16, 2010

Set One
Dr. Lonnie Smith; I Didn't Know What Time it Was; Spiral (2010 Pamletto)
Cagle & Nash; Road Kinda Cool; Loungevity (2010 Churchill-Nash)
Frank Sinatra; Night and Day; The Very Good Years (1991 Reprise)
Carrie Wicks; Everything I've Got; I'll Get Around to It (2010 OA2)
Yuko Ito; Magamalabares; Mania De Voce (2009 Funny Baby Face)
Pumpkin Head Ted; North Mini Mart; The Bew Bedford Knockabout (2010 Whaling City Sound)
[mic break 10:34 a.m.]

Set Two
VW Brothers; Milestones; Muziek (2010 Patois)
Jerry Garcia/David Grisman; Milestones; So What (1998 Acoustic Disc)
Frank DiBussolo; Vin Dolce; Average White Cats (2010 Lost World Music)
Andrew Oliver Sextet; 800 Turtles; 82% Chance of Rain (2010 OA2)
Peter Epstein & Idée Fixe; Four I; Abstract Realism (2010 Origin)
Keller and the Keels; Mountains of the Moon; Thief (2010 SCI Fidelity)
Garth Hudson; Dark Star; The Sea to the North (2001 Woodstock)
Jerry Garcia/David Grisman; Friend of the Devil; Jerry Garcia/David Grisman (1991 Acoustic Disc)
Punk Is Dead; 1 Minute FOTD; YouTube
[mic break 11:21 a.m.]


Set Three
Corey Christiansen Quartet; Starstepper; Outlaw Tractor (2010 Origin)
Charlie Hunter/Leon Parker; Mean Streak; Duo (1999 Capitol)
Aashid Himons & The Mountain Soul Band; Boodoo Child/Sweet Mama's Door; West Virginia Hills (1999 Soptek)
Cannon's Jug Stompers; Big Railroad Blues; Ruckus Juice & Chittlins: The Great Jug Bands (1998 Yazoo)
Shirley Ceasar; Gotta Serve Somebody; Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan (2003 Sony)
Mandatory PSA Break
Norton Buffalo & Roy Rogers; Don't Throw Your Changes on Me; Roots of Our Nature (2002 Blind Pig)
New York on Sunday
[mic break 12:06 p.m.]

Set Four
Sun Travellers; A Thousand Stars; Excursions (2010 suntravellers.com)
Hubinger St.; Up With the Sun; Little Solder Boys (1998 Gin Bruthes)
Umphrey's McGee; The Triple Wide; Live at the Murat (2007)
The Disco Biscuits; Munchkin Invasion; 2009-02-14 Denver, CO
[mic break 1:01 p.m.]

Set Five
King For A Day; Chasing Juliette; Fortress (2010 Three Kings)
Eric Clapton; Little Wing; Rainbow Concert (1973 RSO)
Robert Rockwell III; On the Edge; Androids (1973 Celebration)
Steve Tibbetts; Lochana; A Man About a Horse (2002 ECM)
Daria Musk; LED Heart; 2010 Radio Sampler
FlyinFisch; Air; FlyinFisch (2010 FlyinFisch)
Matt Bunsen and the Burners; Ode to the Hitmen of Music Row; Greatest Hits (2010 mattbunsen.com)
[mic break 1:39 p.m.]


Set Six
Kristen Porter; Teach Me Tonight; By the Light of the Moon (2010 EP)
Frank Zappa; Any Kind of Pain; Broadway the Hard Way
Chicago; Saturday in the Park; V
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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SoupStock Festival today in Shelton

A one day festival celebrating Art, Music, Food and Craftsmanship
May, 16 2010 10:00am – 6:00pm
at "The Slab", Canal St. in downtown Shelton, CT

www.soupstockfestival.org

Soupstock Festival 2010 on Facebook

Playlist, May 9, 2010

Archive audio: (the whole show)


Set One
Donna Stoneman; Orange Blossom Special; Wabash Cannonball: 20 Classic Train Songs (compilation) (2000 CMH)
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli; Oh, Lady Be Goodl; The Quintessential Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli
Jimi Hendrix; Angel; The Ultimate Experiance (1993 MCA)
Cecil Brooks III; Chelsea Bridge; Live at Sweet Basil (2001 Savant)
[mic break 10:20 a.m.]

Set Two
Jeanie Brandes; What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?; Kisses You Awake (2010 Jeanie Brandes)
Jeremy Pelt; Brooklyn Bound; Men of Honor (2010 HighNote)
Liam Sillery; Phenomenology; Phenomenology (2010 OA2)
Dave Holland Octet; Sea of Marmara; Pathways (2010 Dare2)
Benjamin Boone Quartet; De Novo; Live (2010 5/8 Records)
[mic break 11:07 a.m.]

Set Three
Geri Allen; Red Velvet in Winter; Flying Toward the Sound (2010 Motema)
David Sancious; Morning; The Bridge (19812 Elektra Musician)
Elvis Costello; Almost Blue; Marian McPartland's Radio Jazz (2005 Concord)
Elvis Costello; Conversation; Marian McPartland's Radio Jazz (2005 Concord)
Elvis Costello; The Very Thought of You; Marian McPartland's Radio Jazz (2005 Concord)
Mose Allison; Hello There, Universe; Middle Class White Boy (1982 Elektra Musician)
Bill Mays; There's A Small Hotel; Mays at the Movies (2009 SteepleChase)
[mic break 11:41 a.m.]

Set Four
Speak; People or Cats; Speak (2010 Origin)
Hot Tuna; Water Song; Final Vinyl (1979 Grunt)
Grateful Dead; Estimated Prophet; 5/9/77 Buffalo, NY
Grateful Dead; The Other One 5/9/77 Buffalo, NY
Grateful Dead; Drums; 5/9/77 Buffalo, NY
Grateful Dead; Comes A Time; 5/9/77 Buffalo, NY
Grateful Dead; Sugar Magnolia; 5/9/77 Buffalo, NY
Grateful Dead; Uncle John's Band; 5/9/77 Buffalo, NY
[mic break 1:02 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Daria Musk
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, May 2, 2010

Set One
VW Brothers; Cecilia's Song; Muziek (2010 Patois)
Jimi Hendrix; Voodoo Child; Electric Ladyland (1968)
Yuko Ito; Berimbau; Mania De Voce (2010 Funny Baby Face)
Dave Glasser; Minor Madness; Evolution (2010 Here Tiz)
jerry Bergonzi; Casadiche; Simply Put (2009 Savant)
[mic break 10:31 a.m.]

Interview with Richard Bob Greene of The Bobs
Set Three
Arizona State University Pitchforks; One More Round; Chunk
The Pitchforks of Duke University; Mind Trick; Disconcert (2008)
The Persuasions; Cheap Thrills; Frankly A Cappella (2000 EarthBeat!)
The Sounds of Rhythm; Just My Imagination; A Street Corner Symphony (2010 Rusty Key)
[mic break 11:30 a.m.]

Set Four
Grateful Dead; Help on the Way; 4/23/77 Springfield, MA
Grateful Dead; Slipknot; 4/23/77 Springfield, MA
Grateful Dead; Franklin's Tower; 4/23/77 Springfield, MA
Paid PSA
The Mamas and The Papas; Straight Shooter; Monterey International Pop Festival
Joey DeFrancesco; African Queen; Finger Poppin' (2009 Doodlin')
[mic break 12:09 p.m.]

Set Five
FlyinFisch; Bluebrry Oats; FlyinFisch (2010 FlyinFisch)
Avishai Cohen; Parto Forte; After the Big Rain (2007 Anzic)
Speak; Polypockets; Speak (2010 Origin)
The Persuasions; Any Way the Wind Blows; Frankly A Cappella (2000 EarthBeat!)
The Persuasions; Electric Aunt Jemima; Frankly A Cappella (2000 EarthBeat!)
Queen Esther; Stardust; What is Love? (2010 EL Recordings)
Grateful Dead; Don't Ease Me In; Dick's Picks 13 (1999 Grateful Dead Productions)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[1:00 p.m.]
The Sunday Brunch Concert: Harmony on the Sound Chorus

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On the next program...

11:00 a.m. – Interview with Richard Bob Greene from the capella humor and jazz quartet The Bobs.

1:00 p.m. – The Sunday Brunch Concert
Harmony on the Sound Chorus
Harmony on the Sound is an organization of women from all walks of life, different age groups and represent 33 different towns in CT dedicated to singing. They are a dynamic group of women who sing quartet music from across the spectrum – jazz, pop, new songs and old songs, songs from Broadway, love songs, the blues and swing. Their repertoire offers a variety of melodies with expression and musical style to capture everyone's love of harmony.

Upcoming shows on the Sunday Brunch Concert

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Black Rock Rocks for the vandalized trees

BlackRock Rocks Presents.... New Roots!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Fundraiser to replace 15 trees that were victims of the St. Mary's-by-the-Sea Chainsaw Massacre.

SATURDAY - Keepin' it Local - 8:00pm
John Torres and The Watusi Kings! (maybe more!)

SUNDAY - Black Rock gets FUNKY! - 3:00pm
The Primate Fiasco + more to be announced soon.
+ $6.00 Bloody Mary's and Mimosas (proceeds go to the event too)

ADMISSION: $7 each show - $12 for both!

More Performers TBA - Stay Tuned! But you KNOW it will be good!
Pass the word!!!

INFO ON THE CAUSE:
Police investigate a mysterious chainsaw "massacre" that may have destroyed 15 sycamore trees along St. Mary's-by-the-Sea during the nasty storm Saturday night March 13th.

Fifteen stately sycamore trees lining the waterfront walkway in the scenic neighborhood park were vandalized -- perhaps fatally -- by "girding" cuts, sliced several inches into their circumference. The deep cuts, apparently inflicted with a chainsaw, prevent nutrients from traveling up a tree's bark to the leaves.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi...534121&index=1

hope to see you there!

http://www.blackrockrocks.org/home
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52541016675

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Community Choral Music LIVE on WPKN Today!

When we hear the term "children's choir" we often think back to those cute elementary school concerts. But the kids in this group are ages 12 - 17 and they sing with power and style. Please join our live audience for today's broadcast!

1:00 p.m. on the Sunday Brunch Concert:
Fairfield County Children's Choir
Unitarian Universalist Church
96 Chapel Street, Stratford
Admission is free.

In a related program note, I took the morning off to do Little League stuff with my son. Rod Richardson will be filling in.

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This Sunday's program

I will be taking care of Little League things and leaving you in the capable hands of Rod Richardson. Not only will you get Nothing, but you will hear the following features:

11:00 a.m. – Interview with Richard Bob Greene from The Bobs.
1:00 p.m. – Fairfield County Children's Choir on the Sunday Brunch Concert

Enjoy the show. I'll be back with you on May 2nd. 

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Playlist, April 28, 2010

Archive audio: (the whole show)


Set One
Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra; Miraflores; Meeting of the Waters (2007 OA2)
Brandon Wright; Castaway; Boiling Point (2010 Posi-Tone)
Beegie Adair; In Walked Bud; Into Somethin' (2010 Adair Music Group)
Mose Allison; Crush; The Way of the World (2010 Anti)
Louis Armstong; Heebie Jeebies; Hot Fives & Sevens Vol. 1 (JSP)
Jay D'Amico; Invention in Bb; Nocturne (2009 CAP)
McCoy Tyner; Pursuit; Atlantis (1975 Milestone)
[mic break 10:56 a.m.]

Set Two
VW Brothers; Moon Over Gate 24; Muziek (2010 Patois)
Raydience; Ahakti Ma; Raydience (2009 Megawave)
Michael Urbaniak's Fusion; Butterfly; Atma (1974 CBS)
SCENES: Art Of Falling; Rinnova (2010 Origin)
Grateful Dead; Friend of the Devil; Dick's Picks 15 (1999 GDP)
Tommy Emmanuel; Padré; Only (2002 Favored Nations Acoustic)
Oregon; There Was No Moon on That Night; Oregon (1983 ECM)
Allan Holdsworth; Three Sheets to the Wind; Road Games (1983 Warner Bros)
Bruford; One Of A Kind; One Of A Kind (1979 EG)
Bruford; Joe Frazier; Gradually Going Tornado (1980 EG)
[mic break 12:01 p.m.]

Set Three
Paul Meyers; North Meets South; World on a String (2009 Miles High)
Cracked Ice; Somebody; Soul Noir (2007 IceTone)
Trombone Shorty; Where Y'At; Backatown (2010 Verve)
Graylight Campfire; Perfect Day; Keep to Movin' (2010 Graylight Campfire)
Hot Tuna; Trial By Fire; Live at Sweetwater Two (2004 Eagle)
Michael Cleary Band; All to You; MCB Live (2007 MCB)
[mic break 12:39 p.m.]

Set Four
Yuko Ito; Dindi; Mania De Voce (2009 Funny Baby Face)
Tony Trischka Band; Earl's Breakdown; New Deal (2003 Rounder)
Grateful Dead; The Music Never Stopped; Fallout From the Phil Zone (1997 Arista)
[mic break 12:59 p.m.]

Sunday Brunch Concert: Brian Dolzani


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Brian Dolazni on the Sunday Brunch Concert

Sunday, April 18, 1:00 p.m.
Live in our studio and on the air!

"There is something insistent in Dolzani's music that won me over" - TIRBD blog

[Brian] exudes the melodic charm and trebly vocal hitches of Jules Shear and the heartbreaking warmth and intriguing lyrical turns of Freedy Johnston" - Cincinnati City Beat

Brian Dolzani is an engaging and energetic singer/songwriter, drawing comparisons to artists such as Dave Matthews, Neil Young, and Freedy Johnston. He is supporting his 5th CD release, the self-titled 'Brian Dolzani'. Brian tours across New England and beyond, pulling audiences into his introspective, emotive and deeply imagistic songwriting. Tune in to hear songs from his latest release, as well as some brand new songs from his ever-evolving songwriting catalog. Not to be missed.

This show takes place in the friendly confines of our FM studio. Space is limited. Please call 203-331-9756 for reservations.

For more information about the Sunday Brunch Concert series, visit radiogolden.com. 

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King For A Day in the studio

Three Kings joined me for brunch yesterday. We had a good ol' time with live music and some tracks from their newest CD.




Left to right: Benj LeFevre, Dan Labich, Randy Funke.

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Playlist, April 11, 2010

Archive audio: (the whole show)


Set One
Bob Sneider/Joe Locke; Kiss Me, Kill Me; Nocturne for Ava (2009 Origin)
Marc Pompe; Well, You Needn't; Hi-Fly (2009 Marc Pompe)
Paul Meyers; Panama; World on a String (2009 Miles High)
[mic break 10:26 a.m.]

Set Two
Frank Kimbrough; Sure as We're Here; Rumors (2010 Palmetto)
Queen Esther; Remember When?; What is Love? (2010 EL Recordings)
Arnett Cobb/Dinah Washington; Smooth Sailin'; Arnett Cobb/Dinah Washington (2000 HighNote)
UConn Jazz; East of the Sun; UConn Jazz (2003 Sea Breeze Vista)
[mic break 10:54 a.m.]

Set Three
The Disco Biscuits; Quad D; Planet Anthem (2010 Diamond Riggs)
Interview with Jon Gutwillig
The Disco Biscuits; M.E.M.P.H.I.S.; 2010-03-18 The Egg, Albany, NY
The Disco Biscuits; Run Like Hell.; 2010-03-18 The Egg, Albany, NY
[mic break 11:41 a.m.]

Set Four
Paul Meyers  Quartet; My One and Only Love; Featuring Frank Wess (2009 Miles High)
Phish; Slave to the Traffic Light; 2009-08-14 Hartford
Pat Metheny Group; Phase Dance; Travels (1983 ECM)
Bobby McFerrin/Winton Marsalis; B 'n' W; The Young Lions (1983 Elektra)
[mic break 12:21 p.m.]

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Interview with the Barber

Sunday, April 11th, 11:00 a.m.
Jon Gutwillig from the Disco Biscuits is my guest. Barber talks about live shows and the commercial success of Bisco's newest release, "Planet Anthem." Ticket giveaways too!
http://stream.wpkn.org/

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Playlist, April 4, 2010

LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Set One
Garth Knox; Malor me bat; D'Amore (2008 ECM)
Tom Waits; The Part You Throw Away; Glitter & Doom Live (2009 Anti-)
Blick Bassy; Donalina; Jazz Around the World (2009 Putumayo)
Kora Jazz Trio; Chan Chan; Jazz Around the World (2009 Putumayo)
Helio Alves; Sweeping the Chimney; It's Clear (2009 Reservoir)
[mic break 10:37 a.m.]

Set Two
Cedar Walton; Voices Deep Within; Voices Deep Within (2009 HighNote)
The Peter Hand Big Band; Come Rain or Come Shine; The Wizard of Jazz (2009 Savant)
Bill Bruford's Earthworks; Forget-Me-Not; All Heaven Broke Loose (1991 E.G. Records)
Eddie Jobson; Inner Secrets; Theme of Secrets (1985 Private)
Raydience; Arcenio's Garden; Raydience (2009 Megawave)
Grateful Dead; Estimated Prophet>Eyes of the World; Dick's Picks 15 9/3/77 (1999 GDP)
[mic break 11:33 a.m.]

Set Three
Paul Meyers Quartet; Just One of Those Things; Featuring Frank Wess (2009 Miles High)
Mose Allison; My Brain; The Way of the World (2010 Anti-)
Art Tatum; Ill Wind; Piano Grand Master (Proper)
The Peter Hand Big Band; Ill Wind; The Wizard of Jazz (2009 Savant)
Seattle Women's Orchestra; The Tulip Wonder; Meeting of the Waters (2007 OA2)
Tim Davies Big Band; Counting to Infinity; Dialmentia (2009 Origin)
[mic break 12:13 p.m.]

Set Four
The Disco Biscuits; Pygmy Twylite; 3/18/2010 The Egg, Albany, NY
Frank Zappa; Pygmy Twylite; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Volume 2 (1988 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; Room Service; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Volume 2 (1988 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; The Idiot Bastard Son; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Volume 2 (1988 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; Imaginary Diseases; Imaginary Diseases (2006 Zappa)
The Disco Biscuits; The City; Planet Anthem (2010 Diamond Riggs)
[mic break 12:55 p.m.]

Set Five
VW Brothers; Simone; Muziek (2010 Patois)
Movie Soundtrack; What's The Buzz; Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 MCA)
Movie Soundtrack; Hosanna; Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 MCA)
Movie Soundtrack; Trial Before Pilate; Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 MCA)
Umphrey's McGee; Plunger; 2005-11-12 Fillmore Auditorium
Umphrey's McGee; Jazz Odyssey; 2005-11-12 Fillmore Auditorium
Umphrey's McGee; Wife Soup; 2005-11-12 Fillmore Auditorium
Laibach; Jesus Christ Superstar; Jesus Christ Superstar (1996 Mute)
Led Zeppelin; The Battle of Evermore; Led Zeppelin IV (1971 Atlantic)
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Peggy-o; Where I Come From Radio Mixes & Live Bonus (2009 Woodstock Records)
[2:00 p.m.]


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Groundhog Day on WPKN?

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