David Webster interview and performance

12:00 noon - David Golden, Morning Maniac Music Guitarist, singer & songwriter Dave Webster stops by with his guitars and his new CD Dance on the Moon. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Sunday Night, November 23 Antique Blues w/Bill Nolan

7:30 PM Live, in studio performance with Little Toby Walker. Be a part of our studio audience! Concerts take place Sunday evenings, 7:30 PM at WPKN Studios. Admission is free. For reservations and DIRECTIONS call WPKN at 203.331.9756. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

11:00 a.m. Morning Maniac Music with host David Golden

11:00 AM Morning Maniac Music with host David Golden Boris Garcia isn’t a person but a band, an ensemble that starts with what is called jamgrass. It is a band that didn’t even start out to be a band, merely a recording project. Guitarist Bob Stirmer joins us for a conversation about recording, performance, and Boris Garcia's new album "Once More into the Bliss." Technorati tags: WPKN, Boris Garcia

Tonight's Antique Blues concert is cancelled

UPDATE: This concert is cancelled! Our apologies to everyone who was looking forward to this performance. This week on Antique Blues , a special live performance by the legendary Larry Johnson who’ll be performing some classic acoustic delta blues. Come down and be a part of our studio audience! Click here for DIRECTIONS. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Interview with Matthew DeTroy and a live Jen Durkin show

11:00 a.m. - David Golden, Morning Maniac Music

Matthew DeTroy, the keyboardist and music director of Jen Durkin & Equinox, visits with the final pressing of Equinox's debut CD and a live recording from a recent show. Equinox marks a change in direction for local funk powerhouse Jen Durkin. Best known for singing with Deep Banana Blackout and the Mickey Hart Band, "Jenny Pipes" fronts a jazz ensemble for an uplifting collection of new songs that you will hear first on WPKN. Technorati tags: WPKN, Jen Durkin

Live music tonight!

Sunday, September 14th, 7:30 p.m. - Bill Nolan Bill Nolan's Antique Blues Rhythm and Blues Summer Concert Series concludes this evening with Gail Storm and her combo. 

Gail is a classic blues/jazz pianist and vocalist specializing in boogie woogie and swingin' blues with influences from early women's blues/jazz, New Orleans, and jump blues. This is a live radio broadcast from the WPKN studios that you can be a part of. It's FREE and open to the public. For more information and directions call WPKN - 203.331.9756 Coming in November: Larry Johnson --November 2nd. Toby Walker --- November 23rd. Technorati tags: WPKN, blues, Bridgeport, live music, radio, concert

Live music tonight!

7:30 p.m. - Bill Nolan's Antique Blues summer concert series Sean Carney & his band Join our studio audience at 7:30 p.m. for this live broadcast. No charge for admission. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Live music tonight!

8:00 p.m. - Live From...Where? Be a part of our live studio audience with prog piano artist Jeff Bujak. Jeff Bujak generates heavily organized piano progressions, twists and winds them amid constantly evolving poly-rhythmic electronic beats and constructs a sound that is not only unique, but extremely fresh to the underground music scene. Bujak is a solo performer who uses computers, keyboards, effects, samplers and vocals to create a ‘progressive-piano groove.’ The result is a sound that unites the keyboard influences of Peter Gabriel, Album Leaf and Bruce Hornsby with the hard driving rhythms of Prodigy and DJ Shadow. Admission is free. For directions, call 203-331-9756. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Bill Nolan's Summer Blues Shows continue

7:30 p.m. Bill Nolan, Antique Blues Tonight, August 24th - Harp Master Mikey Jr. and the Stone Cold Blues Band Live broadcast! Be part of our studio audience. There is no charge for admission. Call 203-331-9756 for directions. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Interview with Patty Larkin

3:30 p.m. - Mike Zito & Kevin Gallagher The fabulous folk Artist Patty Larkin is coming to Bridgeport August 15th 2008 at a summer sounds of the world Concert. The concert stage is at the corner of Main and State Streets in Downtown Bridgeport. Best of all Patty will be dropping by the WPKN studios around 3:30 pm on the 15th to talk about her new album Watch the Sky”. Join Mike Zito and Kevin Gallagher as they welcome Patty Larkin to the WPKN airwaves at 3:30 pm August 15th. 

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New Music New Haven

12:00 noon - New Music New Haven Concert performances recorded at Yale University, hosted by composer Martin Bresnick. This month:

• [untitled] by Ryan Vigil
• "Aria - Lament" (1992) by Aaron Jay Kernis
• "Leçons de la Nuit" (2005) by Yoshiaki Onishi
• "Odradek" by J. Cooper
• "Two Katrina Ballads" (2006) by Ted Hearne

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New Music New Haven

10:00 PM - New Music New Haven Concert performances recorded at Yale University, hosted by composer Martin Bresnick. This month:

• [untitled] by Ryan Vigil
• "Aria - Lament" (1992) by Aaron Jay Kernis
• "Leçons de la Nuit" (2005) by Yoshiaki Onishi
• "Odradek" by J. Cooper
• "Two Katrina Ballads" (2006) by Ted Hearne

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Ken Best interviews Willie Nelson biographer

3:00 p.m. - Ken Best, Good Music Interview with Joe Nick Patoski, author of "Willie Nelson: An Epic Life." Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Live music tonight!

7:30 p.m. - Bill Nolan's Antique Blues Summer Concert Series Kerry Kearny - Kerry Kearney & Band - Anyone who listens to Kerry Kearney play will agree he's one of the best slide guitarists you'll ever hear! The live broadcast is free and open to the public. Come down and hear music the way it's meant to be heard: live and in person. For directions, go to wpkn.org/directions. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Terry Hopper interviews Ken Hays

3:00 p.m. - Terry Hopper, The Quest Ken Hays from Gathering of the Vibes will be on hand to talk at the festival's return to Bridgeport's Seaside Park in August. WPKN will be broadcasting Radio Vibes live from the festival. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Live music tonight!

7:30 p.m. - Bill Nolan's Antique Blues Summer Concert Series Rocky Lawrence - Rocky Lawrence had already made a reputation for himself as a brilliant electric blues guitarist on the East Coast and in the Midwest. A student of Muddy Waters, Hubert Sumlin and Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, Lawrence was no stranger to the blues scene. The live broadcast is free and open to the public. Come down and hear music the way it's meant to be heard: live and in person. For directions, go to wpkn.org/directions. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Second Saturday Magazine

10:00 a.m. - Bob Johnson, Second Saturday Magazine with co-host Jo Williamson interviews authors on a wide range of topics and interests.

• 10:00AM Les Leopold - The Man Who Hated Work, But Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi
• 10:20AM Susan Linn - The Case for Make Believe
• 10:40AM Lyle Estill - Small is Possible
• 11:00AM Hodding Carter- Off the Deep End
• 11:20AM Allison Bass - Side Effects
• 11:40AM Betsy Block- Dinner Diaries
• 12:00 Noon Carl Honore - Under Pressure
• 12:20AM Cathy Alter - Up for Renewal
• 12:40PM Lucinda Franks - My Father's Secret War
• 1:00PM New York Underground with live musical guest - Alfonso Velez

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American History with Schoolhouse Rock

3:00 p.m. - Terry Hopper, The Quest Terry serves up a rocking Independence Day salute to America with Schoolhouse Rock and other unpredictable morsels of radio goodness. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Organic Radio

10:15 p.m. - Bill Cosentino, Organic Radio Rock the Net CD to be released on July 29 FMC and Thirsty Ear Recordings' Rock the Net: Musicians for Net Neutrality CD will be available in stores on July 29. Can't wait? Tune in to the Organic Radio show this Tuesday to hear more about the CD and the issues. Network neutrality -- or Net Neutrality -- is the principle that preserves a free and open Internet. Net neutrality ensures that all users can access the content, or run the applications and devices of their choice. Rock the Net is a nationwide coalition of musicians and labels that support net neutrality.  Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Interview with the Horsefly and all things word

8:00 p.m Valerie Richardson wil be speaking about all things word with Joshua Kendall, author of "The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus." Peter Roget (1779-1869) was a prominent physician and scientist who came of age just before Charles Darwin and at a time when man believed that knowledge could best be understood by being quantified and classified. His love of lists and words started when he was a child, and in later life he found respite in his work on the thesaurus from the depression and madness that had plagued other members in his family. 9:00 p.m. Valerie and Rod will welcome (by phone) Judy Hyman, fiddle-player extraordinaire and long-time member of The Horseflies, an Ithaca-based group whose percussive music takes the feel of the darkest songs from Appalachia and mixes it with a punk sensibility to make what they call "Neoprimitive bug music." The group has just released their first album in many years "Until the Ocean," and they will be performing at Falcon Ridge and other area festivals this summer. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio