WPKN Archives: Spontaneous Connections

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Show:
Connections... with Eric Cocks

Original Aired:
Friday, October 18th, 2019
4:28PM to 6:52PM

Duration:
2 hours, 24 minutes

Posted:
Friday, October 18th, 2019 4:05PM

Tags:
hamsandwich new beatles psychedelic kinks lennon eclectic dylan rollingstones wpkn mono connections comedy rarities bootleg vintage improvised humor freeform demos squeaky chairs squeakychairs visconti annarose byrds zanes ronstadt bobdylan archives muffs


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Episode: Spontaneous Connections

Oct 18, 2019 episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks. It’s spontaneous! New and vintage music, including new releases by Bob Dylan, The Kinks, Tony Visconti, Ringo Starr, The Muffs, Anna Rose, Sturgill Simpson, that dog., Rickie Lee Jones, The Beatles, Courtney Marie Andrews (from Women Sing Waits, produced by Warren Zanes) and more. 

Also The Byrds, Chuck Berry, Lindsey Buckingham, Elliott Randall, Ray Charles, Linda Ronstadt, The Beach Boys, Liane La Havas, Herman’s Hermits (arranged by John Paul Jones), The Liminanas, rarities from John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Jackson Browne with David Lindley and Peter Fonda, plus The Squeaky Chairs, The Escape Goats and whatever happened in the moment. 

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Show: Connections... with Eric Cocks

Connections... with Eric Cocks

Explores the connections between songs, songwriters, musicians, producers and people... often in surprising ways.

Vital, intelligent music with true artistic vision. Or just because it sounds good...

Includes extended features on specific artists such as Bob Dylan, The Kinks, The Beatles and far more. Also comedy by Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Paul Krassner and others with a rock and roll renegade attitude. In depth explorations of early electronic music (and how it relates to current music). Vital new music that deserves to be heard. Surf music. Garage bands. British invasion. Rock and Roll. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimi Hendrix, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, The Blues Magoos, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Dr Fiorella Terenzi, Beethoven, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Alex Chilton, Nilsson, Tom Petty, Lucinda Williams, Jon Brion, Aimee Mann, Tame Impala, Grimes, The Pretenders, Blondie, Caitlin Rose, Juana Molina, Mojo Mancini, Elliott Randall, Marshall Chapman, Jessy Lanza, Big Star, demos, rarities, unreleased new music and far more may be part of any given show. Also live interviews of performers, writers, producers, engineers, session musicians and people behind the scenes. Plus unexpected surprises...

Previous in depth interviews include Sam Phillips, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, author/comedian Paul Krassner, Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, Neil Innes of The Rutles, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye, Warren Zanes, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Rod Argent of The Zombies, Oscar Winning Composer Alan Menken, Patty Larkin and more. All are available in archives for about 385 days. (Maybe that'll get extended some day.) Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.

The show will keep changing over time.

Tune in every 1st and 3rd Friday afternoon of each month at the new  time of  4 to 7 pm eastern. Also special editions at other times. Available live over the air at 89.5, online at http://wpkn.org, tunein radio or listen later in the WPKN archives.

For further info, updates, news, videos and special features, please check the FaceBook site: Connections on WPKN

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