WPKN Archives: Connections with Eric Cocks: Music of the Heart

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Show:
Connections... with Eric Cocks

Original Aired:
Friday, September 18th, 2015
4:22PM to 6:52PM

Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes

Posted:
Saturday, September 19th, 2015 1:48PM

Tags:
hamsandwich new beatles psychedelic kinks lennon eclectic vinyl dylan rollingstones wpkn bluesmagoos mono connections comedy brianwilson samphillips zombies magoos nilsson vintage humor freeform beachboys squeaky chairs talkingheads stones squeakychairs


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Episode: Connections with Eric Cocks: Music of the Heart

Sept 18, 2015 episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks. New and vintage music. Music of the heart. Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Nick Lowe, The Kinks, Emily Duff, Ray Charles, Hillary Bratton, Colin Blunstone covering Dennis Wilson, Paul McCartney, Lalo Shifrin, Ann-Margret, The Mynabirds, Dobie Gray, Rockpile, Tony Visconti, Sam Phillips, Jimmy Ruffin, Beck, a rare John Lennon demo and more. 


New music from Keith Richards, The Zombies, Family of the Year, Glen Hansard, Righteous Hillbillies, Harriet and others. Elliott Randall, Surfadelic, Larry Williams, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Squeaky Chairs, Euphoria, a rare Rolling Stones demo and whatever happened in the moment. 

Thanks for tuning in! 


Previous episodes of Connections are available in the WPKN archives, including interviews with Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, New Yorker cartoonist and author Roz Chast, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, Grammy Award winning singer and author Janis Ian and more. Also special features on Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Harry Nilsson, The Beach Boys, Bob Marley and the British Invasion.
 
Here are some direct links:
 


Connections: The Beatles and Dylan in Mono on Vinyl and more… 






Connections: Dylan's Basement Tapes and other stuff… 





 
May 15, 2015 Bob Dylan Special with Chris Frantz: 
 
 
 
 


Roz Chast: Guest DJ and Interview with New Yorker cartoonist and bestselling author: 

 

 
 

Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos: Interview/Conversation


 
 
 
 
Janis Ian Interview: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Connections: Beatles, Dylan, Nilsson, Kinks, Elvis, Beach Boys and new music (August 2015): 
 
 
 
 


Connections with Eric Cocks: Odds and Ends, New and Vintage… 


 
 
 
 
Connections at Night (including music and comedy geared for late night listening): 
 
 
 
 
 

Bob Dylan Special with Chris Frantz and Jeff Slate (May 2014): 

 
 

 

For more info, updates and occasional videos, please check the FaceBook page: Connections on WPKN
 
 
 

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

Thanks for tuning in!

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