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A wide ranging free form episode of Connections... with Eric Cocks. Includes music by The Ventures, David Lindley, The Kinks, Sam Phillips, Bob Dylan, T-Bone Burnett, Prince, Anna Rose, Ian Hunter, Otis Redding, Carol Kaye, Miles Davis, The Yardbirds, Liz Phair, John Cage, Duke Ellington, Leonard Cohen, The Alessi Brothers, Todd Dillingham, Laurie Biagini, Juana Molina, Dexter Gordon, Stackridge, The Pillbugs, Louis Prima, The Everly Brothers, Beth Orton, Nick Lowe, Paul McCartney, Jeanne & The Darlings, The Beach Boys, Elvis Costello, Duane Eddy, Joe Jones, George Harrison, Dennis Wilson, Link Wray, Diana Krall, Robbie Robertson, Ringo Starr and more...

Plus comedy...

Tune in for future episodes. An ever changing look at the connections between music, musicians, songs, songwriters, producers and concepts... 

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.

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, Tom Petty, The Pretenders, Blondie 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, Neil Innes, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye and more. All are available in archives. Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.

The show will keep changing over time.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 9 am to noon eastern. Also special editions at other times. Available live at http://wpkn.org or listen later in archives.

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