May 24, 2017 special episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks, celebrating Bob Dylan's 76th birthday with new, vintage and rare Bob Dylan music, outtakes, covers and miscellaneous moments. Includes music from The Cutting Edge, The Basement Tapes, Another Self Portrait, Tell Tale Signs, Biograph, Planet Waves, Harry Nilsson, Dylan/Cash rarities, George Harrison, Traveling Wilburys and whatever happened in the moment. 

Joined by friends and WPKN programmers Howard Thompson and Pete Stewart, along with Rich Bloom of The Bramblemen, this is also a low key fundraiser for the station. If interested, you can still donate online at wpkn.org or call in at 203-331-9756. 

Thanks for tuning in! 

Last week's show featuring a very informal interview and live performances from Emily Duff and Scott Aldrich, along with engineer/producer Craig Bishop, plus new and vintage music is also in archives at: 

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/184950 

New episodes of Connections will be airing this Friday, May 28 from 4-7 pm eastern and the following Friday, June 2 from 4-7 pm. They'll also be available in archives.

For info, updates and occasional videos, please check the Facebook page Connections on WPKN. 

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!