September 3, 2021 episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks. It’s spontaneous! It’s non linear!! New and vintage music including several demos and outtakes from the new George Harrison box set of All Things Must Pass, live performances and 2020 mixes from the new Beach Boys Feel Flows 5 cd box set, several Rolling Stones songs in tribute to Charlie Watts, plus Bob Dylan, Steve Addabbo, The Kinks, Ennio Morricone, David Lindley, Emma Swift, Syd Straw & Marc Ribot covering Neil Innes and The Rutles, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Spike Jones, Laurie Anderson & Lou Reed, Kelley Ryan, Gary Calamar, Kimm Rogers, Gracie Fields and more. 

 

Also new music from Lindsey Buckingham, Courtney Barnett, ABBA, Elvis Costello & The Attractions & Cami, Emily Duff, Freedom Fry, Cousteaux, Namesake, Suzanne Vega & Gerry Leonard, Wet Leg, The Squeaky Chairs, Thought Bubbles, The Spoiler Alerts and whatever happened in the moment.  

 

More fun than the news!!!

 

Sometimes the connections only become apparent later… even to me!

 

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Last week’s special episode of Connections, featuring a tribute to Charlie Watts, a deep exploration of the new Beach Boys Feel Flows box set, newly released music from the upcoming Beatles Let It Be / Get Back box set, both sides of a newly released Dylan reggae remix single, plus new and vintage music from Sam Phillips, Prince, Tom Tom Club, Halsey and more is also available in archives: 

 

Connections: New Beach Boys Feel Flows box set, Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones, Dylan, Beatles plus new and vintage music:

 

http://wpkn.streamrewind.com/331212/connections-new-beach-boys-feel-flows-box-set-charlie-watts-rolling-stones-dylan-beatles-plus-new-and-vintage-music  

 

 

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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.

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