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WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 7/5/20
Anthony Braxton, Eugene Chadbourne: Improv Four – Duo (Improv) 2017 (Tri-Centric Foundation, 2020) Bob Mould: American Crisis – Blue Hearts (Merge, 2020) Beyoncé: Black Parade – single (Columbia, 2020) Kat Riggins: Cry Out – ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 6/28/20
Bad Moves: Local Radio – Untenable (Don Giovanni, 2020) Bettye Lavette: Strange Fruit – Blackbirds (Verve, 2020) Rudresh Mahanthappa: The Windup – Hero Trio (Whirlwind, 2020) Jon Hassell: Fearless – Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 6/21/20
John Prine: I Remember Everything – single (Oh Boy, 2020) Sorry: Rock ‘n’ Roll Star – 925 (Domino, 2020) The Sons of the Soul Revivers: It Isn’t Safe – Songs We’ll Always Sing: A ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 6/14/20
Dream Wife: So When You Gonna… – Dream Wife (Lucky Number, 2020) Lou Reed: Street Hassle – Street Hassle (RCA, 1978) D. Zhantsanchoy: The Black Stallion Zhonon of the Khalka Mongols – Mongolia: Traditional ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 6/7/20
Tindersticks: Tough Love – No Treasure But Hope (Lucky Dog/City Slang, 2019) Chemtrails: Saint Vitus – The Peculiar Smell of the Inevitable (Punk Slime, 2020) Sara Hickman: Claim on My Heart – Shortstop (Elektra, ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 5/31/20
Connie Han: Dark Chambers – Iron Starlet (Mack Avenue, 2020) Tears of Sirens: Under the Milky Way – Theremin 100 – Electronic Music Written For Theremin (NY Theremin Society, 2020) Janelle Monáe: Tightrope (feat. ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 5/25/20
Arlo Parks: Black Dog – single (Transgressive, 2020) Martha Wainwright: Wolves (feat. Rufus Wainwright) – single (Cooking Vinyl, 2020) Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads: Boom Flick (The Naked Truth) – Boom Flick (The Naked Truth) EP (Mystic Bowie, ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon We spend most of the hour with Scott Turow, talking not only about the fictional case in "The Last Trial," but also about some very real cases going on ...
News and Public Affairs
Counterpoint with Scott Harris This week’s guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: Dr. James G. Kahn, emeritus professor at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, at the Department of Epidemiology ...
News and Public Affairs
Counterpoint with Scott Harris This week’s guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: Marge Baker, Executive Vice President for Policy and Program with People For the American Way assesses the testimony of Rick Bright, ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon The 2020 presidential election is looming on the horizon. Many fear the outcome will be hotly disputed. And the U.S. Constitution probably won’t help us out of the mess. ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 5/17/20
Lucy Dacus: In The Air Tonight – 2019 (Matador, 2019) Butch Walker: Gridlock – American Love Story (Ruby Red, 2020) HoodCelebrityy: Run Di Road – single (Female Shotta, 2020) Ashley McBryde: Never Will – Never Will (Warner Music ...
Play My Tribute
‘MY TRIBUTE’ How to record & send your personal ‘My Tribute’ message about what and/or why you like WPKN (please keep your message between 1-2 minutes), then send it to “mytribute@wpkn.org” for broadcast on the air. ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 5/10/20
Pam Tillis: Dark Turn of Mind – Looking For a Feeling (Stellar Cat, 2020) Daughters: What’s Inside a Girl – Really Bad Music for Really Bad People: The Cramps as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of ...
WPKN May 2020 News from Our GM
Note from the WPKN General Manager We are a community, non-profit radio station, dedicated to providing you with music and other entertainment, public affairs, news and some companionship during this time of disruption. ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon: We’re all used to narrative that’s told with words. But what about narrative that’s told through art? Book art? We talk with book artist Barry McCallion about book art ...
News and Public Affairs
This week's guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div, Assistant Clinical Professor in Law and Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and author of the book, "The Dangerous ...
WPKNs Favorite Picks of the Year, 2019
Every year, WPKN polls our hosts to nominate their favorite picks of the year, and 2019 is no different. Our hosts are volunteers, and they put everything they've got into making the most unique, ...
WPKNs Favorite Picks of the Year, 2018
Every year, WPKN polls our hosts to nominate their favorite picks of the year, and 2018 is no different. Our hosts are volunteers, and they put everything they've got into making the most unique, ...
WPKNs Favorite Picks of the Year, 2017
Every year, WPKN polls our hosts to nominate their favorite picks of the year, and 2017 is no different. Our hosts are volunteers, and they put everything they've got into making the most unique, ...
WPKNs Top 10 Favorite Picks of the Year, 2016
Every year, WPKN polls our hosts to nominate their favorite picks of the year, and 2016 is no different. Our hosts are volunteers, and they put everything they've got into making the most unique, ...
WPKNs Top 10 Favorite Picks of the Year, 2015
Every year, WPKN polls our hosts to nominate their favorite picks of the year, and 2015 is no different. Our hosts are volunteers, and they put everything they've got into making the most unique, ...