Backstage Access with Mike Horyczun

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s first hour from his November 3, 2026, Election Day radio show on WPKN. Mike’s set list includes music from a Woody Guthrie benefit concert from 1964 at Carnegie Hall and includes Odetta, Will Geer, Arlo Guthrie and a chorus with Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Richie Havens, and Bob Dylan singing “This Land Is Your Land.” Other songs this hour are from Rupert Wates, Mark Wahl, Andr...

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s second hour from his November 3, 2026, Election Day radio show on WPKN. It’s his special “Backstage Access” hour, and it features words and music from folk veteran, singer-songwriter Joe Jencks (pictured), with an interview Mike did from the 2024 Falcon Ridge Festival. That’s followed by songs and an interview with social-justice singer-songwriter Crys Matthews, recorded fro...

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s third hour from his November 3, 2026, Election Day radio show on WPKN. Mike’s set list this hour includes live Bob Dylan, music from the Broadway hit “Hamilton,” plus G.E. Smith and Leroy Bell, Hozier, and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams doing Dylan live. That’s followed by some tracks from banjo great Bela Flek’s latest, “Live Heart: My Bluegrass Heart at the Ryman.” And Mi...

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s first hour from his October 6, 2026 radio show on WPKN. Mike’s set list includes music from Michael Hedges, Garnet Rogers, Steve Earle, Asleep at the Wheel, Sarah Jarosz, Kevin Burke, Eamon O’Leary, and Dylan Foley. WPKN (89.5) FM is a listener-supported radio station located in Bridgeport, CT, and streaming at wpkn.org. Catch Mike Horyczun on the first Tuesday of the month...

Mike Horyczun features the music of legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in this special Backstage Access podcast that first aired on WPKN in the 1 p.m. hour on October 6, 2026. The set list includes favorites, rarities, collaborations, live tracks, including a Carnegie Hall concert that features John Hammond doing the intro, and an all-star tribute. Listen to this hour of music and you’ll hear...

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s third hour from his October 6, 2026, radio show on WPKN. Mike’s set list includes new music from old friends, the acoustic trio Solstice, with Richard Brooks on violin, Andy Lafreniere on guitar, and Guy Dedell on table and percussion. They recently reunited to record a two-song tribute featuring the music of one of their inspirations, Ralph Towner. Other music this hour inc...

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s first hour from his September 1, 2026 radio show on WPKN. Mike’s set list includes music from Casper Esmann & Callum McGaw, Sun On Shade, Lyle Lovett, The Kennedys, Rising Appalachia, Tommy Emmanuel, Glenn Roth, Ryan David Green, and Rod MacDonald. Plus a look at the Greenwich Village Folk Festival happening next month. WPKN (89.5) FM is a listener-supported radio statio...

Special guest Judah Sealy joins Mike in this Backstage Access podcast that first aired on WPKN in the 1 p.m. hour on September 1, 2026. The conversation covers Judah’s career as a Billboard chart-topping jazz saxophonist, music educator, father, composer, songwriter, and member of the E-Street Band. He’s in the movie “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” playing the legendary saxophonist Clarenc...

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s third hour from his September 1, 2026, radio show on WPKN. Mike’s set list includes music from Maddie and Tae, Keith Urban, Dolly Parton, Lee Ann Womack, Tony Trischka with Molly Tuttle ,Trisha Yerwood, Ashley McBryde, Suzy Boggus, the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Devon Gilfillian, Marcus Mumford, and Larry Carlton. WPKN (89.5) FM is a listener-supported radio station locate...

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s first hour from his August 4, 2026 radio show on WPKN. Mike’s set list includes: Tommy Emmanuel, Leo Kottke, Pierre Bensusan, Andy McKee, Sun on Shade, Derek Trucks, John Prine, Paul Brady, Adrianne Lenker, Alan Jackson, Sophie Buskin, and Boney James. WPKN (89.5) FM is located in Bridgeport, CT, and streams at wpkn.org. Catch Mike Horyczun on the first Tuesday of the month...

Special guest Carleigh Welsh, Executive Producer for the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts in Westport, CT, joins Mike in this Backstage Access podcast that first aired on WPKN in the 1 p.m. hour on August 4, 2026. The conversation covers the Levitt’s August shows, including the upcoming Gala Benefit with Bonnie Raitt, and the outdoor performance space’s past, present and future. Music highl...

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s third hour from his August 4, 2026 show on WPKN. Mike’s set list includes Tower of Power, King Curtis, Van Morrison, Harry Manx, Buffalo Traffic Jam, Chantal Kreviazuk, Jim James, the Wood Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, featuring a rare recording from his Woodstock appearance, and Judah Sealy. WPKN (89.5) FM is located in Bridgeport, CT, and steams at wpkn.org. Catch Mike Horyczun...

Mike Horyczun chats with Joziah and Tink from the Slambovian Circus of Dreams about the new album "13 Live" and upcoming shows, plus taking up the trapeze. Tunes from the album are also in the mix. Special thanks to Mike Zeeto for recording and editing the interview and originally airing this on his radio show on WPKN on July 21, 2026.  

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s third hour from his July 7, 2026 show on WPKN. Mike’s set list includes Buffalo Traffic Jam, Goose, Royal Otis, Jonathan Richman, Ellis, Bonnie Raitt, Judah Sealy, Brad Meldau, Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer, and a Falcon Ridge Folk Festival preview with Susan Werner, Jim Lauderdale, and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams. WPKN (89.5) FM is located in Bridgeport, CT, and steams at wp...

Special guest Judith Joiner joins Mike to talk about music in this Backstage Access podcast that first aired on WPKN in the 1 p.m. hour on July 7, 2026. Jude shares her expertise in Celtic music, jazz, and then some and brings her experience as a music publicist, concert producer, and record company exec to the conversation. 

Here’s Mike Horyczun’s first hour from his July 7, 2026 show on WPKN. Mike’s set list includes guitarists Luke Black, Dylan Ryche, and Ed Gerhard, Ray LaMontagne, Ken Pomeroy, Patti Griffin, Bruce Hornsby, Shawn Colvin, Betty Elders, and Darrell Scott. He also talks about attending the Old Songs Festival last month and plays a selection of music he brought back from the festival by headlining arti...

If it’s the first Tuesday of the month, that means I’m on WPKN today. Which I am, noon-3 p.m. (EST) today, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. My special guest in the 1 p.m. hour will be Deidre Murtha, spokesperson for the CT Sea Music Festival, happening next weekend in Essex, CT. Deidre is an expert in the field of sea chanties, as you will hear. She also performs with the Johnson Girls and with her husband...

Mike Horyczun's in-studio guest on his monthly WPKN radio show in May was folk legend Sally Rogers. The interview aired on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 1 p.m. The interview included cuts off Sally's ealy albums, including the Folk Album of the Year, "In the Circle of the Sun," and classics like "Thanksgiving Eve" and "The Touch of the Master's Hand". Sally also plays live in the studio.  Sally Rogers...

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, today, March 17, 2026! I’m celebrating the day the best way I know how, with music from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on WPKN, (89.5) FM. Traditional legends, rock legends, and new Irish legends to be. This hour, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. we'll be rocking out a bit and playing favorite artists like U-2, Paul Brady, Van Morrison, Sinead O’Connor, Snow Patrol, and Whirlygig.  

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, today, March 17, 2026! I’m celebrating the day the best way I know how, with music from noon to 3 p.m. on WPKN, (89.5) FM. Traditional legends, rock legends, and new Irish legends to be. This hour, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. my playlist features up-and-coming Irish artists like Dani Larkin, Ye Vagabonds, and Lankum, plus new music from Christy Moore and tunes from Kevin Burke with...

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, today, Tuesday March 17, 2026. I’m celebrating the day the best way I know how, with music from noon to 3 p.m. on WPKN, (89.5) FM. Traditional legends, rock legends, and new Irish legends to be. This hour, Noon-1 p.m., my playlist features, in no particular order: Clannad, Moving Hearts, The House Band, Altan, Whirligig, Solas, Wolfstone, and Duck Baker.

As part of his holiday music special, Mike rebroadcasts an interview with Connecticut finger style guitarist Glenn Roth.  Glenn is a licensed performer in the MTA’s “Music under New York” program in New York City. He’s an extremely talented guitarist with six CDs. He also plays regularly throughout the northeast and tours nationally & internationally. Here’s the hoiliday broadcast featuring Gl...

Grammy-winning CT composer, bandleader and musician Paul Winter talks with Mike about his new album, "Horn of Plenty," his work with Beatles producer Geroge Martin on the 1972 landmark album “Icarus,” and his upcoming Winter Solstice performance in New Haven, CT, with the Paul Winter Consort. Paul also reminisces about his concert in the East Room at the White House by invitation of the then First...