Radio Something — Music

In this afternoon’s Radio Something, I will be celebrating the sounds of summer music festivals from around the world (Including headliners Greentea Peng, Ganavya, Madé Kuti, Ana Lua Caiano).    In the third hour (2:20:00 to be exact), I’ll take a detour to Paris for a short set featuring the legendary “existentialist chanteuse” Juliette Gréco, whose extraordinary career spanned more than sixty ye...

This May 2026 edition of Radio Something was a passages-of-life show. After eight years of living on a boat on a river (the Quinnipiac, to be exact), I'm leaving this chapter of life behind to help care for my elderly mother.  Ever since I first moved onto the boat, I've wanted to do a river show — about tides, movement, memory, crossings, change, and the currents that carry us through our lives....

This show was conceived on a bright spring morning, driving along Ridge Road and Skiff Street in Hamden and North Haven. I don't thank I've ever seen so much forsythia in full bloom—in the early morning sunlight—plus daffodils, tulip magnolia trees, and cherry blossoms. I feel like the yellow is still seared onto my eyeballs.    Artist — Song — Release — Label Jonathan Richman — Le Printemps Des A...

During my February 11, 2026, show, I paid tribute to WPKN’s dear friend and longtime programmer, Pete Stewart. He was one of the true craftsmen of freeform radio—thoughtful, intuitive, and quietly brilliant—and one of the gentlest souls to ever walk through the doors at WPKN. For many years, Pete’s van carried a bumper sticker that read, “Obey gravity, it’s the law.” It made me smile every single...