Backstage Access with Mike Horyczun

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...