CT ROCKS! on archive.org

many CT ROCKS! shows are available at archive.org

Shows can be streamed, or downloaded.

Here's the link:

http://archive.org/bookmarks/CT%20ROCKS

You can also hear select CT ROCKS! shows
re-aired on Big Bar Radio (www.bigbarradio.com )
Tuesdays at 2pm.

The next LIVE episode of CT ROCKS! on WPKN
will be Thursday April 5, 2012 from 4pm to 6:55pm

Ken Evans from The Fifth Estate, D-Men, and more
will be an in-studio guest ...

CT ROCKS! LIVE! Volume One - a compilation to benefit WPKN 89.5 FM / www.wpkn.org

Available as a premium for your donation to WPKN.
Call 203-384-9756 through Friday February 17 ...
and ask for the CT ROCKS! LIVE! Volume One CD as your premium.


1. The Reducers “No Ambition” (Birdsall/Detmold/
Kaika/Trombley) Reducer Music, BMI www.thereducers.com
Recorded live Aug 17, 1995,The Satellite Lounge, Houston, TX.
Hugh Birdsall - guitar, vocals, Peter Detmold - guitar, vocals,
Steve Kaika - bass, vocals, Tom Trombley - drums

2. Sue Menhart Band “Where’d You Come From?”
Recorded live Nov 23, 2011, Olde Mystic Village Art Cinemas
www.suemenhart.com
Sue Menhart - vocals, guitar; Kevin Clark - drums; Dave Foret - bass;
Don Bergeron - lead guitar; Dan Spano - keys; Don Packer - sax;
Craig Edwards - electric violin

3. The Grimm Generation “Fire and Gasoline”
Recorded live Jan 29, 2012 on CT ROCKS!
Carmen Champagne - vocals; Jason P. Krug - acoustic guitar, vocals
www.thegrimmgeneration.com

4. Lauren Agnelli “Breakfast At Bellevue”
Recorded live Feb 2010 at Steven Foster’s studio, Dundas, Ontario
Lauren Agnelli, 12-string guitar & vocals; Dave Rave - vocals
Mark Foley - electric guitars http://sites.google.com/site/laurenagnelli/

5. The Alternate Routes “Carry Me Home”
Recorded live in Munich Germany, 2011
www.thealternateroutes.com/ Tim Warren - lead vocals,
acoustic guitar; Eric Donnelly - electric guitars, vocals

6. Farmertan “Spaceheater”
Recorded live at CBGB’s, winter 1996.This song was the first song
on our 1997 album FEMALE http://farmertan.jamendo.net/
Paul:vocals/guitars Mike:guitars Matt:bass James:drums

7. The Peacock Flounders “Oh So Easy”
Recorded live Apr 9, 2009,The Bitter End, NYC
www.ronsutfin.com Ron Sutfin - guitar, vocals, Kerry Miller - drums,
vocals, Sal Paradise - bass, Jeff Weiderschall - guitar, vocals

8. Enemy Remains “Remember Tomorrow”
Recorded August 2011 at Silk City Music Factory Manchester CT
www.enemyremains.com

9. The Barlow Saints “Live” (Brian Theoret)
Recorded live Feb 3, 2012,The Fairfield Univ. Bookstore, Fairfield, CT
www.barlowsaints.com Brian Theoret-guitar/vocals/harmonica/
mandolin/keys, Andrew Picart-guitar/vocals, Rob Rocco-bass/vocals
Luke Appleton-Webster-drums/percussion

10. Michael Cleary Band “See You Later”
(Edmund Peart Lyrics/MCB Music) Recorded live Sept 18, 2011,
Wormtown Music Festival, Camp Kee-Wanee, Greenfield, MA
www.michaelclearyband.com Michael Cleary guitar/vocals, Lee
Sylvester guitar/vocals, Vin Delaria keys/vocals, Edmund Peart
drums/vocals, Jedd Chlebowski bass, Frank Bauer percussion

11. The Juicy Grapes “Milky Way”
Recorded live Aug 7, 2010 at FTC Stage One, Fairfield, CT
www.thejuicygrapes.com Tara Connolly - vocals; Joe Tripuzzi - bass;
Steve DeFala - sax; Fred DiLeone - keys; Jim McKeeman - guitar

12. The Clams “International Clam of Mystery”
Recorded live Dec 9, 2009 at Cafe Nine, New Haven CT
www.clamsband.com/ Dano Clam (Dan Surkis) - guitar;
Wu-Tang Clam (Matt Noonan) - bass; J-Rok Clam (Jan Jurgielowicz) - drums.

CT ROCKS! #115 - aired 21-Jan-2012

CT ROCKS! #115 with Bob D'Aprile :
many new tracks (first time on the show!) :
Connecticut Rocks!
aired 21-Jan-2012
http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/30479

1. Vexed Wuv - Danger Will Robinson
2. Vexed Wuv - Strings and Strangs
3. Jacques Le Coque - Ain't No Fun
4. Gazzara - Work Is A Drag
5. The Nevertheless - The Priesthood
6. EULA - Wake Up
7. Seizure - Mary Lou
8. Chronic Disorder - Welcome To The Modern World
9. The Deacons - D Train To Brighton
10. The Vagabonds - I've Heard It All Before
11. Deadbeats - Honey Move
12. The Mountain Movers - Too Many Free Beers
13. High Pop - Seaweed
14. The New Dirty - Bottom of the Wave
15. Damopes - Tokyo
16. Breakthrough Frequencies - Blood=Water
17. Medication - Farewell Letter
18. Midi and the Modern Dance - Almost A Threat
19. The Willow & The Builder - Heartache
20. Winter White - Summersweat
21. Canyon - Aeroplanes + Astronauts
22. Yellow 9 - The Chance
23. Zeno's Eros - Rachel's Blood
24. The Field Recordings - Fixed Points
25. Doot! - Out of the Basement
26. Fugue - The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
27. Jerkagram - Perception Exception
28. Burning Sideways - Out of Reach (Hamden/Betheny)
29. Nahvalr - There Isn't Anything
30. Giles Gorey - Spectral Bride
31. D. Gookin - The Grower

32. D. Gookin - Spirit Link
33. Symphonic Bodega - Poluynesian Aterlife (Ending)
34. Christopher Cavaliere - Etude 7 (Brazilian March) from Monrovia Suite
35. 930 Moon - Malius Malifocarum
36. Ovlov - I Got Well from What's So Great About The City?
37. Conversion Party - Fingertips
38. Atrina - The High Road of the Future Will Be Clear
39. After Autumn - I love You Like This (West Haven)
40. Burlinson / Whitten Trio - Red Rocket Ship
41. Clay Garner - Something About You 

Late night tonight (Saturday morning) 2am - 6am ::: CONNECTICUT ROCKS! four-hour edition. WPKN 89.5 FM / streaming and archived at http://www.wpkn.org/

Without any guests or recorded segments, I will try to play many CT indie tracks new to the show ... tune in LIVE ... call in at 203-336-9756 or listen anytime in the WPKN Archives. ::

Starting Monday Jan 30, WPKN will be asking you to join the WPKN Community with your pledge. IF you enjoy hearing CT indie music on CT ROCKS! please join the WPKN Community :::

I hope to compile a collection of LIVE CT indie tracks for a CD to be available :::

connect : connecticutrocks@gmail.com

Connecticut Rocks! opening blog

Yeah, it's a blog for Connecticut Rocks!

CT ROCKS! is on WPKN 89.5 FM in Bridgeport, with the reach of 10,000 watts from lower Fairfield County to beyond New Haven County, and Eastern Long Island to Central Connecticut ... basically a 50-mile-plus radius ... and from anywhere on the planet via live streaming and archives at http://www.wpkn.org/

I will try to make this blog as informative as possible including:
- playlists
- links
- show updates
- general info on the CT scene

keep on rockin'
- bob d.