Beach Clean-up on July 9th

From the Terrapin Foundation:

The Terrapin Foundation, along with Save The Sound and City of Bridgeport Park and Rec, are doing a beach clean up July 9th at Seaside Park. Plan on meeting at the Soldier and Sailor's Memorial statue.
Our Gathering of The Vibes Operations Crew will also be there to help. We're reaching out to anyone who wishes to come give a hand.
We will begin at 10:00 am and go till 2:00 pm. Lunch will be provided, as well as beverages.
We have gloves for everyone, however, you may wish to bring your own. We strongly suggest boots or heavier shoes.

Thanks in advance!
Hope to see you on the 9th!

WPKN Benefit Concert June 30th with WPKN Programmers

Hey now! Two WPKN programmers will be bringing their bands to the Acoustic Cafe in Bridgeport on Thursday, June 30th for an evening of bluegrass and Americana. We have some surprise guests lined up as well.

Admission is $10 and the proceeds support WPKN's broadcast of Radio Vibes from the Gathering of the Vibes.

Hoe
Wednesday night bluegrass DJ Chris Teskey will be appearing with Hoe.
Drawing on an array of diverse influences, this string band (3-part vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, upright bass) ignores barriers and boundaries to create a sound that is at once timeless and timely. It is as adept at picking a traditional fiddle tune, a Bill Monroe classic, as it is interpreting a Beatles number or one of its own original compositions.

Cinnamon Sky
Sunday morning jazz and jam band host David Golden will be appearing with Cinnamon Sky.
People tend to think of us as a country band, something that I strongly disagree with. If we have to be put into a class I'd rather it be Americana. Kinda folk, bluegrass, southern rock, cowboy, country and rockabilly all rolled in together.

I hope to see you at the Acoustic Cafe for a night of good friends and great music.

2010 Flashback

Here's Umphrey's McGee from last year at the Vibes.

Interview with Ken Hays

Ken Hays, Executive Director of the Gathering of the Vibes festival, talks about this year's lineup, some Vibes history, and the late Michael Potashnick.

Audio from the WPKN Archives 

yawn...stretch...

We're coming out of hibernation and thinking about warm weather festies.

Look for us on Sunday, May 15th at Soupstock in Shelton, CT. We'll be broadcasting live, and we'll have a booth for WPKN-type shenanigans.

Roll the credits...

The Radio Vibes broadcast is the product of many people working behind the scenes as well as behind the microphone.

Technical support: Don Duffy & David Schwartz, without whom this project would be impossible.
IT support: Andrew Budd
Publicity: Steve di Costanzo

All the board operators over the weekend: JF, Don Duffy, Jeep Ward, Ed Flynn, Tom Poplawski, Bob Chamenko, Mike Horyczun, ICON, Collette, Mark Muller & Steve di Costanzo.

The programmers who yielded air time for this broadcast: Binnie Klein, Peter Bochan, John Motavalli, Bob Shapiro, Made Joseph, Chris Franz, Kathy de Mino, Ray Terlaga, Car Bob & Diesel Doug, Deb Guhl, Mikki, Luis & Edwin, and Dave Zinovenko.

They all do fine shows on WPKN. Check them out.

The folks on the Vibes Production staff – Ken Hays, Chris Hubbard, Stephanie Blatt.
Joe Mango for recording and mixing the Green Vibes stage music. 

Finally, my partners on air: Gordon Taylor, the founder and Executive Producer of Radio Vibes, and my wonderful wife Janet Golden, our tireless field reporter.

For all of us at Radio Vibes, thanks for listening. Peace.

- David Golden

Sunday Vibes

UPDATE 3:34 p.m.: The stream is back up. 
UPDATE 2:15 p.m.: Our stream server is down. Tech support has been called. Do not panic.

And a groovadelic good morning to you!

We're celebrating Jerry Garcia's birthday with our special guest Deadshow Dan.

• 10 a.m. – Radio Vibes
• 11 a.m. – Prayer for World Peace
• 11:20 a.m. – Radio Vibes
• 12:00 noon – Harlem Gospel Choir
• 1:20 p.m. – Little Feat
• 2:55 p.m. – Ryan Montbleau Band
• 3:25 p.m. – Martin Sexton with the Ryan Montbleau Band
• 5:00 p.m. – The McLovins (from the Green Vibes Stage)

Streaming on http://wpkn.org

• 12:00 noon – Quinn Sullivan
• 3:30 p.m. – David Gans
• 5:00 p.m. – The McLovins (from the Green Vibes Stage)