On November 12, 2007 WBKM
began broadcasting on the web. Since then, listeners from Maine
to Florida, California to Alaska, Australia, South America, Africa,
the Far East and the UK have signed on to give us a listen. Our
many thanks to all of our listeners. Keep writing us---we love
to hear your stories! Here is all the latest news!
Below you will
find all the news items from our first two years...it has really
added up to quite a bit. For
all the current news (starting October, 2009) click here.
RENOWNED
DRUMMER TAKES THE STAGE WITH THE WBKM BOOK'EM BLUES BAND!
As our good
friend and mainstay on the skins, Matt Burr,
takes off on some necessary rock and roll business with
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, we are pleased to announce
that Russ Lawton will sit in for at least
a while or maybe (we can hope) all the way until Matt comes back
to us....we'll just have to see how it goes. Russ brings years
of drumming expertise from such great bands as Strangefolk,
The Chrome Cowboys and Trey Anastasio's Band.
Welcome Russ!
HISTORIC
NIGHT AT WBKM STUDIO
Yes indeed...Vermont
business and trend-setting icons Ben and Jerry came to the studio
last week with Fred "Chico" Lager, the man who helped
propel Ben and Jerry's brand to a world-wide audience.Long-time
friends of Warren Hardy, they came to chat and share a Passover
meal on Warren's "Hunt's Revisited" show. The whole
show is available on Warren's
archive page. Many thanks for stopping by...and please come
on back soon!
(from left to right:
Eric Koval, Jerry Greenfield, Chico Lager, Ben Cohen, Tony Gallucci;
seated is Warren Hardy)
TODAY---FINALLY---THE
NEW ALBUM FROM NEIL YOUNG
"FORK
IN THE ROAD"
And while
you wait to head over to your favorite shop, or looking for the
credit card to buy the download, look what else Neil has for you....a
full length video, 43 minutes of Neil driving the LincVolt and
looking for America....here's the preview of "Get Around".
The new
album will also be our feature this Wednesday at 9PM
on the Album of the Week at WBKM!
CHECK
OUT OUR NEWEST FEATURE--HUNT'S REVISITED SHOW!
A great
man of music, Warren Hardy is your host to showcase a legendary
Burlington venue of the late '70's---Hunts. Check it out, Wednesdays
at 7PM. Here is the link to his page, Hunts
Revisited where you can see the schedule and also listen to
archives of past live performers who have dropped by to chat and
sing for Warren.
CONTINUING
TO BLOW THE ROOF OFF NECTARS ON TUESDAY NIGHTS--THE WBKM BOOK'EM
BLUES BAND!
Are you still
missing this band? What are you waiting for? Like to listen? Try
THIS!
BLUESDAY/TUESDAY
AND THE WBKM BOOK'EM BLUES BAND AT NECTARS
Here's a bit of
what it looks like on Tuesdays at Nectars--as the WBKM house band,
its very own BOOK'EM BLUES BAND--blows the room apart with delta
blues and scorching guitar work---you gotta make it down next
week--cause Tuesday is the new Friday!
NEW NEIL
YOUNG ALBUM ON THE WAY
WATCH
THE VIDEO HERE
"FORK
IN THE ROAD"
Neil,
you cranky Canadian country geezer, we LOVE you.....
Somewhere I read
this and it says it best: "How come this 63 year old
man is the only angry rocker left in the world?" Can't
wait for the album. Details to come as soon as we get them.
Album
of the Week, December 17 2008: Locksley
"Don't
Make Me Wait"
Join WBKM
in celebrating the great sound from Madison, WI, as Locksley's
debut album is featured on the Album of the Week feature. Here
are some pictures from the band's visit last week.
What
a Night! Ray Davies at Higher Ground
December
11, 2008
Days later,
it is still hard to understand, harder still to describe. We had
a legend in our town, one of the 9 remaining first-wave British
Invasion artists. Ray Davies. The Kinks. Here. We came dancing;
he came with a full band from the UK and conquered us all over
again. Apeman. The Village Green. Celluloid Heroes. Not Like Everyone
Else. Low Budget. You Really Got Me. Thanks, Ray!
The Set
List, courtesy of our good Kinks friend Dave
Emlen:
(Ray Davies
and Bill Shanley)
1. I Need You
2. Where Have All The Good Times Gone
3. Father Christmas
4. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
5. Apeman
6. See My Friends
7. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
8. Morphine Song
9. Sunny Afternoon
(Joined
onstage by Milton and Karin)
10. The Getaway
11. Dead End Street
(Joined
onstage by the rest of the band)
12. Vietnam Cowboys
13. Working Man's Café
14. The Tourist
15. Celluloid Heroes
16. Johnny Thunder
17. The Village Green Preservation Society
18. Come Dancing
(Encore
1)
19. Low Budget
(Encore
2)
20. You Really Got Me
TONIGHT:
RAY DAVIES AND BAND AT HIGHER GROUND
Locksley
(stopping for a chat at WBKM Thursday at 2PM) will open tonight
at 8PM for the legendary Kinks co-founder Ray Davies and
his full UK band.Don't miss this performance...a unique chance
to see a master in an intimate setting. Let's give Ray a welcome
he will not soon forget....and let him know that Burlington
loves The Kinks!
ERIC AND
TONY PICTURES FROM LATE NIGHT SATURDAY
Here a few shots our photographer Mark Harlan
took in the studio during the taping of LNS last week. The video
will be posted soon here.
COMING
UP...WBKM ON LATE NIGHT SATURDAY
Saturday, November 22nd
Eric Koval and Tony Gallucci will appear as guests on Tim Kavanagh's
WCAX show "Late Night Saturday". Tune in at 11:30PM,
right after the late night news.
BIRTHDAY PARTY PICTURES!
IT'S TODAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WBKM!
Join us in spirit and song
today as we celebrate our first birthday! And if you can come
downtown tonight, the party begins at 7PM with Ragged Glory and
continues until 2AM with many of the great musical friends who
have made their way into our hearts! Thanks to all of our great
listeners and to the artists who share their passion with us every
day! Oh yeah, and it's also NEIL YOUNG'S BIRTHDAY! KEEP
ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD NEIL!!!
WBKM BIRTHDAY
BASH COMING UP!
Great bands, special guests,
a party mood, amazing songs and a big birthday cake too....come
dancing with us and celebrate WBKM's birthday, Tony's birthday
and Neil's birthday too!!!
MAJOR
CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT
KINKS
LEGEND RAY DAVIES
HIGHER
GROUND, BURLINGTON VT
THURSDAY
DECEMBER 11, 2008
Don't
miss this opportunity to see Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ray Davies
in this up close and intimate setting--but don't prepare to sit
quietly, cause this is a dance party! Ray is bringing his
great band from the UK, and will play Kinks Klassics and
new songs to delight your rock and roll soul! Burlington is one
of only 4 US cities getting the whole band, so let's all turn
out and show Ray what the heart of our town really is all about.
Come dancing with us! Tickets go on sale this Friday, October
31st! Check out the HG
website here or call 1-888-512-SHOW on Friday at 11AM. This
show will sell out--so don't wait til the last minute! We won't......
YOU HEARD
IT HERE FIRST.... AND NOW IT'S O-PHISH-IAL PHISH IS BACK
Thats right, news broke
today on thePHISH
website of 3 PHISH REUNION shows
confirmed for the Hampton Coliseum. The dates
are March 6-8, 2009 and more will be announced soon. Keep looking
to WBKM to be your O-Phish-ial Phish news source!
FIRST
FARM AID REPORT
A 24 hour day, starting
at our 5AM departure on Saturday morning and ending with a 5:30AM
return Sunday! What a time! Lots
of good friends, old and new. And the music.....well, it's Farm
Aid, so you expect great music and this year's lineup did not
disappoint. The really good pics ARE
READY NOW HERE...but here's a taste.....
Eric and Tony by
a great poster inside Homegrown Village!
Meeting up with
Jesse and Ken French from Ragged Glory and Matt Burr from GPN
with his brother looking on...and what's that he's holding? Neil?
A little Moe!
Meeting up with
Grace at the side of the Interview Stage area
Stars of the FA
Executive Board: Willie, Neil, John and Dave!
ON THE
ROAD AGAIN......TO FARM AID!
Time to meet up with Willie
and his friends at Farm Aid, this time finally reaching New England!
What friends---John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Grace Potter, Moe,
Arlo, Pretenders and oh, yeah, NEIL YOUNG!!! It's this
Saturday, September 20th in Mansfield, MA. Eric and Tony
from WBKM will have press passes to move about and our photographer
Mark Harlan will get into the photo pit courtesy a photo pass.
We will have copies of our Comes A Time concert DVD to get to
our good Farm Aid friends. A big blog entry will be sure to follow.
Who knows what will happen.............
THE DVD
IS READY!
Ragged Glory lead guitarist
Ken French has worked his tail off to edit and produce our dvd
archive of the Comes a Time Festival in time for us to take it
to Farm Aid! Copies are going out to all the artists now and Ken
will make copies available here and on his website asap. Watch
for details and a Paypal link to come here....
COMES
A TIME.....AND THE TIME IS NOW!
The day has finally arrived.
Tonight, Sunday August 31st at 5PM Eric and Tony will kick off
WBKM's first annual "Comes A Time" festival, honoring
the music of Neil Young. Nine great bands. COST: FREE!!!
The set list is amazing......electric, acoustic, sweet, grunge,
soft, hard, feedback drenched and melodic.......that about begins
to sum it up! It's all Neil, at the Battery Park Bandshell starting
SHARP at 5PM---don't be late or you will miss
a great big opener! The bands are:
Ragged Glory
D Davis of Red Hot Juba
Duane Carleton
The Kind Buds
Mia Adams
Patrick Fitzsimmons
Katie Pearlman (all the way from Long Island)
Silent Mind
Chad Hollister
Plus special guests Blaine Billingsley, bass master Aram Bedrosian
and Aaron Flinn and others!
Ending with a "Comes A Time" sing-a-long.......bring
an acoustic instrument.....sunset, good friends, great music,
peace and love. Come join us Sunday! Pack it in, pack it out,
keep it clean and green. Thanks everyone, from your friends at
WBKM............
WBKM, PHISH AND
REUNION RUMORS ON WCAX-TV
When CBS affiliate Channel
3 Burlington (WCAX-TV) wanted to speak to Burlington music authorities
on all the Phish rumors, they sent Jack Thurston to talk to Mike
Gordon and to us! So come on Mike, Trey, Page and Jon.....make
it official right up at 200 Main......cause, we actually play
your music! See it here...
ROCK AND
ROLL HALL OF FAMER ROGER MCGUINN ON WBKM!
It was a great honor when
Byrds founder, 12-string guitar master and solo artist Roger McGuinn
agreed to do a phone interview with Eric and Tony. On Wednesday,
August 20th we dialed the number and a voice answered , "Hi,
this is Roger McGuinn." For the next 22 minutes, we had a
great conversation, like with an old friend. Which is really what
Roger and his music is, a friend, a fellow traveller through this
life. His warmth, joy for living and positive spirit can not be
underestimated. Name dropping galore, from John Candy to David
Crosby (Hey David, he really loves you, man!) to Tom Petty. Phew,
butterflies all afternoon after that chat. It will be up on the
interview page asap. Thanks again to Roger and to Camilla for
setting it up.
WBKM ANNOUNCES
THE FIRST ANNUAL....
WBKM, along with nine of
Burlington's best bands is proud to present it's first annual
Comes A Time Festival, honoring the music of Neil Young. It's
free, it's solar powered, it's all Neil. This get us charged--so
come join us!
WHAT WILL THE NEW
DAY BRING? YOU NEVER KNOW!
OK, so this is almost more
than we believe, and we were there. When long time Koval family
friend, Pam Racine of Gogol
Bordello came through town to play at Higher Ground,
it seemed like a great chance to catch up with a member of one
of New York's hottest bands. Who could know that she was bringing
the boyfriend up with her--the, and I mean The,
ringbearer---Frodo, aka Elijah Wood.
Really. Really. Here are a few pix, and the whole interview will
be on the In The Studiopage
to come.
WBKM SAYS
GET WELL MIKEY!!!
You may not know his name,
but you can't forget the face! By now you may know that our beloved
friend Mikey Van Gulden was struck by an automobile and seriously
injured while riding his bike on July 5th. Higher Ground, Nectars
and all of Mikey's musical friends gathered to offer help and
encouragement at a benefit on July 17th. Hats off to all those
folks---we are indeed one community. And kudo's to the sweetest
guy in town; Mikey, you teach us all how to handle adversity.
You may well be an angel among us. We are all blessed to know
you!
Here is a website to check
in on Mikey, and to DONATE to help him out---give 'til it hurts!
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer
and Farm Aid co-founder John Mellencamp was in Boston on Tuesday,
July 15th and WBKM was there! John and Farm Aid Executive Director
Carolyn Mugar announced that this year's location will finally
reach New England, being held at the Comcast Center in Mansfield,
MA on September 20th. Tony got the chance to meet Carolyn and
Farm Aid board member Glenda Yoder, and had a great conversation
on behalf of all Vermont farm and good food lovers! Thank you
Carolyn and Glenda for taking the time on such a busy day. Gee,
if Massachusetts is in, can Vermont be far away? Hmmm....
NEWEST
LISTENER JOINS WBKM FAMILY
Marea Koval was welcomed
into the world by her dad Dave Koval with the perfect gift, a
WBKM bumper sticker. Congrats to Dave and Corey for bringing her
up right! We played a little Neil Young, her favorite artist,
to celebrate her arrival.
NEIL YOUNG
TO RELEASE ARCHIVES ON BLU-RAY THIS FALL
Neil Young was the special
guest speaker today at the Sun Microsystems 2008 JavaOne Conference,
wherein he released an amazing taste of the archives, and the
fascinating Java-enabled visuals which will accompany the 192/24(!)
audio featuring the songs of his lifetime. A quick summary can
be found at http://www.java.com/en/java_in_action/neil_young.jsp
and the whole thing is archived at http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/media_shell.jsp?id=c1
(Go to about 1:15:00 on the player).
The words say it
all. Thank you Mr. Young, thank you Ahmet and thank you Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young.
LOCAL ROCK PHENOM
APPEARS AT WBKM STUDIO!
Yep, it's true! On Tuesday afternoon April
15th, local artist Grace Potter and drummer Matt Burr visited
the WBKM studios to discuss their amazing ride of the past few
years, during a rare week off back in their home state. We want
to thank Grace and Matt for taking the time to come up, and for
carrying the sound of Burlington to the world! These are exciting
times for the band and we all get to share in the experience!
Long may you run!
THE BLOG IS HERE!
THE BLOG IS HERE!
Another page has been added to the WBKM
website. Our blogger blog is now embedded and is the place to
keep up with the latest thoughts from all of your WBKM "I-J's"
(Katie Faith's phrase for Internet DJ's!). Events, nights out
on the town and musical musings can be read and commented on.
Check out the link at the bottom of any page.
ALBUM FEATURE PAGE
NOW ACTIVE
Every Wednesday evening at
9PM WBKM's Album of the Week features a great album played in
its entirety. Click on the Album Feature link on any page and
check out what's playing this Wednesday, plus look back and see
what great albums have already played!
"AHMETS HOUSE"
PREMIERS ON WBKM.ORG HONORING THE GREAT AHMET ERTEGUN OF ATLANTIC
RECORDS
January 15, 2008 marked the
debut of "Ahmet's House" a weekly feature on WBKM to
honor and spotlight the career of musical visionary and founder
of Atlantic Records Ahmet Ertegun. It was for Ahmet that Led Zeppelin
reformed last month in London to critical acclaim, as a benefit
for the Educational Fund his wife set up in honor of Ahmet's lifelong
love of musical education. The career of Mr. Ertegun spanned 60
years, and his last act was to rock out to the Rolling Stones,
where he fell and sustained serious injury, from which he did
not recover. He discovered and influenced the careers of such
a list of folks as to be almost unbelieveable. Listen in on Tuesdays
at 9PM as Tony proudly introduces the man, his work and the lasting
effect he had on modern music. "Ahmet's House" only
on WBKM.org!
HOLY NEWS FLASH
AGAIN BATMAN! NOTED RADIO PERSONALITY LEAVES WBKM.ORG!
Well, we must have made
it look like fun, because after just a short six weeks at the
mike as WBKM.org's afternoon jock, noted Burlington FM radio personality
Atry LaVigne has decided to move on! Arty has come up with his
own Internet radio station and will be leaving to make his dream
a reality. We wish Arty the best of luck and hope we have inspired
him. We believe there's plenty of room on the top of the mountain
for all to claim a piece of the landscape---so hat's off to Artie
in his endeavours! We've got no choice but to Carry On!
NEWS FLASH! NOTED
RADIO PERSONALITY JOINS WBKM.ORG!
WBKM.org was approached
by noted Burlington FM radio personality Atry LaVigne who was
intrigued by the station's unique programming and culture, and
the resulting conversations resulted in Arty deciding to join
WBKM as its afternoon DJ. Listen as Arty spins his favorites each
weekday from 3 PM to 7PM, only on WBKM.ORG---the sound of Burlington!
NEWS!!! THE "BROTHERS
SHOW" PREMIERS ON WBKM.ORG!
On December 6, 2007 WBKM.org
unveiled another great feature, The Brothers Show, featuring Eric
Koval and his brother Dave. Listen in to a little brotherly love
as they get "back to the basement" where those musical
roots took hold in the Koval household all those years ago. Dave
has a great musical sensibility, and the lively banter will pull
you in and make you feel good! A great time is guaranteed! Tune
in every Thursday from 7PM to 9PM on WBKM when it's "Brothers
Kinda Music"!
"KICK-DOWNS
WITH KATIE", OUR NEW LOCAL MUSIC SHOWCASE PREMIERS!
Another great show also
started this month, featuring our own Katie Hughes! Already Katie
has brought in live music guests and has helped expand our library
of new regional music. Check it out every Thursday, at 9PM right
after the brothers and running until Midnight....right here at
WBKM!
WEEKLY ALBUM FEATURE
NOW ON WBKM.ORG
December 26, 2007 marked the
launch of our weekly album feature. The album is not dead, it's
alive and well at WBKM. Listen in to hear everything from the
newest to the classics, presented in their entirety without interruption,
every Wednesday at 9PM!
Click the Flower to Listen.
