The Trip
Catch World Wide Waves Sunday at 8am!
The French Connection: Spéciale Bastille 2026
This Tuesday July 14, we celebrate Bastille Day, commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison, a pivotal event that dismantled the absolute monarchy and launched the French Revolution.
For modern democracies (c’est nous?) the day symbolizes the triumph of popular sovereignty over tyranny, the power of collective civic action, and the universal principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
The Trip
Tune in for Shades Of Blue, Sunday 11 to 2!
The French Connection 6/28/26 Jacques Brel
Beginning in 1953, Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel wrote and performed poignant and passionate songs that brought him a devoted following in France. By the 1960s, Brel had become a major influence on counterculture performers such as Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie. Translations of Brel’s songs have been recorded by a wide range of singers from Nina Simone to Frank Sinatra.
The Bluegrass Breakdown 6/26/26 Playlist and Replay
Tonight, we’re playing Bluegrass music – with the occasional addition of “Ol Timey” tunes, “hillbilly” and various offshoots featuring banjos and other stringed instruments, brilliantly played by hippies & stoners “clean as country water and wild as mountain dew!”
The French Connection 6/21/26 “Where Is Your Heart?”
Percy Faith’s hit “The Song from Moulin Rouge” aka “Where Is Your Heart” was #1 on the Billboard charts for ten weeks in 1953-1954. We’ll hear sweet versions of that song, along with great French covers of the garage rock classic “Hey Joe”, Dylan’s “The Mighty Quinn”, and the Shirelle’s “Baby, It’s You”
The Trip
Catch World Wide Waves with me Sunday at 8am!
The Trip
Join me for the blues show Sunday at 11am!
Kingston Coffee House #30 “Sunshine Superman”
Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan (Donovan Phillips Leitch) celebrated his 80th birthday on May 10, 2026. Born in Glasgow in 1946, the folk-rock pioneer and “Sunshine Superman” artist was celebrated for his iconic 1960s hits and his lasting influence on the psychedelic music era.
Kingston Coffee House 5/5 Celebrating Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the unlikely victory of the Mexican army over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Especially in the U.S., it is a day for celebrating Mexican-American culture. Tonight’s Kingston Coffee House …
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