WPKN Gold Sounds
WPKN Gold Sounds
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WPKN Gold Sounds is a video performance and audio broadcast series featuring global and local talent. Artists and bands perform several songs in the Bridgeport, CT WPKN studios, and are interviewed about their formation, influences, process, and overall approach. The series features emerging and established acts; digging deep into musical artistry.
WPKN Bridgeport at 89.5FM, streaming worldwide at wpkn.org is a 10,000 watt community radio powerhouse entertaining and informing the audiences for 60+ years, cited by The New Yorker as "the greatest radio station in the world," (David Owen, 2021).
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The series delves into musical artistry, showcasing both emerging and established acts, with episodes focusing on topics such as artists' formation, influences, writing processes, and creativity, featuring examples like the acoustic performance and interview with New Haven band Wally.
WPKN Gold Sounds is a video performance and audio broadcast series featuring global and local talent. Artists and bands perform several songs in the Bridgeport, CT WPKN studios, and are interviewed about their formation, influences, process, and overall approach. The series features emerging and established acts; digging deep into musical artistry.
WPKN Bridgeport at 89.5FM, streaming worldwide at wpkn.org is a 10,000 watt community radio powerhouse entertaining and informing the audiences for 60+ years, cited by The New Yorker as “the greatest radio station in the world,” (David Owen, 2021).
This second episode features New York based multidisciplinary artist and musician Katy Pinke.
Pinke writes introspective songs—cerebral, unsparing, and texturally rich. Her 2024 debut album (produced by Phil Weinrobe – Big Thief, Hand Habits) was described by PopMatters as “dreamlike but rooted in authentic, basic principles of songwriting and performance.” Katy’s latest record Strange Behavior has drawn comparisons to Aldous Harding, Julia Holter, and Suzanne Vega. Live, she’s shared the stage with Laura Veirs, Delicate Steve, Jolie Holland, Kyp Malone (of TV On the Radio), Diane Cluck, Jesse Harris, and many others. Katy often incorporates visual art and puppetry into her performances, creating immersive and multi-sensory sets that whisper to the subconscious.
Her bandmate and co-producer Nico Osborne is a New York based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter under the project Nicomo. He is a collaborator with several other projects including Jackie West, Oropendola, Devon Church, and Thanya Iyer.
WPKN GOLD SOUNDS, is a new pilot series of live in-studio video and broadcast sessions, elevating and showcasing Connecticut/tri-state artists and global acts.
Artists and bands perform at WPKN’s Bridgeport Studios, captured on video via Black Rock’s Kicker Pictures, and multi-track recorded by Chris Ruggiero (Preservation Sound), and assistant engineer Chris Miller. Video sessions are typically 10-20 minutes, paired with a 55-minute broadcast featuring the performance tracks, led by a band interview focusing on formation, influences, craft etc.
The video session can be found here.
Katy Pinke’s music, and art can be found at katy-pinke.com at bandcamp, streaming platforms, and on instagram @__katypinke
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