Chris Wienk
Afternoon DJ / Program DirectorChris Wienk
Monday-Friday, 3-9pm
Chris grew up listening to his dad play the pipe organ. Chris always got into the deep bass notes. As a little boy, Chris could be found dancing in front of tiny, little stereo speakers that were playing old Simon & Garfunkel. To this day, Chris LOVES “The Boxer,” and can often be heard saying “groovy” (as in “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)”).
Chris’ epiphany moment came in the summer of 1975 when he first heard Roxy Music’s “Love is the Drug.” That was the beginning of his quest for music that had such power and emotion.
Ain’t cha got no rhymes for me? Doot-in’ doo-doo, Feelin’ groovy.
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The latest album from Blonde Redhead is "Sit Down for Dinner." Amedeo Pace of the band talks with me about their music, about the band, and about ...dinner. Blonde Redhead will be at the Meadowlark Festival on September 15th. -
Mary Gauthier is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her amazing "Drag Queens In Limousines" album. She's reissuing it on red vinyl, and she's coming to Caffe Lena on September 15th. -
Jeffrey Foucault took a while to make his latest album. And for good reason. His good friend and bandmate, Billy Conway lost his battle with cancer, and Jeffrey found it hard to think about continuing on doing what they both did together. And then it happened, and he made an album. See Jeffrey at The Cock N Bull on September 11. -
From music at Berklee, to living in upstate, the duo Honeysuckle make a lovely folk pop sound. Hear my recent chat with Holly McGarry about their latest two singles and more. -
Laura Stevenson is working on completing album number 7, and is about to head off to an internship, but on the way, she will play at Stone Ridge Orchard in Stone Ridge, NY as part of the line-up for the Meadowlark Festival. -
Delaney Hafener of The Belle Curves dropped by for a Local 518 Session in anticipation of their new record coming on September 6 - "Subject to Change." No, that is the title. You'll hear in the interview. -
Meta Dia of Meta & the Cornerstones and I chatted about his passion - peace, love and harmony. And a lot more! We also talked a little about the concert and movie experience, Reggae Sunset at Music Haven on August 30. -
KTG was one of the early DJ's of WEXT. She's been gone since 2017, but just this summer, we convinced her to come back and do a weekly show (Saturdays from 3-8p). This interview -
We all know and love Music Haven for the Sunday night concerts that take us around the world "one concert at a time." Music Haven has shown movies on a big screen in the park before, but this year... -
Peter Hughes of The Linda dropped by to talk with me about the highlights of the fall season at The Linda. Soon after we recorded, we announced the Live & Local at the Linda for October and November.
