This show was conceived on a bright spring morning, driving along Ridge Road and Skiff Street in Hamden and North Haven. I don't thank I've ever seen so much forsythia in full bloom—in the early morning sunlight—plus daffodils, tulip magnolia trees, and cherry blossoms. I feel like the yellow is still seared onto my eyeballs.
 
 Artist — Song — Release — Label

Jonathan Richman — Le Printemps Des Amoreux Est Venue — Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild — Vapor P&D
 Jolie Holland — Springtime Can Kill You — Springtime Can Kill You — Anti/Epitaph
 Teddy Bear Radio — Latte & Forsythia — Springtime Relaxing Jazz Playlist — SIWORKMUSIC
 Vassell Meka — Flowers Dub — The Full Spectrum — Legacy Mekas Muzik
 Simon & Garfunkel — April Come She Will — Sounds Of Silence — SME

Paraskevas Grekis — Avril - Hasaposervikos Dance — Greece-Grece/The Best Of Greek Music — Arcade Music Paris
 Rickie Lee Jones — Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most — Pop Pop — Geffen
 Lou & Peter Berryman — Forsythia — The Pink One — CORNBELT
 Pokey LaFarge — Daffodil Blues — Riverboat Soul — Free Dirt Records
 Cedric Burnside — Pretty Flowers — Pretty Flowers — Single Lock Records
 John Fahey — When The Springtime Comes Again — Death Chants, Breakdowns And Military Waltzes — Fantasy Records

Veda Hille — This Spring/Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most — Little Volcano — Veda Hille
 Beaten By Them — Spring Bird — Kinder Machines — Logicpole
 Cœur De Pirate — Printemps — Cœur De Pirate — Wrasse Records
 Ron Sexsmith — Spring of the Following Year — Hermitage — WM Canada
 Kaia Kater — Sun to Sun — Sorrow Bound — Kingswood Records
 David Kuncicky — (Nothing But) Flowers — (Nothing But) Flowers — David Kuncicky

Paris Combo — Avril — Attraction — Universal Music Division Polydor
 Emilíana Torrini — Miss Flower — Miss Flower — Groenland Records
 Bruce Cockburn — April In Memphis — Crowing Ignites — True North Records
 Jacqueline Taieb — Le printemps à Paris — Femmes de Paris, Vol. 1 — Silva Screen Records

Pierolalune — Poisson d'avril — Au clair de l'année — Montagne et Musique
 De Dannan — The Flowers of Spring — The Best Of DeDannan — Shanachie
 Nkemjika — Forsythia — Forsythia — Nkemjika
 Ferre Gola — Poisson d'avril — QQJD, Vol. 3 — Ferre Gola

Joanna Newsom — Sprout and The Bean — Sprout and The Bean — Drag City Records
 Angel Olsen — Spring — All Mirrors — Jagjaguwar
 A Hawk And A Hacksaw — The Sparrow — The Way The Wind Blows — The Leaf Label
 Glenn Jones — Forsythia — Vade Mecum — Thrill Jockey
 Nina Simone — Wild Is The Wind — The Best Of Nina Simone 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection — Verve Reissues

Erin McKeown — They Say It's Spring — Sing You Sinners — TVP Records
 Mila Drumke Band — I Think the Spring — Radiate — Little Pro Records
 Young Iranian female voices — Song of Spring and Hope — Songs in the Mist — Kirkelig Kulturverksted
 Tom Waits — You Can Never Hold Back Spring — Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards — Anti/Epitaph
 Djivan Gasparyan — Lovely Spring — Moon Shines At Night — All Saints Records
 Claudia Schmidt — Fanfare For Forsythia — Out of the Dark — New Rounder
 Talking Heads — (Nothing But) Flowers — Naked — Parlophone UK

Jolie Holland — First Sign of Spring — Wine Dark Sea — Anti/Epitaph
 Frank Kimbrough — Forsythia — Rumors — Palmetto Records

During my February 11, 2026, show, I paid tribute to WPKN’s dear friend and longtime programmer, Pete Stewart. He was one of the true craftsmen of freeform radio—thoughtful, intuitive, and quietly brilliant—and one of the gentlest souls to ever walk through the doors at WPKN.

For many years, Pete’s van carried a bumper sticker that read, “Obey gravity, it’s the law.” It made me smile every single time I passed it. Somehow, it felt perfectly Pete.

Playlist

Cathy Kreger / Can't Find My Way Home / Grand Central Waltz / Passing Tone Music
 Traffic / Dear Mr. Fantasy / 60s Psychedelic Rock / Universal Music India Pvt Ltd.
 Penguin Cafe Orchestra / Music For A Found Harmonium / Preludes, Airs And Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer) / Universal Music
 Mose Allison / I Live the Life I Love / Live 1978 / Liberation Hall

Terrance Simien's Krewe De Monifique / Tomber Amour Encore (Fell in Love Again) / Ancestral Grooves / Music Matters Records

 Sam Cooke / Twistin' The Night Away - Live / One Night Stand - Sam Cooke Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 / SME
 Ry Cooder / Little Sister / Bop Till You Drop / Warner Catalog and O/H
 Shakey Graves / The Perfect Parts / And The War Came / Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
 Shawn Colvin / You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Live at the Bottom Line, NYC, NY - August 1993) / Cover Girl / Columbia

Jake Blount / Once There Was No Sun / Once There Was No Sun / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
 Norah Jones / Black Hole Sun - Live / ‘Til We Meet Again (Live) / Blue Note (BLU)
 Lucinda Williams / Big Red Sun Blues / Lucinda Williams (Deluxe) / Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

Norma Tanega / Walkin' My Cat Named Dog / Hippies: 60's & 70's Classics / Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group
 Nina Simone / Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter / The Essential Nina Simone / RCA/BMG Heritage

 Thomas Dolby / The Toad Lickers (feat. Imogen Heap) / A Map Of The Floating City / Non-Wea/Other
 Talking Heads / (Nothing But) Flowers / Naked / Parlophone UK

Young Dubliners / The Rocky Road To Dublin / St. Patrick's Day Party Jam! / MBO - The Music Business Organisation A/S
 Mimi And Richard Farina / Bold Marauder / Reflections In A Crystal Wind / Vanguard
 J.J. Cale / Anyway The Wind Blows / Forever Man / Reprise

 Bettye LaVette / Don't Get Me Started / LaVette! / Jay-Vee Inc.

Keb' Mo' / Put a Woman in Charge (feat. Rosanne Cash) / Put a Woman in Charge (feat. Rosanne Cash) / Concord Records
 Charlie Musselwhite / Chan Chan (Charlie's Blues) / Continental Drifter / Virgin Catalog (V81)
 Taj Mahal / Hooray Hooray / Hooray Hooray / Nonesuch

 Toshi Reagon / Happy And Satisfied / Righteous Ones / Razor & Tie

Gil Scott-Heron / Winter In America / The Bottle / Prestige Elite USA
 Jack Hardy / Winter Sunlight / Noir / Jack Hardy
 Miles Davis / Blue In Green / aboutJAZZ / Universal Music Division Decca Records France

 Lui Collins / Baptism of Fire / Baptism of Fire / Molly Gamblin Music

Terrance Simien's Krewe De Monifique / Caribbean Second Line / Ancestral Grooves / Music Matters Records
 Traffic / Dear Mr. Fantasy / 60s Psychedelic Rock / Universal Music India Pvt Ltd.
 Chris Smither / Hey, Hey, Hey / Chris Smither Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop ... / 
 Chick Corea & Bela Fleck / Bemsha Swing / Remembrance / Béla Fleck Productions