https://simplecast.com The Mothers of Connection The Mothers of Connection is a music show. I connect artists, genres and theme through the life, times and work of the genius, Frank Zappa. We have themes, interviews with well known Zappa tribute artists (Andre Cholmondeley, Ed Palermo) and original members (Robert Martin) and spokespeople from companies like Reverb.com and Sabian. en-us Mon, 2 Nov 2026 16:56:58 +0000 Mon, 2 Nov 2026 16:57:10 +0000 https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Mothers of Connection https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/aaa221db-98d4-4413-88f7-430ce5ca6923/1e28d585-ca31-4b0e-97f4-c90078d61cac/3000x3000/uploads-2f1554910946110-72ldum9umx6-e7c27632266101ac5763ea9a2c028673-2ffrankzappa-podcast-final.png?aid=rss_feed https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ episodic The Mothers of Connection is a music show. I connect artists, genres and theme through the life, times and work of the genius, Frank Zappa. We have themes, interviews with well known Zappa tribute artists (Andre Cholmondeley, Ed Palermo) and original members (Robert Martin) and spokespeople from companies like Reverb.com and Sabian. Kent Koren false https://feeds.simplecast.com/sYVXYpAN Kent Koren kent.koren@gmail.com 7d130b0a-ea93-4573-b3a7-b8d9d8c6aa45 Like Brother, Like Brother Like Brother, Like Brother — Episode 365

My big brother Craig joins me for a Halloween takeover as The Mothers of Connection becomes The Brothers of Connection. 

We’re keeping it in the family with brother bands, including the Kinks, Felice Brothers, Allman Brothers, Psychedelic Furs, Devo, Neville Brothers, and more. Zappa supplies some monster-movie madness, we recap our night seeing Dweezil, and neice Kai calls in to make it three Korens on the radio.

Along the way: Timbits, Buffalo talk, cheap monsters, and questionable costumes. Plus, a homemade horror mashup. 

]]> Mon, 2 Nov 2026 16:56:58 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Like Brother, Like Brother — Episode 365

My big brother Craig joins me for a Halloween takeover as The Mothers of Connection becomes The Brothers of Connection. 

We’re keeping it in the family with brother bands, including the Kinks, Felice Brothers, Allman Brothers, Psychedelic Furs, Devo, Neville Brothers, and more. Zappa supplies some monster-movie madness, we recap our night seeing Dweezil, and neice Kai calls in to make it three Korens on the radio.

Along the way: Timbits, Buffalo talk, cheap monsters, and questionable costumes. Plus, a homemade horror mashup. 

]]> Like Brother, Like Brother Kent Koren 02:06:48 false full 365 264f5030-44b6-4c7b-831c-31611854635b The Night of the Iron Brisket Mon, 26 Oct 2026 03:15:33 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Night of the Iron Brisket Kent Koren 01:58:16 It's a creepy, quirky, and nostalgic Halloween edition of The Mothers of Connection, featuring a 50th-anniversary celebration of Frank Zappa's Zoot Allures. We venture into the darker corners of 1976 with eerie music from Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Gong, and more. It's a creepy, quirky, and nostalgic Halloween edition of The Mothers of Connection, featuring a 50th-anniversary celebration of Frank Zappa's Zoot Allures. We venture into the darker corners of 1976 with eerie music from Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Gong, and more. false full 364 9d4e3bf8-e315-41f3-9ba9-b4a1ff29fbbd The Write Kind of Wrong Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:08:37 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Write Kind of Wrong Kent Koren 01:58:51 Inspired by the 45th anniversary of Frank Zappa’s You Are What You Is, Kent explores songs that completely ignore the rules of grammar. From ain’t and gonna to dropped Gs and double negatives, these songs solidify the notion that wrong words just work in music sometimes. Featuring Zappa, Junior Walker, NRBQ, Van Morrison, U2, The J. Geils Band, Funkadelic, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, and more. Inspired by the 45th anniversary of Frank Zappa’s You Are What You Is, Kent explores songs that completely ignore the rules of grammar. From ain’t and gonna to dropped Gs and double negatives, these songs solidify the notion that wrong words just work in music sometimes. Featuring Zappa, Junior Walker, NRBQ, Van Morrison, U2, The J. Geils Band, Funkadelic, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, and more. false full 359 e7d857bd-50eb-4294-93ea-682b14e0fdfe The Man Who Couldn't Cry Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:51:50 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Man Who Couldn't Cry Kent Koren 01:58:59 On episode 358 of The Mothers of Connection, “The Man Who Couldn’t Cry,” we paid tribute to Johnny Cash on September 12, the anniversary of his passing. We played music from throughout his career, along with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Bob Dylan, and more. On episode 358 of The Mothers of Connection, “The Man Who Couldn’t Cry,” we paid tribute to Johnny Cash on September 12, the anniversary of his passing. We played music from throughout his career, along with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Bob Dylan, and more. false full 364 9771c5e0-09f1-4d89-9e5a-6d9dc3f1fc7c Behind The Glass Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:09:36 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Behind The Glass Kent Koren 01:58:59 #356 looks at musicians who stepped off stage and went behind the glass, producing their peers' greatest work. Featuring David Bowie, Nile Rodgers, George Harrison, Todd Rundgren, Frank Zappa, Willie Nelson, Nick Lowe, and more. #356 looks at musicians who stepped off stage and went behind the glass, producing their peers' greatest work. Featuring David Bowie, Nile Rodgers, George Harrison, Todd Rundgren, Frank Zappa, Willie Nelson, Nick Lowe, and more. false full 356 e05dd9a9-cf43-469a-9b00-478669fa85b5 The Mad We Feel Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:29:15 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Mad We Feel Kent Koren 01:41:52 On #363 we went back to 1970 to celebrate the anniversary of Chunga’s Revenge, with music by Cat Stevens, Curtis Mayfield, Bloodrock, the Grateful Dead, and more. Through the music and a mashup of news, protest, and Fred Rogers, we explored a year of division and discovery On #363 we went back to 1970 to celebrate the anniversary of Chunga’s Revenge, with music by Cat Stevens, Curtis Mayfield, Bloodrock, the Grateful Dead, and more. Through the music and a mashup of news, protest, and Fred Rogers, we explored a year of division and discovery false full 363 5f115d45-471f-46ff-bcc3-2cb1b35c42cf We Were Here First Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:50:05 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We Were Here First Kent Koren 01:58:22 We Were Here First explores Indigenous history, resistance, and the enduring effects of colonization with poignant songs from the likes of Burning Spear, Santana, Neil Young, The Tragically Hip, Steel Pulse, Midnight Oil, and many more. We Were Here First explores Indigenous history, resistance, and the enduring effects of colonization with poignant songs from the likes of Burning Spear, Santana, Neil Young, The Tragically Hip, Steel Pulse, Midnight Oil, and many more. false full 362 ffe9d72f-127e-4ad5-97b6-7bb0e1ed0325 The Bones of the Dead Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:48:25 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Bones of the Dead Kent Koren 01:58:59 On episode #355, we paid tribute to the Days Between, which just happened to fall on my son’s birthday. We played some of the songs the Dead covered and dug into the artists and music that inspired them, while also finding messages of youth, innocence and wonder in the music of the Grateful Dead. Featuring music from Chuck Berry, Luther Allison, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell and, of course, Jerry Garcia. On episode #355, we paid tribute to the Days Between, which just happened to fall on my son’s birthday. We played some of the songs the Dead covered and dug into the artists and music that inspired them, while also finding messages of youth, innocence and wonder in the music of the Grateful Dead. Featuring music from Chuck Berry, Luther Allison, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell and, of course, Jerry Garcia. false full 355 2192c294-8e23-11f1-a1c2-73bdab233dc9 Simple Twists: The Music of JGB This episode, #354, follows the inspiration ofJerry Garcia on his birthday and the beginning of the "Days Between." We trace his musical lineage through blues, reggae, bluegrass, jazz, folk, and country with the music of Oliver Nelson, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Chet Atkins, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Dylan and others.

]]> Sun, 2 Aug 2026 03:34:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This episode, #354, follows the inspiration ofJerry Garcia on his birthday and the beginning of the "Days Between." We trace his musical lineage through blues, reggae, bluegrass, jazz, folk, and country with the music of Oliver Nelson, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Chet Atkins, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Dylan and others.

]]> Simple Twists: The Music of JGB Kent Koren 01:58:57 This episode, #354, follows the inspiration ofJerry Garcia on his birthday and the beginning of the "Days Between." We trace his musical lineage through blues, reggae, bluegrass, jazz, folk, and country with the music of Oliver Nelson, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Chet Atkins, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Dylan and others. This episode, #354, follows the inspiration ofJerry Garcia on his birthday and the beginning of the "Days Between." We trace his musical lineage through blues, reggae, bluegrass, jazz, folk, and country with the music of Oliver Nelson, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Chet Atkins, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Dylan and others. false full 297 1906f7a8-890f-11f1-b0a9-277c5fb007d9 Pink Slips, Notices and Terminations This week on Episode 353, we focus on bands that reinvented themselves and specifically the album after a key member quit, was fired, or passed away. Featuring music from Wishbone Ash, 10cc, Heart, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more.

]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:28:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This week on Episode 353, we focus on bands that reinvented themselves and specifically the album after a key member quit, was fired, or passed away. Featuring music from Wishbone Ash, 10cc, Heart, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more.

]]> Pink Slips, Notices and Terminations Kent Koren 01:58:58 This week on Episode 353, we focus on bands that reinvented themselves and specifically the album after a key member quit, was fired, or passed away. Featuring music from Wishbone Ash, 10cc, Heart, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more. This week on Episode 353, we focus on bands that reinvented themselves and specifically the album after a key member quit, was fired, or passed away. Featuring music from Wishbone Ash, 10cc, Heart, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more. false full 296 ebc9f708-83c4-11f1-bb1f-8b3b025cccf6 A Life Beyond the Dream On my 52nd birthday, episode #352, I went back in time via songs that became bullet points on my personal timeline featuring the Tragically Hip, Chuck Mangione, Mavis Staples, Phish, the Clash, Pete Townshend and more, this is a heartfelt trip through 52 years of memories, hope, and strength all through the music that got me here. Special phone call from a voice of the past.

]]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:57:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ On my 52nd birthday, episode #352, I went back in time via songs that became bullet points on my personal timeline featuring the Tragically Hip, Chuck Mangione, Mavis Staples, Phish, the Clash, Pete Townshend and more, this is a heartfelt trip through 52 years of memories, hope, and strength all through the music that got me here. Special phone call from a voice of the past.

]]> A Life Beyond the Dream Kent Koren 01:58:59 On my 52nd birthday, episode #352, I went back in time via songs that became bullet points on my personal timeline featuring the Tragically Hip, Chuck Mangione, Mavis Staples, Phish, the Clash, Pete Townshend and more, this is a heartfelt trip through 52 years of memories, hope, and strength all through the music that got me here. Special phone call from a voice of the past. On my 52nd birthday, episode #352, I went back in time via songs that became bullet points on my personal timeline featuring the Tragically Hip, Chuck Mangione, Mavis Staples, Phish, the Clash, Pete Townshend and more, this is a heartfelt trip through 52 years of memories, hope, and strength all through the music that got me here. Special phone call from a voice of the past. false full 295 0d759518-8179-11f1-8a48-2765c0d8508a Potluck Dinner Presents: Spinning in the Shadows This week on Potluck Dinner, we're going back one album. The records that came just before the masterpieces. The ones where you can hear the ideas coming together, the sound taking shape that would lead to some of the most iconic and influential albums ever.

]]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:47:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This week on Potluck Dinner, we're going back one album. The records that came just before the masterpieces. The ones where you can hear the ideas coming together, the sound taking shape that would lead to some of the most iconic and influential albums ever.

]]> Potluck Dinner Presents: Spinning in the Shadows Kent Koren 00:58:59 This week on Potluck Dinner, we're going back one album. The records that came just before the masterpieces. The ones where you can hear the ideas coming together, the sound taking shape that would lead to some of the most iconic and influential albums ever. This week on Potluck Dinner, we're going back one album. The records that came just before the masterpieces. The ones where you can hear the ideas coming together, the sound taking shape that would lead to some of the most iconic and influential albums ever. false full 294 f39238c8-7d94-11f1-aaf8-57791003ef9a Party On, Roscoe Party on, Roscoe! We backpedaled into 1992, when Phish was new on the scene and the Beastie Boys were growing up. We heard from Gang Starr, Cracker, The Black Crowes, Blind Melon, Rage Against the Machine, and more.


]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:56:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Party on, Roscoe! We backpedaled into 1992, when Phish was new on the scene and the Beastie Boys were growing up. We heard from Gang Starr, Cracker, The Black Crowes, Blind Melon, Rage Against the Machine, and more.


]]> Party On, Roscoe Kent Koren 01:58:58 Party on, Roscoe! We backpedaled into 1992, when Phish was new on the scene and the Beastie Boys were growing up. We heard from Gang Starr, Cracker, The Black Crowes, Blind Melon, Rage Against the Machine, and more. Party on, Roscoe! We backpedaled into 1992, when Phish was new on the scene and the Beastie Boys were growing up. We heard from Gang Starr, Cracker, The Black Crowes, Blind Melon, Rage Against the Machine, and more. false full 293 c7c3d598-77d2-11f1-a1ef-4f8dabd60188 Keep It Freaky, America Episode 350, Keep It Freaky, America celebrates the 60th anniversary of Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention's Freak Out! by exploring the music, culture, and contradictions of 1966, featuring The Beatles, Nina Simone, Sam & Dave, Ray Charles, The Ventures, and Howlin' Wolf and more.

]]> Sat, 4 Jul 2026 18:05:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 350, Keep It Freaky, America celebrates the 60th anniversary of Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention's Freak Out! by exploring the music, culture, and contradictions of 1966, featuring The Beatles, Nina Simone, Sam & Dave, Ray Charles, The Ventures, and Howlin' Wolf and more.

]]> Keep It Freaky, America Kent Koren 01:58:59 Episode 350, Keep It Freaky, America celebrates the 60th anniversary of Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention's Freak Out! by exploring the music, culture, and contradictions of 1966, featuring The Beatles, Nina Simone, Sam & Dave, Ray Charles, The Ventures, and Howlin' Wolf and more. Episode 350, Keep It Freaky, America celebrates the 60th anniversary of Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention's Freak Out! by exploring the music, culture, and contradictions of 1966, featuring The Beatles, Nina Simone, Sam & Dave, Ray Charles, The Ventures, and Howlin' Wolf and more. false full 292 52967a80-7752-11f1-8a6d-1b9ec5851224 Potluck Dinner: Friends of the Devil This Fourth of July weekend on RFB's Potluck Dinner, we're exploring the Grateful Dead through the lens of American storytelling. From miners and gamblers to drifters, outlaws, families, railroads, and the open road, these songs paint a picture of the people, places, and myths that have shaped America.


]]> Sat, 4 Jul 2026 02:45:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This Fourth of July weekend on RFB's Potluck Dinner, we're exploring the Grateful Dead through the lens of American storytelling. From miners and gamblers to drifters, outlaws, families, railroads, and the open road, these songs paint a picture of the people, places, and myths that have shaped America.


]]> Potluck Dinner: Friends of the Devil Kent Koren 00:58:59 This Fourth of July weekend on RFB's Potluck Dinner, we're exploring the Grateful Dead through the lens of American storytelling. From miners and gamblers to drifters, outlaws, families, railroads, and the open road, these songs paint a picture of the people, places, and myths that have shaped America. This Fourth of July weekend on RFB's Potluck Dinner, we're exploring the Grateful Dead through the lens of American storytelling. From miners and gamblers to drifters, outlaws, families, railroads, and the open road, these songs paint a picture of the people, places, and myths that have shaped America. false full 291 230b2572-72fc-11f1-ae36-ef6881d9b72e In Other Words Traveling internationally over the past few weeks, I kept hearing songs I recognized, just not in English. In Episode 249, In Other Words, we explored familiar songs reimagined in German, French, Spanish, Czech, Portuguese, and more from European bands to artists like Peter Gabriel, Sting and David Bowie, who recorded their own music in other languages. Music transcends words and has no borders. #musicisthebest

]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:17:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Traveling internationally over the past few weeks, I kept hearing songs I recognized, just not in English. In Episode 249, In Other Words, we explored familiar songs reimagined in German, French, Spanish, Czech, Portuguese, and more from European bands to artists like Peter Gabriel, Sting and David Bowie, who recorded their own music in other languages. Music transcends words and has no borders. #musicisthebest

]]> In Other Words Kent Koren 01:58:59 Traveling internationally over the past few weeks, I kept hearing songs I recognized, just not in English. In Episode 249, In Other Words, we explored familiar songs reimagined in German, French, Spanish, Czech, Portuguese, and more from European bands to artists like Peter Gabriel, Sting and David Bowie, who recorded their own music in other languages. Music transcends words and has no borders. #musicisthebest Traveling internationally over the past few weeks, I kept hearing songs I recognized, just not in English. In Episode 249, In Other Words, we explored familiar songs reimagined in German, French, Spanish, Czech, Portuguese, and more from European bands to artists like Peter Gabriel, Sting and David Bowie, who recorded their own music in other languages. Music transcends words and has no borders. #musicisthebest false full 290 8a0908d4-6203-11f1-b617-9f3c674de2cd The Rule of Three In episode 348, we explored all sorts of trios from hip-hop to jazz fusion and Prog Rock like Rush, Cream, The Police, The Aristocrats, Soulive, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest.

]]> Sat, 6 Jun 2026 23:57:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In episode 348, we explored all sorts of trios from hip-hop to jazz fusion and Prog Rock like Rush, Cream, The Police, The Aristocrats, Soulive, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest.

]]> The Rule of Three Kent Koren 01:58:59 In episode 348, we explored all sorts of trios from hip-hop to jazz fusion and Prog Rock like Rush, Cream, The Police, The Aristocrats, Soulive, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest. In episode 348, we explored all sorts of trios from hip-hop to jazz fusion and Prog Rock like Rush, Cream, The Police, The Aristocrats, Soulive, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest. false full 289 47869d2c-5c6e-11f1-b6a9-1bc2f291654e Sign of the Times This week on The Mothers of Connection, episode 347, we explored the zodiac through its symbols and archetypes. We connected the work of Frank Zappa, The Waterboys, Paul Butterfield, Buffalo Springfield, Toots and the Maytals, Grateful Dead, Phish, LCD Soundsystem, and more.


]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 21:26:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This week on The Mothers of Connection, episode 347, we explored the zodiac through its symbols and archetypes. We connected the work of Frank Zappa, The Waterboys, Paul Butterfield, Buffalo Springfield, Toots and the Maytals, Grateful Dead, Phish, LCD Soundsystem, and more.


]]> Sign of the Times Kent Koren 01:58:59 This week on The Mothers of Connection, episode 347, we explored the zodiac through its symbols and archetypes. We connected the work of Frank Zappa, The Waterboys, Paul Butterfield, Buffalo Springfield, Toots and the Maytals, Grateful Dead, Phish, LCD Soundsystem, and more. This week on The Mothers of Connection, episode 347, we explored the zodiac through its symbols and archetypes. We connected the work of Frank Zappa, The Waterboys, Paul Butterfield, Buffalo Springfield, Toots and the Maytals, Grateful Dead, Phish, LCD Soundsystem, and more. false full 288 840e6040-56f1-11f1-b6b7-83a8fa765430 Outside Now: A Tribute to Ike WIllis Episode #346 of The Mothers of Connection pays tribute to the late great Ike Willis through an exploration of outsider anthems, post-punk identity, and the emotional legacy of Joe’s Garage. Featuring music and commentary from artists including Gary Numan, Minutemen, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, Devo, The Who and more, the episode journeys through themes of alienation, belonging, rebellion, and the power of music to connect outsiders everywhere.

]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 21:51:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode #346 of The Mothers of Connection pays tribute to the late great Ike Willis through an exploration of outsider anthems, post-punk identity, and the emotional legacy of Joe’s Garage. Featuring music and commentary from artists including Gary Numan, Minutemen, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, Devo, The Who and more, the episode journeys through themes of alienation, belonging, rebellion, and the power of music to connect outsiders everywhere.

]]> Outside Now: A Tribute to Ike WIllis Kent Koren 01:58:59 Episode #346 of The Mothers of Connection pays tribute to the late great Ike Willis through an exploration of outsider anthems, post-punk identity, and the emotional legacy of Joe’s Garage. Featuring music and commentary from artists including Gary Numan, Minutemen, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, Devo, The Who and more, the episode journeys through themes of alienation, belonging, rebellion, and the power of music to connect outsiders everywhere. Episode #346 of The Mothers of Connection pays tribute to the late great Ike Willis through an exploration of outsider anthems, post-punk identity, and the emotional legacy of Joe’s Garage. Featuring music and commentary from artists including Gary Numan, Minutemen, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, Devo, The Who and more, the episode journeys through themes of alienation, belonging, rebellion, and the power of music to connect outsiders everywhere. false full 287 272d0a70-5205-11f1-aecd-b36ec56da4c7 The Art of Strum Episode 345, The Art of Strum, is a journey through the many styles and techniques of rhythm guitar, featuring the strumming and picking of JJ Cale, Adrian Belew, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, The Clash, Gang of Four, The Meters, The Police, Leo Kottke, and more. Special birthday salutes to Pete Townshend and Robert Fripp.

]]> Sun, 17 May 2026 15:29:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 345, The Art of Strum, is a journey through the many styles and techniques of rhythm guitar, featuring the strumming and picking of JJ Cale, Adrian Belew, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, The Clash, Gang of Four, The Meters, The Police, Leo Kottke, and more. Special birthday salutes to Pete Townshend and Robert Fripp.

]]> The Art of Strum Kent Koren 01:58:59 Episode 345, The Art of Strum, is a journey through the many styles and techniques of rhythm guitar, featuring the strumming and picking of JJ Cale, Adrian Belew, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, The Clash, Gang of Four, The Meters, The Police, Leo Kottke, and more. Special birthday salutes to Pete Townshend and Robert Fripp. Episode 345, The Art of Strum, is a journey through the many styles and techniques of rhythm guitar, featuring the strumming and picking of JJ Cale, Adrian Belew, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, The Clash, Gang of Four, The Meters, The Police, Leo Kottke, and more. Special birthday salutes to Pete Townshend and Robert Fripp. false full 286 b388452e-4c39-11f1-9f4d-efd767e04cc6 Wizards, Warriors, and Weirdos Kings, wizards, travelers, demons, monsters, mythical princes, and forgotten heroes drift through the songs of Camel, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Phish, Yes, UFO, and of course, Zappa.


]]> Sun, 10 May 2026 06:30:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Kings, wizards, travelers, demons, monsters, mythical princes, and forgotten heroes drift through the songs of Camel, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Phish, Yes, UFO, and of course, Zappa.


]]> Wizards, Warriors, and Weirdos Kent Koren 01:58:59 Kings, wizards, travelers, demons, monsters, mythical princes, and forgotten heroes drift through the songs of Camel, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Phish, Yes, UFO, and of course, Zappa. Kings, wizards, travelers, demons, monsters, mythical princes, and forgotten heroes drift through the songs of Camel, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Phish, Yes, UFO, and of course, Zappa. false full 285 7f7ea926-42a7-11f1-b039-fb3f762df3b9 Back from the Brink Episode 343 looks at legendary artists who pushed through addiction, loss of bandmates, record company disputes, near-death experiences, and bitter breakups to make defining records. Featuring, as always, Frank Zappa, but also the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, U2, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Phish, Genesis, Bruce Springsteen, as well as a heartfelt tribute to Dave Mason.


]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:10:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 343 looks at legendary artists who pushed through addiction, loss of bandmates, record company disputes, near-death experiences, and bitter breakups to make defining records. Featuring, as always, Frank Zappa, but also the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, U2, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Phish, Genesis, Bruce Springsteen, as well as a heartfelt tribute to Dave Mason.


]]> Back from the Brink Kent Koren 01:58:59 Episode 343 looks at legendary artists who pushed through addiction, loss of bandmates, record company disputes, near-death experiences, and bitter breakups to make defining records. Featuring, as always, Frank Zappa, but also the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, U2, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Phish, Genesis, Bruce Springsteen, as well as a heartfelt tribute to Dave Mason. Episode 343 looks at legendary artists who pushed through addiction, loss of bandmates, record company disputes, near-death experiences, and bitter breakups to make defining records. Featuring, as always, Frank Zappa, but also the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, U2, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Phish, Genesis, Bruce Springsteen, as well as a heartfelt tribute to Dave Mason. false full 284 707199de-3b90-11f1-a5d0-6b22ee1f68dc This Ain't Animal Planet This week on Episode 342 of The Mothers of Connection, we celebrated the Animal Kingdom for Earth Week with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Fairport Convention, Phish, Charlie Hunter, Mandrill, and way more, while diving into who’s endangered, who’s vulnerable, and who’s safe, for now.

]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:38:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This week on Episode 342 of The Mothers of Connection, we celebrated the Animal Kingdom for Earth Week with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Fairport Convention, Phish, Charlie Hunter, Mandrill, and way more, while diving into who’s endangered, who’s vulnerable, and who’s safe, for now.

]]> This Ain't Animal Planet Kent Koren 01:58:59 This week on Episode 342 of The Mothers of Connection, we celebrated the Animal Kingdom for Earth Week with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Fairport Convention, Phish, Charlie Hunter, Mandrill, and way more, while diving into who’s endangered, who’s vulnerable, and who’s safe, for now. This week on Episode 342 of The Mothers of Connection, we celebrated the Animal Kingdom for Earth Week with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Fairport Convention, Phish, Charlie Hunter, Mandrill, and way more, while diving into who’s endangered, who’s vulnerable, and who’s safe, for now. false full 283 da3d59b6-36cc-11f1-904e-dbfa5f2ab812 Potluck Dinner: Whistlin' Willie Meets Papa Caboose On Potluck Dinner, we explored the harmonica - from blues harp roots to rock-and-roll featuring riffs and solos from the likes of The Black Crowes, Frederic Yonnet, John Popper, Magic Dick, Mick Jagger and more.

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:02:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ On Potluck Dinner, we explored the harmonica - from blues harp roots to rock-and-roll featuring riffs and solos from the likes of The Black Crowes, Frederic Yonnet, John Popper, Magic Dick, Mick Jagger and more.

]]> Potluck Dinner: Whistlin' Willie Meets Papa Caboose Kent Koren 00:58:59 On Potluck Dinner, we explored the harmonica - from blues harp roots to rock-and-roll featuring riffs and solos from the likes of The Black Crowes, Frederic Yonnet, John Popper, Magic Dick, Mick Jagger and more. On Potluck Dinner, we explored the harmonica - from blues harp roots to rock-and-roll featuring riffs and solos from the likes of The Black Crowes, Frederic Yonnet, John Popper, Magic Dick, Mick Jagger and more. false full 282 502b4e30-35e7-11f1-bc62-e3c3e9ad8f56 Peaches En Guernica In Episode 341, music meets oil on canvas. I drew parallels between songs and timeless paintings, creating a rich journey through color, mood, memory, and sound - starting with Zappa and adventuring through Duane Eddy, Elton John, John Fogerty, Brand X, Kevin Ayers

]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In Episode 341, music meets oil on canvas. I drew parallels between songs and timeless paintings, creating a rich journey through color, mood, memory, and sound - starting with Zappa and adventuring through Duane Eddy, Elton John, John Fogerty, Brand X, Kevin Ayers

]]> Peaches En Guernica Kent Koren 01:58:58 In Episode 341, music meets oil on canvas. I drew parallels between songs and timeless paintings, creating a rich journey through color, mood, memory, and sound - starting with Zappa and adventuring through Duane Eddy, Elton John, John Fogerty, Brand X, Kevin Ayers In Episode 341, music meets oil on canvas. I drew parallels between songs and timeless paintings, creating a rich journey through color, mood, memory, and sound - starting with Zappa and adventuring through Duane Eddy, Elton John, John Fogerty, Brand X, Kevin Ayers false full 281 ef5bc44c-3143-11f1-b704-4b7c60685e71 Don't Eat The Yellow Horseradish Episode 340 of The Mothers of Connection takes the Four Questions of Passover and answers them through song, with music from the Grateful Dead, Phish, Bob Dylan, George Benson, and Grant Green, covering escape, suffering, repetition, and finally the freedom to recline and rest. The show closes with a birthday salute to Muddy Waters, whose “Champagne and Reefer” brings the show home.

]]> Sun, 5 Apr 2026 23:05:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 340 of The Mothers of Connection takes the Four Questions of Passover and answers them through song, with music from the Grateful Dead, Phish, Bob Dylan, George Benson, and Grant Green, covering escape, suffering, repetition, and finally the freedom to recline and rest. The show closes with a birthday salute to Muddy Waters, whose “Champagne and Reefer” brings the show home.

]]> Don't Eat The Yellow Horseradish Kent Koren 01:58:59 Episode 340 of The Mothers of Connection takes the Four Questions of Passover and answers them through song, with music from the Grateful Dead, Phish, Bob Dylan, George Benson, and Grant Green, covering escape, suffering, repetition, and finally the freedom to recline and rest. The show closes with a birthday salute to Muddy Waters, whose “Champagne and Reefer” brings the show home. Episode 340 of The Mothers of Connection takes the Four Questions of Passover and answers them through song, with music from the Grateful Dead, Phish, Bob Dylan, George Benson, and Grant Green, covering escape, suffering, repetition, and finally the freedom to recline and rest. The show closes with a birthday salute to Muddy Waters, whose “Champagne and Reefer” brings the show home. false full 280 60340e42-2acb-11f1-9c49-f78d1b0928c4 Prog Fury Episode 239 is a deep dive into progressive rock, from its golden-era roots to its modern resurgence. Joined by prog rock expert and close friend, Mike Stetter, we explore the work and connections between Zappa, Beefheart, Curved Air, Jethro Tull, Porcupine Tree, Big Big Train, and more.


]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:27:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 239 is a deep dive into progressive rock, from its golden-era roots to its modern resurgence. Joined by prog rock expert and close friend, Mike Stetter, we explore the work and connections between Zappa, Beefheart, Curved Air, Jethro Tull, Porcupine Tree, Big Big Train, and more.


]]> Prog Fury Kent Koren 01:58:59 Episode 239 is a deep dive into progressive rock, from its golden-era roots to its modern resurgence. Joined by prog rock expert and close friend, Mike Stetter, we explore the work and connections between Zappa, Beefheart, Curved Air, Jethro Tull, Porcupine Tree, Big Big Train, and more. Episode 239 is a deep dive into progressive rock, from its golden-era roots to its modern resurgence. Joined by prog rock expert and close friend, Mike Stetter, we explore the work and connections between Zappa, Beefheart, Curved Air, Jethro Tull, Porcupine Tree, Big Big Train, and more. false full 279 dde7dc80-25ce-11f1-874f-bfa7241cc565 Frank Madness Episode 338 marks the 7-year anniversary of The Mothers of Connection on Radio Free Brooklyn. To celebrate and honor the core of the show, Frank Zappa’s music, I set up a 16-song bracket, seeded it out, and let it play out with new tracks pulled from the new Bongo Fury 50th anniversary release.

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:09:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 338 marks the 7-year anniversary of The Mothers of Connection on Radio Free Brooklyn. To celebrate and honor the core of the show, Frank Zappa’s music, I set up a 16-song bracket, seeded it out, and let it play out with new tracks pulled from the new Bongo Fury 50th anniversary release.

]]> Frank Madness Kent Koren 01:58:59 Episode 338 marks the 7-year anniversary of The Mothers of Connection on Radio Free Brooklyn. To celebrate and honor the core of the show, Frank Zappa’s music, I set up a 16-song bracket, seeded it out, and let it play out with new tracks pulled from the new Bongo Fury 50th anniversary release. Episode 338 marks the 7-year anniversary of The Mothers of Connection on Radio Free Brooklyn. To celebrate and honor the core of the show, Frank Zappa’s music, I set up a 16-song bracket, seeded it out, and let it play out with new tracks pulled from the new Bongo Fury 50th anniversary release. false full 278 eab8d118-2221-11f1-b30a-8f71ce57b257 Circle Back, Frank In honor of Pi Day, 3.14, we spun a set built around repetition, circles, patterns, and beautifully complex compositions featuring Rodrigo y Gabriela, King Crimson, Nick Mason, Adrian Belew, and more.

]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:54:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of Pi Day, 3.14, we spun a set built around repetition, circles, patterns, and beautifully complex compositions featuring Rodrigo y Gabriela, King Crimson, Nick Mason, Adrian Belew, and more.

]]> Circle Back, Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of Pi Day, 3.14, we spun a set built around repetition, circles, patterns, and beautifully complex compositions featuring Rodrigo y Gabriela, King Crimson, Nick Mason, Adrian Belew, and more. In honor of Pi Day, 3.14, we spun a set built around repetition, circles, patterns, and beautifully complex compositions featuring Rodrigo y Gabriela, King Crimson, Nick Mason, Adrian Belew, and more. false full 277 bb98b4aa-1f53-11f1-b665-af0ba88d98b5 Potluck Diner: The Bending Point - Music in 1995 Inspired by the anniversary of The Bends by Radiohead, I was inspired to explore deeper cuts from The Flaming Lips, Primus, Blind Melon, Pulp, and others in that year.

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:14:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Inspired by the anniversary of The Bends by Radiohead, I was inspired to explore deeper cuts from The Flaming Lips, Primus, Blind Melon, Pulp, and others in that year.

]]> Potluck Diner: The Bending Point - Music in 1995 Kent Koren 00:59:02 Inspired by the anniversary of The Bends by Radiohead, I was inspired to explore deeper cuts from The Flaming Lips, Primus, Blind Melon, Pulp, and others in that year. Inspired by the anniversary of The Bends by Radiohead, I was inspired to explore deeper cuts from The Flaming Lips, Primus, Blind Melon, Pulp, and others in that year. false full 276 a0b35e14-1af4-11f1-b549-af0404f16bd8 Band of Brothers March marks the month when the Allman Brothers Band first formed in Macon, Georgia. In this episode, #336, we trace that lineage across three generations, from Duane Allman and Dickey Betts to the likes of Warren Haynes, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov't Mule and more.

]]> Sun, 8 Mar 2026 13:42:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ March marks the month when the Allman Brothers Band first formed in Macon, Georgia. In this episode, #336, we trace that lineage across three generations, from Duane Allman and Dickey Betts to the likes of Warren Haynes, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov't Mule and more.

]]> Band of Brothers Kent Koren 01:52:46 March marks the month when the Allman Brothers Band first formed in Macon, Georgia. In this episode, #336, we trace that lineage across three generations, from Duane Allman and Dickey Betts to the likes of Warren Haynes, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov't Mule and more. March marks the month when the Allman Brothers Band first formed in Macon, Georgia. In this episode, #336, we trace that lineage across three generations, from Duane Allman and Dickey Betts to the likes of Warren Haynes, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov't Mule and more. false full 275 cfeb0ea8-1576-11f1-b93e-6fbd535a6012 Tango in Space We focused on the pioneers and innovators who shaped synth rock, including Gary Numan, Jan Hammer, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, and Keith Emerson exploring how their sounds connected rock, fusion, and electronic music.


]]> Sun, 1 Mar 2026 13:59:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We focused on the pioneers and innovators who shaped synth rock, including Gary Numan, Jan Hammer, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, and Keith Emerson exploring how their sounds connected rock, fusion, and electronic music.


]]> Tango in Space Kent Koren 01:58:59 We focused on the pioneers and innovators who shaped synth rock, including Gary Numan, Jan Hammer, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, and Keith Emerson exploring how their sounds connected rock, fusion, and electronic music. We focused on the pioneers and innovators who shaped synth rock, including Gary Numan, Jan Hammer, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, and Keith Emerson exploring how their sounds connected rock, fusion, and electronic music. false full 274 a8aed3ba-0fa9-11f1-8dd7-6f8bb955e29d Potluck Dinner Presents: Doctor Shagoo and the Funky Ten A Potluck Dinner slot celebrating funk’s lasting influence with my Top 10 funky favorite selection from artists like Curtis Mayfield, Betty Davis, Graham Central Station, Bootsy Collins, the Ohio Players, and Funkadelic.

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:47:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ A Potluck Dinner slot celebrating funk’s lasting influence with my Top 10 funky favorite selection from artists like Curtis Mayfield, Betty Davis, Graham Central Station, Bootsy Collins, the Ohio Players, and Funkadelic.

]]> Potluck Dinner Presents: Doctor Shagoo and the Funky Ten Kent Koren 00:58:59 A Potluck Dinner slot celebrating funk’s lasting influence with my Top 10 funky favorite selection from artists like Curtis Mayfield, Betty Davis, Graham Central Station, Bootsy Collins, the Ohio Players, and Funkadelic. A Potluck Dinner slot celebrating funk’s lasting influence with my Top 10 funky favorite selection from artists like Curtis Mayfield, Betty Davis, Graham Central Station, Bootsy Collins, the Ohio Players, and Funkadelic. false full 273 c824f194-0fa3-11f1-8f89-6799d5710efb The Renegades of Funk Episode 333 dives into the spirit of the funk, tracing it to hip-hop through sampling - from Rufus and Chaka Khan to A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and Souls of Mischief, the show explores how music carries history, community, and rhythm across generations. We closed out with tributes to Jessie Jackson and Nina Simone on her birthday.

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:24:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 333 dives into the spirit of the funk, tracing it to hip-hop through sampling - from Rufus and Chaka Khan to A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and Souls of Mischief, the show explores how music carries history, community, and rhythm across generations. We closed out with tributes to Jessie Jackson and Nina Simone on her birthday.

]]> The Renegades of Funk Kent Koren 01:58:59 Episode 333 dives into the spirit of the funk, tracing it to hip-hop through sampling - from Rufus and Chaka Khan to A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and Souls of Mischief, the show explores how music carries history, community, and rhythm across generations. We closed out with tributes to Jessie Jackson and Nina Simone on her birthday. Episode 333 dives into the spirit of the funk, tracing it to hip-hop through sampling - from Rufus and Chaka Khan to A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and Souls of Mischief, the show explores how music carries history, community, and rhythm across generations. We closed out with tributes to Jessie Jackson and Nina Simone on her birthday. false full 272 6267d124-0a2f-11f1-b4d9-9336247ee92d Be Bop to Hip Hop Episode 332 was about the use of jazz samples in hip-hop and the musical lineage behind them. Artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Gang Starr, and De La Soul built tracks using recordings by jazz musicians like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Roy Ayers, and McCoy Tyner. The show connects those original jazz recordings to the hip-hop songs that sampled them.

]]> Sun, 15 Feb 2026 05:40:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 332 was about the use of jazz samples in hip-hop and the musical lineage behind them. Artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Gang Starr, and De La Soul built tracks using recordings by jazz musicians like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Roy Ayers, and McCoy Tyner. The show connects those original jazz recordings to the hip-hop songs that sampled them.

]]> Be Bop to Hip Hop Kent Koren 01:58:58 Episode 332 was about the use of jazz samples in hip-hop and the musical lineage behind them. Artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Gang Starr, and De La Soul built tracks using recordings by jazz musicians like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Roy Ayers, and McCoy Tyner. The show connects those original jazz recordings to the hip-hop songs that sampled them. Episode 332 was about the use of jazz samples in hip-hop and the musical lineage behind them. Artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Gang Starr, and De La Soul built tracks using recordings by jazz musicians like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Roy Ayers, and McCoy Tyner. The show connects those original jazz recordings to the hip-hop songs that sampled them. false full 271 f3e0c280-ff0f-11f0-ac4a-3381c2d07114 Turn the World Around In honor of the upcoming reboot of The Muppet Show, episode #331 pays homage to the musicians who made the original series one of the most musically ground-breaking shows on television.
We traced the connections between Frank Zappa and Jim Henson and the music of guests like Paul Simon, Lou Rawls, Elton John, and Alice Cooper, among others.

]]> Sun, 1 Feb 2026 01:47:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the upcoming reboot of The Muppet Show, episode #331 pays homage to the musicians who made the original series one of the most musically ground-breaking shows on television.
We traced the connections between Frank Zappa and Jim Henson and the music of guests like Paul Simon, Lou Rawls, Elton John, and Alice Cooper, among others.

]]> Turn the World Around Kent Koren 01:39:01 In honor of the upcoming reboot of The Muppet Show, episode #331 pays homage to the musicians who made the original series one of the most musically ground-breaking shows on television. We traced the connections between Frank Zappa and Jim Henson and the music of guests like Paul Simon, Lou Rawls, Elton John, and Alice Cooper, among others. In honor of the upcoming reboot of The Muppet Show, episode #331 pays homage to the musicians who made the original series one of the most musically ground-breaking shows on television. We traced the connections between Frank Zappa and Jim Henson and the music of guests like Paul Simon, Lou Rawls, Elton John, and Alice Cooper, among others. false full 270 1a48c3c6-ee9b-11f0-972c-23dd2bdb4a8d Where Else Would You Rather Be? Inspired by the closing of Rich Stadium, I started thinking about all the other places where music and sports have shaped my life, from historic clubs to epic arenas. That led me down a path of Fillmore East, Winterland, the Roxy, MSG, Giants Stadium, and featured bands like the Allmans, the Dead, Bowie, Bruce, Phish, Van Morrison, and more.


]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:10:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Inspired by the closing of Rich Stadium, I started thinking about all the other places where music and sports have shaped my life, from historic clubs to epic arenas. That led me down a path of Fillmore East, Winterland, the Roxy, MSG, Giants Stadium, and featured bands like the Allmans, the Dead, Bowie, Bruce, Phish, Van Morrison, and more.


]]> Where Else Would You Rather Be? Kent Koren 01:58:59 Inspired by the closing of Rich Stadium, I started thinking about all the other places where music and sports have shaped my life, from historic clubs to epic arenas. That led me down a path of Fillmore East, Winterland, the Roxy, MSG, Giants Stadium, and featured bands like the Allmans, the Dead, Bowie, Bruce, Phish, Van Morrison, and more. Inspired by the closing of Rich Stadium, I started thinking about all the other places where music and sports have shaped my life, from historic clubs to epic arenas. That led me down a path of Fillmore East, Winterland, the Roxy, MSG, Giants Stadium, and featured bands like the Allmans, the Dead, Bowie, Bruce, Phish, Van Morrison, and more. false full 267 064dce42-e97e-11f0-8f94-27ecab6193fc Loglines Inspired by movie award season, I stumbled upon the concept of using songs to imagine a specific genre of a film right down to the director and cast using the music of The Clash, Johnny Cash, The Kinks, Phish, David Bowie, and more as inspiration for movies made by Aronofsky, Wes Anderson, Scorsese, Guy Ritchie, Frank Zappa, and more.

]]> Sun, 4 Jan 2026 14:59:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Inspired by movie award season, I stumbled upon the concept of using songs to imagine a specific genre of a film right down to the director and cast using the music of The Clash, Johnny Cash, The Kinks, Phish, David Bowie, and more as inspiration for movies made by Aronofsky, Wes Anderson, Scorsese, Guy Ritchie, Frank Zappa, and more.

]]> Loglines Kent Koren 01:58:59 Inspired by movie award season, I stumbled upon the concept of using songs to imagine a specific genre of a film right down to the director and cast using the music of The Clash, Johnny Cash, The Kinks, Phish, David Bowie, and more as inspiration for movies made by Aronofsky, Wes Anderson, Scorsese, Guy Ritchie, Frank Zappa, and more. Inspired by movie award season, I stumbled upon the concept of using songs to imagine a specific genre of a film right down to the director and cast using the music of The Clash, Johnny Cash, The Kinks, Phish, David Bowie, and more as inspiration for movies made by Aronofsky, Wes Anderson, Scorsese, Guy Ritchie, Frank Zappa, and more. false full 266 dccf455a-e40f-11f0-8f2c-2be746decdd9 Keep It Greasy: Looking Ahead to 2026 This final episode of 2025, #325, focused on songs that sound like affirmations and resolutions for the year ahead. We had a brief review of the the shows from 2025 and featured positive vibes from The Meters, Curtis Mayfield, Brad Mehldau, John Hartford, Grateful Dead, The Band, and a special tribute to Rob Reiner by Playing For Change. Happy New Year from Kent and Roscoe at Radio Free Brooklyn!

]]> Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:08:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This final episode of 2025, #325, focused on songs that sound like affirmations and resolutions for the year ahead. We had a brief review of the the shows from 2025 and featured positive vibes from The Meters, Curtis Mayfield, Brad Mehldau, John Hartford, Grateful Dead, The Band, and a special tribute to Rob Reiner by Playing For Change. Happy New Year from Kent and Roscoe at Radio Free Brooklyn!

]]> Keep It Greasy: Looking Ahead to 2026 Kent Koren 01:58:59 This final episode of 2025, #325, focused on songs that sound like affirmations and resolutions for the year ahead. We had a brief review of the the shows from 2025 and featured positive vibes from The Meters, Curtis Mayfield, Brad Mehldau, John Hartford, Grateful Dead, The Band, and a special tribute to Rob Reiner by Playing For Change. Happy New Year from Kent and Roscoe at Radio Free Brooklyn! This final episode of 2025, #325, focused on songs that sound like affirmations and resolutions for the year ahead. We had a brief review of the the shows from 2025 and featured positive vibes from The Meters, Curtis Mayfield, Brad Mehldau, John Hartford, Grateful Dead, The Band, and a special tribute to Rob Reiner by Playing For Change. Happy New Year from Kent and Roscoe at Radio Free Brooklyn! false full 265 4245c7a2-de0b-11f0-a5fd-67f09f614da6 Frank Ad Nauseam In honor of Frank Zappa’s birthday, this episode focuses on how his work continues through modern performances, highlighting artists from Norway, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, and Germany.

]]> Sun, 21 Dec 2025 01:21:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of Frank Zappa’s birthday, this episode focuses on how his work continues through modern performances, highlighting artists from Norway, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, and Germany.

]]> Frank Ad Nauseam Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of Frank Zappa’s birthday, this episode focuses on how his work continues through modern performances, highlighting artists from Norway, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, and Germany. In honor of Frank Zappa’s birthday, this episode focuses on how his work continues through modern performances, highlighting artists from Norway, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, and Germany. false full 264 a2c75e14-dad8-11f0-8167-4fa415b14905 Mr. K's Classroom As I transition into the teacher persona and end my stint with the Third Graders, I started thinking about how I could use music to leave them with positive messages. So these are the tracks I would use to leave them with wise words. I chose the work of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, JGB, Robert Bradley, Todd Snider, Mavis Staples, and more. These songs are my way of saying thank you, keep going, and remember who you are. #musicisthebest


]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:50:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ As I transition into the teacher persona and end my stint with the Third Graders, I started thinking about how I could use music to leave them with positive messages. So these are the tracks I would use to leave them with wise words. I chose the work of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, JGB, Robert Bradley, Todd Snider, Mavis Staples, and more. These songs are my way of saying thank you, keep going, and remember who you are. #musicisthebest


]]> Mr. K's Classroom Kent Koren 02:00:03 As I transition into the teacher persona and end my stint with the Third Graders, I started thinking about how I could use music to leave them with positive messages. So these are the tracks I would use to leave them with wise words. I chose the work of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, JGB, Robert Bradley, Todd Snider, Mavis Staples, and more. These songs are my way of saying thank you, keep going, and remember who you are. #musicisthebest As I transition into the teacher persona and end my stint with the Third Graders, I started thinking about how I could use music to leave them with positive messages. So these are the tracks I would use to leave them with wise words. I chose the work of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, JGB, Robert Bradley, Todd Snider, Mavis Staples, and more. These songs are my way of saying thank you, keep going, and remember who you are. #musicisthebest false full 263 83f62a06-d56f-11f0-a3d2-733efc560fe5 Post Punk Gut Punch Episode 322 of The Mothers of Connection dives into Joy Division, Sparks, The Smiths, Jane’s Addiction, Big Star, The Postal Service, LCD Soundsystem, and more on a misanthropic journey through the bands that shaped alternative and indie music across decades and my life personally.

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:25:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 322 of The Mothers of Connection dives into Joy Division, Sparks, The Smiths, Jane’s Addiction, Big Star, The Postal Service, LCD Soundsystem, and more on a misanthropic journey through the bands that shaped alternative and indie music across decades and my life personally.

]]> Post Punk Gut Punch Kent Koren 01:58:59 Episode 322 of The Mothers of Connection dives into Joy Division, Sparks, The Smiths, Jane’s Addiction, Big Star, The Postal Service, LCD Soundsystem, and more on a misanthropic journey through the bands that shaped alternative and indie music across decades and my life personally. Episode 322 of The Mothers of Connection dives into Joy Division, Sparks, The Smiths, Jane’s Addiction, Big Star, The Postal Service, LCD Soundsystem, and more on a misanthropic journey through the bands that shaped alternative and indie music across decades and my life personally. false full 262 691f8e66-cd40-11f0-8170-bf4604ef5425 Addis to Zion In honor of Jimmy Cliff's passing, we explored the history of reggae, from Mento and Ska to Rock Steady and Roots Reggae, featuring the likes of Desmond Dekker, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Delroy Wilson, The Pioneers, Alpha Blondy, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and of course Jimmy Cliff.

]]> Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:28:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of Jimmy Cliff's passing, we explored the history of reggae, from Mento and Ska to Rock Steady and Roots Reggae, featuring the likes of Desmond Dekker, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Delroy Wilson, The Pioneers, Alpha Blondy, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and of course Jimmy Cliff.

]]> Addis to Zion Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of Jimmy Cliff's passing, we explored the history of reggae, from Mento and Ska to Rock Steady and Roots Reggae, featuring the likes of Desmond Dekker, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Delroy Wilson, The Pioneers, Alpha Blondy, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and of course Jimmy Cliff. In honor of Jimmy Cliff's passing, we explored the history of reggae, from Mento and Ska to Rock Steady and Roots Reggae, featuring the likes of Desmond Dekker, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Delroy Wilson, The Pioneers, Alpha Blondy, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and of course Jimmy Cliff. false full 261 804b2768-c989-11f0-be47-ef61d796e4d1 Sans Debris With this time of year often focused on Thanksgiving, we also wanted to honor the Indigenous people whose traditions and connection to the earth deserve honoring. In that spirit, I looked at artists who represent the opposite of the phony guru Zappa mocked in Cosmik Debris, musicians who reach for truth instead of selling shortcuts. We played The Impressions, George Harrison, Donovan, Peter Tosh, Jeff Buckley, Robert Plant, and others whose music feels grounded, also needed after the loss of fan favorite and one-of-a-kind troubadour, Todd Snider. This show just made sense. And not even the flu could stop me from getting behind the mic to chronicle this time in our history, mine and yours. It was a sonic, spiritual ride fueled by the healing power of the....tunage.

]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:01:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ With this time of year often focused on Thanksgiving, we also wanted to honor the Indigenous people whose traditions and connection to the earth deserve honoring. In that spirit, I looked at artists who represent the opposite of the phony guru Zappa mocked in Cosmik Debris, musicians who reach for truth instead of selling shortcuts. We played The Impressions, George Harrison, Donovan, Peter Tosh, Jeff Buckley, Robert Plant, and others whose music feels grounded, also needed after the loss of fan favorite and one-of-a-kind troubadour, Todd Snider. This show just made sense. And not even the flu could stop me from getting behind the mic to chronicle this time in our history, mine and yours. It was a sonic, spiritual ride fueled by the healing power of the....tunage.

]]> Sans Debris Kent Koren 01:58:59 With this time of year often focused on Thanksgiving, we also wanted to honor the Indigenous people whose traditions and connection to the earth deserve honoring. In that spirit, I looked at artists who represent the opposite of the phony guru Zappa mocked in Cosmik Debris, musicians who reach for truth instead of selling shortcuts. We played The Impressions, George Harrison, Donovan, Peter Tosh, Jeff Buckley, Robert Plant, and others whose music feels grounded, also needed after the loss of fan favorite and one-of-a-kind troubadour, Todd Snider. This show just made sense. And not even the flu could stop me from getting behind the mic to chronicle this time in our history, mine and yours. It was a sonic, spiritual ride fueled by the healing power of the....tunage. With this time of year often focused on Thanksgiving, we also wanted to honor the Indigenous people whose traditions and connection to the earth deserve honoring. In that spirit, I looked at artists who represent the opposite of the phony guru Zappa mocked in Cosmik Debris, musicians who reach for truth instead of selling shortcuts. We played The Impressions, George Harrison, Donovan, Peter Tosh, Jeff Buckley, Robert Plant, and others whose music feels grounded, also needed after the loss of fan favorite and one-of-a-kind troubadour, Todd Snider. This show just made sense. And not even the flu could stop me from getting behind the mic to chronicle this time in our history, mine and yours. It was a sonic, spiritual ride fueled by the healing power of the....tunage. false full 260 12de48c8-c30c-11f0-b012-2b8c8c22d9b4 The Mothers of Neil Let’s celebrate the 80th birthday of the one and only Neil Young, a musician whose work parallels Frank’s in corporate rebellion and genre-hopping. We played Neil’s classics from Pearl Jam, Lukas Nelson, The Band, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, and a few lesser-known artists. Just after the show ended, I learned of the passing of Todd Snider; otherwise would have given a tribute. Bummer of a loss to a great songwriter on par with the likes of Zevon and Prine.


]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:48:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Let’s celebrate the 80th birthday of the one and only Neil Young, a musician whose work parallels Frank’s in corporate rebellion and genre-hopping. We played Neil’s classics from Pearl Jam, Lukas Nelson, The Band, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, and a few lesser-known artists. Just after the show ended, I learned of the passing of Todd Snider; otherwise would have given a tribute. Bummer of a loss to a great songwriter on par with the likes of Zevon and Prine.


]]> The Mothers of Neil Kent Koren 01:58:59 Let’s celebrate the 80th birthday of the one and only Neil Young, a musician whose work parallels Frank’s in corporate rebellion and genre-hopping. We played Neil’s classics from Pearl Jam, Lukas Nelson, The Band, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, and a few lesser-known artists. Just after the show ended, I learned of the passing of Todd Snider; otherwise would have given a tribute. Bummer of a loss to a great songwriter on par with the likes of Zevon and Prine. Let’s celebrate the 80th birthday of the one and only Neil Young, a musician whose work parallels Frank’s in corporate rebellion and genre-hopping. We played Neil’s classics from Pearl Jam, Lukas Nelson, The Band, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, and a few lesser-known artists. Just after the show ended, I learned of the passing of Todd Snider; otherwise would have given a tribute. Bummer of a loss to a great songwriter on par with the likes of Zevon and Prine. false full 259 c8081e38-bcfc-11f0-b0ad-072d73d3595c Positive Feedback Positive Feedback looks at songs about guitars, the people who play them, and the sound that connects them all. From Guy Clark and Stevie Ray Vaughan to John Hiatt, Billy Strings, and Prince, we jammed hard. The episode closes with a heartfelt tribute to singer-songwriter, Todd Snider.

]]> Sat, 8 Nov 2025 23:43:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Positive Feedback looks at songs about guitars, the people who play them, and the sound that connects them all. From Guy Clark and Stevie Ray Vaughan to John Hiatt, Billy Strings, and Prince, we jammed hard. The episode closes with a heartfelt tribute to singer-songwriter, Todd Snider.

]]> Positive Feedback Kent Koren 01:58:57 Positive Feedback looks at songs about guitars, the people who play them, and the sound that connects them all. From Guy Clark and Stevie Ray Vaughan to John Hiatt, Billy Strings, and Prince, we jammed hard. The episode closes with a heartfelt tribute to singer-songwriter, Todd Snider. Positive Feedback looks at songs about guitars, the people who play them, and the sound that connects them all. From Guy Clark and Stevie Ray Vaughan to John Hiatt, Billy Strings, and Prince, we jammed hard. The episode closes with a heartfelt tribute to singer-songwriter, Todd Snider. false full 258 5fa920e6-b86d-11f0-bf90-332b4943edfb Prog Rockin' in the Eastern Bloc Prog Rockin’ in the Eastern Bloc is a journey into that underground: bands like SBB, Modrý Efekt, Solaris, Horizont, and Collegium Musicum- all artists who turned state-approved “instrumental music” into coded messages of resistance.

]]> Mon, 3 Nov 2025 04:27:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Prog Rockin’ in the Eastern Bloc is a journey into that underground: bands like SBB, Modrý Efekt, Solaris, Horizont, and Collegium Musicum- all artists who turned state-approved “instrumental music” into coded messages of resistance.

]]> Prog Rockin' in the Eastern Bloc Kent Koren 01:58:55 Prog Rockin’ in the Eastern Bloc is a journey into that underground: bands like SBB, Modrý Efekt, Solaris, Horizont, and Collegium Musicum- all artists who turned state-approved “instrumental music” into coded messages of resistance. Prog Rockin’ in the Eastern Bloc is a journey into that underground: bands like SBB, Modrý Efekt, Solaris, Horizont, and Collegium Musicum- all artists who turned state-approved “instrumental music” into coded messages of resistance. false full 257 db549e46-b1ba-11f0-87e4-1f954d3f34df Prog Rock Costume Party Imagine a prog rock-inspired costume party for die-hard audiophiles in the spirit of Zappa. We covered the epic new release of Halloween Zappa 78 from the Vaultmeister, Joe Travers. We had costumes inspired by King Crimson, Steve Hillage, Be-Bop Deluxe, Kansas, Gentle Giant, Porcupine Tree, Spock’s Beard, Riverside, and David Sylvian.

]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:54:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Imagine a prog rock-inspired costume party for die-hard audiophiles in the spirit of Zappa. We covered the epic new release of Halloween Zappa 78 from the Vaultmeister, Joe Travers. We had costumes inspired by King Crimson, Steve Hillage, Be-Bop Deluxe, Kansas, Gentle Giant, Porcupine Tree, Spock’s Beard, Riverside, and David Sylvian.

]]> Prog Rock Costume Party Kent Koren 01:58:58 Imagine a prog rock-inspired costume party for die-hard audiophiles in the spirit of Zappa. We covered the epic new release of Halloween Zappa 78 from the Vaultmeister, Joe Travers. We had costumes inspired by King Crimson, Steve Hillage, Be-Bop Deluxe, Kansas, Gentle Giant, Porcupine Tree, Spock’s Beard, Riverside, and David Sylvian. Imagine a prog rock-inspired costume party for die-hard audiophiles in the spirit of Zappa. We covered the epic new release of Halloween Zappa 78 from the Vaultmeister, Joe Travers. We had costumes inspired by King Crimson, Steve Hillage, Be-Bop Deluxe, Kansas, Gentle Giant, Porcupine Tree, Spock’s Beard, Riverside, and David Sylvian. false full 256 b6e4fbba-ad18-11f0-ab66-c3c581c947e4 La Resistencia Sonora We finished off Hispanic Heritage with the sounds of the resistance. From Control Machete to Molotov and Daymé Arocena to Chucho Valdes these artists prove that sound can challenge and outlast tyranny.


]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:23:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We finished off Hispanic Heritage with the sounds of the resistance. From Control Machete to Molotov and Daymé Arocena to Chucho Valdes these artists prove that sound can challenge and outlast tyranny.


]]> La Resistencia Sonora Kent Koren 01:58:59 We finished off Hispanic Heritage with the sounds of the resistance. From Control Machete to Molotov and Daymé Arocena to Chucho Valdes these artists prove that sound can challenge and outlast tyranny. We finished off Hispanic Heritage with the sounds of the resistance. From Control Machete to Molotov and Daymé Arocena to Chucho Valdes these artists prove that sound can challenge and outlast tyranny. false full 255 2aba6322-a30a-11f0-afab-7b066b9efbeb Before The Boom This is an excursion of the varoius generes that preceded and influenced somany of rock’s psychedelic stars. We surfed the reverb (Dick Dale, The Ventures), played the blues (B.B. King Live at the Regal, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy), segued into soul (Etta James, Booker T. & the M.G.’s), detoured through jazz and folk (Miriam Makeba, Stan Getz), with music set to the backdrop of world events like Freedom Rides, Selma, the Space Race, etc.


]]> Mon, 6 Oct 2025 23:14:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This is an excursion of the varoius generes that preceded and influenced somany of rock’s psychedelic stars. We surfed the reverb (Dick Dale, The Ventures), played the blues (B.B. King Live at the Regal, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy), segued into soul (Etta James, Booker T. & the M.G.’s), detoured through jazz and folk (Miriam Makeba, Stan Getz), with music set to the backdrop of world events like Freedom Rides, Selma, the Space Race, etc.


]]> Before The Boom Kent Koren 01:58:59 This is an excursion of the varoius generes that preceded and influenced somany of rock’s psychedelic stars. We surfed the reverb (Dick Dale, The Ventures), played the blues (B.B. King Live at the Regal, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy), segued into soul (Etta James, Booker T. & the M.G.’s), detoured through jazz and folk (Miriam Makeba, Stan Getz), with music set to the backdrop of world events like Freedom Rides, Selma, the Space Race, etc. This is an excursion of the varoius generes that preceded and influenced somany of rock’s psychedelic stars. We surfed the reverb (Dick Dale, The Ventures), played the blues (B.B. King Live at the Regal, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy), segued into soul (Etta James, Booker T. & the M.G.’s), detoured through jazz and folk (Miriam Makeba, Stan Getz), with music set to the backdrop of world events like Freedom Rides, Selma, the Space Race, etc. false full 254 d619a9ce-a2cb-11f0-9e50-3375ac43eedd Potluck Dinner: Si Se Puede For this Potluck Dinner takeover, I paid homage to Hispanic Heritage Month. I played everything from Mexican-American rock (Los Lobos, Mana) to Puerto Rican salsa legend Ismael Rivera, Cuban trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval, Spanish flamenco legend Paco de Lucía, Joe Cuba Sextet, Venezuelan groove collective Rawayana, Los Amigos Invisibles, and Playing for Change’s global collaboration with Santana, Cindy Blackman, Becky G, and Cory Henry.

]]> Mon, 6 Oct 2025 15:47:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ For this Potluck Dinner takeover, I paid homage to Hispanic Heritage Month. I played everything from Mexican-American rock (Los Lobos, Mana) to Puerto Rican salsa legend Ismael Rivera, Cuban trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval, Spanish flamenco legend Paco de Lucía, Joe Cuba Sextet, Venezuelan groove collective Rawayana, Los Amigos Invisibles, and Playing for Change’s global collaboration with Santana, Cindy Blackman, Becky G, and Cory Henry.

]]> Potluck Dinner: Si Se Puede Kent Koren 00:59:16 For this Potluck Dinner takeover, I paid homage to Hispanic Heritage Month. I played everything from Mexican-American rock (Los Lobos, Mana) to Puerto Rican salsa legend Ismael Rivera, Cuban trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval, Spanish flamenco legend Paco de Lucía, Joe Cuba Sextet, Venezuelan groove collective Rawayana, Los Amigos Invisibles, and Playing for Change’s global collaboration with Santana, Cindy Blackman, Becky G, and Cory Henry. For this Potluck Dinner takeover, I paid homage to Hispanic Heritage Month. I played everything from Mexican-American rock (Los Lobos, Mana) to Puerto Rican salsa legend Ismael Rivera, Cuban trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval, Spanish flamenco legend Paco de Lucía, Joe Cuba Sextet, Venezuelan groove collective Rawayana, Los Amigos Invisibles, and Playing for Change’s global collaboration with Santana, Cindy Blackman, Becky G, and Cory Henry. false full 253 92a45c44-9c8a-11f0-ab7b-0b7f439dfe67 Dictators Don't Dance Devastated by the rise in dangerous rhetoric from so-called leaders, illegal detainment of human beings, corporate censorship, and military intimidation in our country, this is my revolt, a stand against tyranny, the only way I know how: with tunes. We featured the work of Steel Pulse, Peter Tosh, Billy Bragg, the Sex Pistols, Gang of Four, Calexico, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and more. From reggae to punk to folk, the songs are a defiant middle finger to those who continue to oppress. Remember, "fear is the enemy," don't give in.

]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2025 16:45:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Devastated by the rise in dangerous rhetoric from so-called leaders, illegal detainment of human beings, corporate censorship, and military intimidation in our country, this is my revolt, a stand against tyranny, the only way I know how: with tunes. We featured the work of Steel Pulse, Peter Tosh, Billy Bragg, the Sex Pistols, Gang of Four, Calexico, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and more. From reggae to punk to folk, the songs are a defiant middle finger to those who continue to oppress. Remember, "fear is the enemy," don't give in.

]]> Dictators Don't Dance Kent Koren 01:58:58 Devastated by the rise in dangerous rhetoric from so-called leaders, illegal detainment of human beings, corporate censorship, and military intimidation in our country, this is my revolt, a stand against tyranny, the only way I know how: with tunes. We featured the work of Steel Pulse, Peter Tosh, Billy Bragg, the Sex Pistols, Gang of Four, Calexico, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and more. From reggae to punk to folk, the songs are a defiant middle finger to those who continue to oppress. Remember, "fear is the enemy," don't give in. Devastated by the rise in dangerous rhetoric from so-called leaders, illegal detainment of human beings, corporate censorship, and military intimidation in our country, this is my revolt, a stand against tyranny, the only way I know how: with tunes. We featured the work of Steel Pulse, Peter Tosh, Billy Bragg, the Sex Pistols, Gang of Four, Calexico, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and more. From reggae to punk to folk, the songs are a defiant middle finger to those who continue to oppress. Remember, "fear is the enemy," don't give in. false full 252 f969d218-911f-11f0-af5b-df300af22404 Born To Bruce Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:04:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Born To Bruce Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 251 a8baae5e-8cca-11f0-99ec-af1cb8f38524 The Brothers of Connection With my big brother in town, we had a blast reminiscing about how music shapes our lives, defines friendships, and endures forever. The show featured a look back at a 10cc concert and a tribute to Mark Volman, who passed away this week, with tracks from The Tubes, Supertramp, Mahavishnu, Genesis, 10cc, and more.


]]> Mon, 8 Sep 2025 15:44:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ With my big brother in town, we had a blast reminiscing about how music shapes our lives, defines friendships, and endures forever. The show featured a look back at a 10cc concert and a tribute to Mark Volman, who passed away this week, with tracks from The Tubes, Supertramp, Mahavishnu, Genesis, 10cc, and more.


]]> The Brothers of Connection Kent Koren 01:58:59 With my big brother in town, we had a blast reminiscing about how music shapes our lives, defines friendships, and endures forever. The show featured a look back at a 10cc concert and a tribute to Mark Volman, who passed away this week, with tracks from The Tubes, Supertramp, Mahavishnu, Genesis, 10cc, and more. With my big brother in town, we had a blast reminiscing about how music shapes our lives, defines friendships, and endures forever. The show featured a look back at a 10cc concert and a tribute to Mark Volman, who passed away this week, with tracks from The Tubes, Supertramp, Mahavishnu, Genesis, 10cc, and more. false full 250 943894e0-85cd-11f0-9b49-a3dce9c57e46 Workers Unite This Labor Day, The Mothers of Connection delved into the soundtrack of working life in America. You’ll hear Todd Snider’s sharp wit, Johnny Cash’s coal dust, Neil Young’s epic “Ordinary People,” Randy Newman’s flooded “Louisiana,” Harry Belafonte’s traditional prison hammers, Billy Bragg’s picket lines, and more songs that raise a glass to the Salt of the Earth.

]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:17:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This Labor Day, The Mothers of Connection delved into the soundtrack of working life in America. You’ll hear Todd Snider’s sharp wit, Johnny Cash’s coal dust, Neil Young’s epic “Ordinary People,” Randy Newman’s flooded “Louisiana,” Harry Belafonte’s traditional prison hammers, Billy Bragg’s picket lines, and more songs that raise a glass to the Salt of the Earth.

]]> Workers Unite Kent Koren 01:58:54 This Labor Day, The Mothers of Connection delved into the soundtrack of working life in America. You’ll hear Todd Snider’s sharp wit, Johnny Cash’s coal dust, Neil Young’s epic “Ordinary People,” Randy Newman’s flooded “Louisiana,” Harry Belafonte’s traditional prison hammers, Billy Bragg’s picket lines, and more songs that raise a glass to the Salt of the Earth. This Labor Day, The Mothers of Connection delved into the soundtrack of working life in America. You’ll hear Todd Snider’s sharp wit, Johnny Cash’s coal dust, Neil Young’s epic “Ordinary People,” Randy Newman’s flooded “Louisiana,” Harry Belafonte’s traditional prison hammers, Billy Bragg’s picket lines, and more songs that raise a glass to the Salt of the Earth. false full 249 753ba084-7c6b-11f0-95a5-c3e835af051f Key Players Inspired by the Billy Joel documentary series, I decided to explore other singer/pianists, keyboardists, and synth players who were the face and the heart of their sound. We heard live work from Aretha Franklin, Elton John, George Duke, Ben Folds, Bruce Hornsby, Leon Russell, and more.

]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:10:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Inspired by the Billy Joel documentary series, I decided to explore other singer/pianists, keyboardists, and synth players who were the face and the heart of their sound. We heard live work from Aretha Franklin, Elton John, George Duke, Ben Folds, Bruce Hornsby, Leon Russell, and more.

]]> Key Players Kent Koren 01:58:59 Inspired by the Billy Joel documentary series, I decided to explore other singer/pianists, keyboardists, and synth players who were the face and the heart of their sound. We heard live work from Aretha Franklin, Elton John, George Duke, Ben Folds, Bruce Hornsby, Leon Russell, and more. Inspired by the Billy Joel documentary series, I decided to explore other singer/pianists, keyboardists, and synth players who were the face and the heart of their sound. We heard live work from Aretha Franklin, Elton John, George Duke, Ben Folds, Bruce Hornsby, Leon Russell, and more. false full 248 97062e56-7661-11f0-aeb1-c3e62de19d7f Mount Rockmore I know I’m not the first person to make a “Mount Rushmore” of musicians, but it was a blast to explore and expectedly hard to narrow down. I ended up creating my own top fours for Zappa musicians, guitarists, bassists, and drummers, featuring the work of Rush, Stanley Clarke, Hendrix, Bootsy Collins, and more.


]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2025 03:16:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ I know I’m not the first person to make a “Mount Rushmore” of musicians, but it was a blast to explore and expectedly hard to narrow down. I ended up creating my own top fours for Zappa musicians, guitarists, bassists, and drummers, featuring the work of Rush, Stanley Clarke, Hendrix, Bootsy Collins, and more.


]]> Mount Rockmore Kent Koren 01:58:59 I know I’m not the first person to make a “Mount Rushmore” of musicians, but it was a blast to explore and expectedly hard to narrow down. I ended up creating my own top fours for Zappa musicians, guitarists, bassists, and drummers, featuring the work of Rush, Stanley Clarke, Hendrix, Bootsy Collins, and more. I know I’m not the first person to make a “Mount Rushmore” of musicians, but it was a blast to explore and expectedly hard to narrow down. I ended up creating my own top fours for Zappa musicians, guitarists, bassists, and drummers, featuring the work of Rush, Stanley Clarke, Hendrix, Bootsy Collins, and more. false full 247 92f7ea66-6fd6-11f0-ac17-c7658607ccfe tHe soUnD oF sizE Sat, 2 Aug 2025 19:26:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ tHe soUnD oF sizE Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 246 6cc69d78-6af5-11f0-a7d4-73b3b6efb4e5 Bang Your Head The loss of Ozzy sent shockwaves through the entire music world, not just metal or hard rock, but across all genres. So I went back bands that emerged alongside Black Sabbath or were inspired by like Judas Priest, Metallica, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Scorpions, Led Zeppelin, and more. Oh, and of course, we dropped a monster block from the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy and Sabbath.


]]> Sun, 27 Jul 2025 14:27:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The loss of Ozzy sent shockwaves through the entire music world, not just metal or hard rock, but across all genres. So I went back bands that emerged alongside Black Sabbath or were inspired by like Judas Priest, Metallica, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Scorpions, Led Zeppelin, and more. Oh, and of course, we dropped a monster block from the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy and Sabbath.


]]> Bang Your Head Kent Koren 01:58:59 The loss of Ozzy sent shockwaves through the entire music world, not just metal or hard rock, but across all genres. So I went back bands that emerged alongside Black Sabbath or were inspired by like Judas Priest, Metallica, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Scorpions, Led Zeppelin, and more. Oh, and of course, we dropped a monster block from the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy and Sabbath. The loss of Ozzy sent shockwaves through the entire music world, not just metal or hard rock, but across all genres. So I went back bands that emerged alongside Black Sabbath or were inspired by like Judas Priest, Metallica, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Scorpions, Led Zeppelin, and more. Oh, and of course, we dropped a monster block from the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy and Sabbath. false full 245 fe6de8ca-5fe3-11f0-9358-2bb300f3d88e In The Key of Contrast Featuring the likes of Bob Dylan, Graham Parker, Tom Petty, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Gov’t Mule, Phish and more, we explore the tension and harmony with songs in opposite key signatures - majors and minors.


]]> Sun, 13 Jul 2025 12:33:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Featuring the likes of Bob Dylan, Graham Parker, Tom Petty, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Gov’t Mule, Phish and more, we explore the tension and harmony with songs in opposite key signatures - majors and minors.


]]> In The Key of Contrast Kent Koren 01:58:59 Featuring the likes of Bob Dylan, Graham Parker, Tom Petty, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Gov’t Mule, Phish and more, we explore the tension and harmony with songs in opposite key signatures - majors and minors. Featuring the likes of Bob Dylan, Graham Parker, Tom Petty, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Gov’t Mule, Phish and more, we explore the tension and harmony with songs in opposite key signatures - majors and minors. false full 244 f9c9a41e-5a23-11f0-8bee-078771a73149 Rebellion and Reckoning While debating how to represent the spirit of America, I landed on the criminal and the price they pay, but specifically the old outlaws during the Civil War era. We heard some great tales of outlaws by Townes Van Zandt, Warren Zevon, Billy Joel and then some tales of death row and the ultimate price by the likes of Warren Hayne, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC.

]]> Sun, 6 Jul 2025 04:46:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ While debating how to represent the spirit of America, I landed on the criminal and the price they pay, but specifically the old outlaws during the Civil War era. We heard some great tales of outlaws by Townes Van Zandt, Warren Zevon, Billy Joel and then some tales of death row and the ultimate price by the likes of Warren Hayne, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC.

]]> Rebellion and Reckoning Kent Koren 01:56:00 While debating how to represent the spirit of America, I landed on the criminal and the price they pay, but specifically the old outlaws during the Civil War era. We heard some great tales of outlaws by Townes Van Zandt, Warren Zevon, Billy Joel and then some tales of death row and the ultimate price by the likes of Warren Hayne, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. While debating how to represent the spirit of America, I landed on the criminal and the price they pay, but specifically the old outlaws during the Civil War era. We heard some great tales of outlaws by Townes Van Zandt, Warren Zevon, Billy Joel and then some tales of death row and the ultimate price by the likes of Warren Hayne, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. false full 243 8ad1eb4c-552e-11f0-b376-af8341a1737f My Country, Tis of Frank Given the state of my embattled and beloved country in it's most delicate state, I was hesitant to do a 4th of July American-centric show. But inspired by the new release of Zappa's "Cheaper Than Cheap" and the songs named after places in America, I went all in and found songs about our geogrpahy from the likes of Buddy Guy, North Mississippi Allstars, John Prine, John Hiatt, and of course Bruce.

]]> Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:17:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Given the state of my embattled and beloved country in it's most delicate state, I was hesitant to do a 4th of July American-centric show. But inspired by the new release of Zappa's "Cheaper Than Cheap" and the songs named after places in America, I went all in and found songs about our geogrpahy from the likes of Buddy Guy, North Mississippi Allstars, John Prine, John Hiatt, and of course Bruce.

]]> My Country, Tis of Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 Given the state of my embattled and beloved country in it's most delicate state, I was hesitant to do a 4th of July American-centric show. But inspired by the new release of Zappa's "Cheaper Than Cheap" and the songs named after places in America, I went all in and found songs about our geogrpahy from the likes of Buddy Guy, North Mississippi Allstars, John Prine, John Hiatt, and of course Bruce. Given the state of my embattled and beloved country in it's most delicate state, I was hesitant to do a 4th of July American-centric show. But inspired by the new release of Zappa's "Cheaper Than Cheap" and the songs named after places in America, I went all in and found songs about our geogrpahy from the likes of Buddy Guy, North Mississippi Allstars, John Prine, John Hiatt, and of course Bruce. false full 242 e1bf8308-4edd-11f0-bcfa-9b2f45ba1fa0 An Empire State Encore From Buffalo to Brooklyn, from Rochester to Woodstock, players such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Steve Gadd, Ruth Underwood, Brecker Brothers, Chuck Mangione, Paul Simon, Steve Vai, and more brought New York’s unmistakable "chutzpah", grit, and tenacity to stages and studios alike. This is ...an Empire State Encore.

]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:25:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ From Buffalo to Brooklyn, from Rochester to Woodstock, players such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Steve Gadd, Ruth Underwood, Brecker Brothers, Chuck Mangione, Paul Simon, Steve Vai, and more brought New York’s unmistakable "chutzpah", grit, and tenacity to stages and studios alike. This is ...an Empire State Encore.

]]> An Empire State Encore Kent Koren 01:58:59 From Buffalo to Brooklyn, from Rochester to Woodstock, players such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Steve Gadd, Ruth Underwood, Brecker Brothers, Chuck Mangione, Paul Simon, Steve Vai, and more brought New York’s unmistakable "chutzpah", grit, and tenacity to stages and studios alike. This is ...an Empire State Encore. From Buffalo to Brooklyn, from Rochester to Woodstock, players such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Steve Gadd, Ruth Underwood, Brecker Brothers, Chuck Mangione, Paul Simon, Steve Vai, and more brought New York’s unmistakable "chutzpah", grit, and tenacity to stages and studios alike. This is ...an Empire State Encore. false full 241 c2c924ae-4b2c-11f0-9ce7-57f1f18f4f71 Still, We Rise Coming off another deflating week in America, as hate continues to flood our city streets, we lose two musical giants. One is Brian Wilson, the brains behind Pet Sounds, which helped inspire Sgt. Pepper. The other is the often forgotten and endlessly influential, Sly Stone.

And now, with Juneteenth around the corner, the idea of freedom, something that took generations to build, feels like it’s slipping away from all of us.

So this week, on episode 301, the Juneteenth-inspired songs from the likes of James Brown, Nina Simone, Mavis Staples, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, and of course Sly Stone, hit harder than ever.

]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 03:39:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Coming off another deflating week in America, as hate continues to flood our city streets, we lose two musical giants. One is Brian Wilson, the brains behind Pet Sounds, which helped inspire Sgt. Pepper. The other is the often forgotten and endlessly influential, Sly Stone.

And now, with Juneteenth around the corner, the idea of freedom, something that took generations to build, feels like it’s slipping away from all of us.

So this week, on episode 301, the Juneteenth-inspired songs from the likes of James Brown, Nina Simone, Mavis Staples, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, and of course Sly Stone, hit harder than ever.

]]> Still, We Rise Kent Koren 01:58:59 Coming off another deflating week in America, as hate continues to flood our city streets, we lose two musical giants. One is Brian Wilson, the brains behind Pet Sounds, which helped inspire Sgt. Pepper. The other is the often forgotten and endlessly influential, Sly Stone. And now, with Juneteenth around the corner, the idea of freedom, something that took generations to build, feels like it’s slipping away from all of us. So this week, on episode 301, the Juneteenth-inspired songs from the likes of James Brown, Nina Simone, Mavis Staples, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, and of course Sly Stone, hit harder than ever. Coming off another deflating week in America, as hate continues to flood our city streets, we lose two musical giants. One is Brian Wilson, the brains behind Pet Sounds, which helped inspire Sgt. Pepper. The other is the often forgotten and endlessly influential, Sly Stone. And now, with Juneteenth around the corner, the idea of freedom, something that took generations to build, feels like it’s slipping away from all of us. So this week, on episode 301, the Juneteenth-inspired songs from the likes of James Brown, Nina Simone, Mavis Staples, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, and of course Sly Stone, hit harder than ever. false full 240 68045c52-4409-11f0-9a56-bf8812d28947 Year of the Pepper It’s been 300 episodes of deep reflection, cultural commentary, raw expression, and a whole lot of Roscoe. This one’s no different.
To mark the 58th anniversary of what many consider the most influential rock album of all time, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, we explored the events and the artists of the year of its release, 1967.

We spun tracks from Grant Green, The Grateful Dead, Love, James Brown, The Animals, and more.

]]> Sun, 8 Jun 2025 12:20:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ It’s been 300 episodes of deep reflection, cultural commentary, raw expression, and a whole lot of Roscoe. This one’s no different.
To mark the 58th anniversary of what many consider the most influential rock album of all time, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, we explored the events and the artists of the year of its release, 1967.

We spun tracks from Grant Green, The Grateful Dead, Love, James Brown, The Animals, and more.

]]> Year of the Pepper Kent Koren 01:58:58 It’s been 300 episodes of deep reflection, cultural commentary, raw expression, and a whole lot of Roscoe. This one’s no different. To mark the 58th anniversary of what many consider the most influential rock album of all time, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, we explored the events and the artists of the year of its release, 1967. We spun tracks from Grant Green, The Grateful Dead, Love, James Brown, The Animals, and more. It’s been 300 episodes of deep reflection, cultural commentary, raw expression, and a whole lot of Roscoe. This one’s no different. To mark the 58th anniversary of what many consider the most influential rock album of all time, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, we explored the events and the artists of the year of its release, 1967. We spun tracks from Grant Green, The Grateful Dead, Love, James Brown, The Animals, and more. false full 239 5808beac-3fdf-11f0-9df0-f7f14def9cf5 Songs of Change Inspired by graduations and school years closing out, we explore the idea of transitions, overcoming adversity and remaining optimistic throughout, featuring the music of Charles Bradley, Ben Harper, Jeff Beck, Phish, Eddie Vedder, Steve Earle, and more.

]]> Mon, 2 Jun 2025 18:28:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Inspired by graduations and school years closing out, we explore the idea of transitions, overcoming adversity and remaining optimistic throughout, featuring the music of Charles Bradley, Ben Harper, Jeff Beck, Phish, Eddie Vedder, Steve Earle, and more.

]]> Songs of Change Kent Koren 01:58:59 Inspired by graduations and school years closing out, we explore the idea of transitions, overcoming adversity and remaining optimistic throughout, featuring the music of Charles Bradley, Ben Harper, Jeff Beck, Phish, Eddie Vedder, Steve Earle, and more. Inspired by graduations and school years closing out, we explore the idea of transitions, overcoming adversity and remaining optimistic throughout, featuring the music of Charles Bradley, Ben Harper, Jeff Beck, Phish, Eddie Vedder, Steve Earle, and more. false full 238 35b47994-3419-11f0-bcc6-abcf779f72a2 Musical Museum of the Mind In celebration of Museum Month, I curated a musical museum with four sonic wings dedicated to history, science, art, and natural history. Inside, you'll find tracks inspired by these themes from the likes of Talking Heads, 10cc, Adrian Belew, Yes, Johnny Cash, and Bruce Springsteen.

]]> Sun, 18 May 2025 18:52:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In celebration of Museum Month, I curated a musical museum with four sonic wings dedicated to history, science, art, and natural history. Inside, you'll find tracks inspired by these themes from the likes of Talking Heads, 10cc, Adrian Belew, Yes, Johnny Cash, and Bruce Springsteen.

]]> Musical Museum of the Mind Kent Koren 01:57:40 In celebration of Museum Month, I curated a musical museum with four sonic wings dedicated to history, science, art, and natural history. Inside, you'll find tracks inspired by these themes from the likes of Talking Heads, 10cc, Adrian Belew, Yes, Johnny Cash, and Bruce Springsteen. In celebration of Museum Month, I curated a musical museum with four sonic wings dedicated to history, science, art, and natural history. Inside, you'll find tracks inspired by these themes from the likes of Talking Heads, 10cc, Adrian Belew, Yes, Johnny Cash, and Bruce Springsteen. false full 237 9685f052-2dea-11f0-a0a7-ffeac3e8a018 RFB 10 In honor of RFB’s 10 year anniversary, I’m shining a spotlight on some of the other incredible shows with a similar connective tissue as The Mothers of Connection, like:

Black and Blue: Little Walter & Buddy Guy

Cosmic Debris: The Replacements & LCD Soundsystem

Lush Vibes: Herbie Hancock & Jorge Ben Jor

Mondo Jazz: The Bad Plus

Brits Bite the Apple: The Smiths & Pulp

A New Latin World: Rodrigo Y Gabriella & Alex Cuba

]]> Sat, 10 May 2025 22:03:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of RFB’s 10 year anniversary, I’m shining a spotlight on some of the other incredible shows with a similar connective tissue as The Mothers of Connection, like:

Black and Blue: Little Walter & Buddy Guy

Cosmic Debris: The Replacements & LCD Soundsystem

Lush Vibes: Herbie Hancock & Jorge Ben Jor

Mondo Jazz: The Bad Plus

Brits Bite the Apple: The Smiths & Pulp

A New Latin World: Rodrigo Y Gabriella & Alex Cuba

]]> RFB 10 Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of RFB’s 10 year anniversary, I’m shining a spotlight on some of the other incredible shows with a similar connective tissue as The Mothers of Connection, like: Black and Blue: Little Walter & Buddy Guy Cosmic Debris: The Replacements & LCD Soundsystem Lush Vibes: Herbie Hancock & Jorge Ben Jor Mondo Jazz: The Bad Plus Brits Bite the Apple: The Smiths & Pulp A New Latin World: Rodrigo Y Gabriella & Alex Cuba In honor of RFB’s 10 year anniversary, I’m shining a spotlight on some of the other incredible shows with a similar connective tissue as The Mothers of Connection, like: Black and Blue: Little Walter & Buddy Guy Cosmic Debris: The Replacements & LCD Soundsystem Lush Vibes: Herbie Hancock & Jorge Ben Jor Mondo Jazz: The Bad Plus Brits Bite the Apple: The Smiths & Pulp A New Latin World: Rodrigo Y Gabriella & Alex Cuba false full 236 7b69336c-2901-11f0-b57b-27d4624c3578 Children of the Stache Talking about those 90's bands that inhabit a similar DNA as the maestro or are directly influenced like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus, Ween, Cake and more.

]]> Sun, 4 May 2025 16:04:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Talking about those 90's bands that inhabit a similar DNA as the maestro or are directly influenced like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus, Ween, Cake and more.

]]> Children of the Stache Kent Koren 01:58:59 Talking about those 90's bands that inhabit a similar DNA as the maestro or are directly influenced like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus, Ween, Cake and more. Talking about those 90's bands that inhabit a similar DNA as the maestro or are directly influenced like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus, Ween, Cake and more. false full 235 7a72bfdc-22f3-11f0-acfd-0f3e3b979f9c Franks in Space We took a cosmic adventure into the deepest corners of the musical universe with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, Phish, Funkadelic, and more,

]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2025 23:09:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We took a cosmic adventure into the deepest corners of the musical universe with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, Phish, Funkadelic, and more,

]]> Franks in Space Kent Koren 01:58:00 We took a cosmic adventure into the deepest corners of the musical universe with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, Phish, Funkadelic, and more, We took a cosmic adventure into the deepest corners of the musical universe with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, Phish, Funkadelic, and more, false full 234 2d290a74-22e4-11f0-b2c8-9332d7ef868c Roll Sound On an episode of Potluck Dinner — basically a free-for-all space to do whatever you want — I brought my original idea, Roll Sound, to life. It’s a deep dive into the best songs in the best scenes from my favorite movies. We covered directors like David O. Russell, Oliver Stone, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, and more, with bands like Devo, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Velvet Underground, and plenty of others making appearances.

]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2025 21:19:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ On an episode of Potluck Dinner — basically a free-for-all space to do whatever you want — I brought my original idea, Roll Sound, to life. It’s a deep dive into the best songs in the best scenes from my favorite movies. We covered directors like David O. Russell, Oliver Stone, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, and more, with bands like Devo, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Velvet Underground, and plenty of others making appearances.

]]> Roll Sound Kent Koren 00:58:58 On an episode of Potluck Dinner — basically a free-for-all space to do whatever you want — I brought my original idea, Roll Sound, to life. It’s a deep dive into the best songs in the best scenes from my favorite movies. We covered directors like David O. Russell, Oliver Stone, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, and more, with bands like Devo, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Velvet Underground, and plenty of others making appearances. On an episode of Potluck Dinner — basically a free-for-all space to do whatever you want — I brought my original idea, Roll Sound, to life. It’s a deep dive into the best songs in the best scenes from my favorite movies. We covered directors like David O. Russell, Oliver Stone, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, and more, with bands like Devo, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Velvet Underground, and plenty of others making appearances. false full 233 f176ecde-1ee3-11f0-8a1a-5301ec8875e0 Rooting for the Meteor Based off the Carlin line about rooting for the meteor, the frustration with our ability to agree upon saving it makes me want to take it there. However, this Earth Day we hit you with protest songs from the likes of Neil Young and Billy Bragg and some love letters to the planet from John Prine, Bob Weir and more.

]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:49:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Based off the Carlin line about rooting for the meteor, the frustration with our ability to agree upon saving it makes me want to take it there. However, this Earth Day we hit you with protest songs from the likes of Neil Young and Billy Bragg and some love letters to the planet from John Prine, Bob Weir and more.

]]> Rooting for the Meteor Kent Koren 01:58:59 Based off the Carlin line about rooting for the meteor, the frustration with our ability to agree upon saving it makes me want to take it there. However, this Earth Day we hit you with protest songs from the likes of Neil Young and Billy Bragg and some love letters to the planet from John Prine, Bob Weir and more. Based off the Carlin line about rooting for the meteor, the frustration with our ability to agree upon saving it makes me want to take it there. However, this Earth Day we hit you with protest songs from the likes of Neil Young and Billy Bragg and some love letters to the planet from John Prine, Bob Weir and more. false full 232 5bb1a9bc-186e-11f0-b071-03349006cfa7 Frank's Drama Club There are so many theatrical moments in Zappa's repertoire that it only made sense to explore other songs and artists that have songs that could easily end up in a Broadway production, like Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Genesis, Randy Newman, Sparks, Pink Floyd and more.

]]> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:51:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ There are so many theatrical moments in Zappa's repertoire that it only made sense to explore other songs and artists that have songs that could easily end up in a Broadway production, like Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Genesis, Randy Newman, Sparks, Pink Floyd and more.

]]> Frank's Drama Club Kent Koren 01:58:59 There are so many theatrical moments in Zappa's repertoire that it only made sense to explore other songs and artists that have songs that could easily end up in a Broadway production, like Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Genesis, Randy Newman, Sparks, Pink Floyd and more. There are so many theatrical moments in Zappa's repertoire that it only made sense to explore other songs and artists that have songs that could easily end up in a Broadway production, like Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Genesis, Randy Newman, Sparks, Pink Floyd and more. false full 231 94d90456-12f6-11f0-a928-4381675bb2a8 Conceptual Continuity Episode 290 explored the concept album inspired by Franks idea of conecptual continuity and how all of his concepts were connected. I featured one track from the likes of Genesis, Lou Reed, Neil Young, The Who, and a few others but played live versions.

]]> Sun, 6 Apr 2025 14:51:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 290 explored the concept album inspired by Franks idea of conecptual continuity and how all of his concepts were connected. I featured one track from the likes of Genesis, Lou Reed, Neil Young, The Who, and a few others but played live versions.

]]> Conceptual Continuity Kent Koren 01:57:34 Episode 290 explored the concept album inspired by Franks idea of conecptual continuity and how all of his concepts were connected. I featured one track from the likes of Genesis, Lou Reed, Neil Young, The Who, and a few others but played live versions. Episode 290 explored the concept album inspired by Franks idea of conecptual continuity and how all of his concepts were connected. I featured one track from the likes of Genesis, Lou Reed, Neil Young, The Who, and a few others but played live versions. false full 230 754703ae-0d6a-11f0-a208-578f642b265b Forged In Fire March 29th marked 52 years since our troops came home from Vietnam. Inspired by the powerful words of an anonymous vet — "We were bound together by something stronger than blood — we were brothers by choice, forged in fire.” — this episode turned into a heartfelt tribute. Through the music of CSNY, Widespread Panic, Bob Dylan, John Prine, John Fogerty, and more, we honored the veterans and their eternal sacrifice and heroism.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:25:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ March 29th marked 52 years since our troops came home from Vietnam. Inspired by the powerful words of an anonymous vet — "We were bound together by something stronger than blood — we were brothers by choice, forged in fire.” — this episode turned into a heartfelt tribute. Through the music of CSNY, Widespread Panic, Bob Dylan, John Prine, John Fogerty, and more, we honored the veterans and their eternal sacrifice and heroism.

]]> Forged In Fire Kent Koren 01:55:53 March 29th marked 52 years since our troops came home from Vietnam. Inspired by the powerful words of an anonymous vet — "We were bound together by something stronger than blood — we were brothers by choice, forged in fire.” — this episode turned into a heartfelt tribute. Through the music of CSNY, Widespread Panic, Bob Dylan, John Prine, John Fogerty, and more, we honored the veterans and their eternal sacrifice and heroism. March 29th marked 52 years since our troops came home from Vietnam. Inspired by the powerful words of an anonymous vet — "We were bound together by something stronger than blood — we were brothers by choice, forged in fire.” — this episode turned into a heartfelt tribute. Through the music of CSNY, Widespread Panic, Bob Dylan, John Prine, John Fogerty, and more, we honored the veterans and their eternal sacrifice and heroism. false full 229 72863b4c-0786-11f0-b037-dfb0ed37b248 Six Years March 22, 2019, was the beginning. March 22, 2025, marks six years. In this anniversary episode, we reflected on everything these years have brought. From the pandemic to the losses of freedom that have reshaped our world. I let the music do the talking, channeling it all through the sounds of Don Sugarcane Harris, Z3, Ed Palermo, Heartless Bastards, Elton John, and more. The setlist spanned genres and emotions, weaving together personal favorites with songs that captured the highs, the lows, and everything in between. It was both a look back and a reminder of why this show exists to connect, to process, and to keep the tunage going.

]]> Sun, 23 Mar 2025 01:30:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ March 22, 2019, was the beginning. March 22, 2025, marks six years. In this anniversary episode, we reflected on everything these years have brought. From the pandemic to the losses of freedom that have reshaped our world. I let the music do the talking, channeling it all through the sounds of Don Sugarcane Harris, Z3, Ed Palermo, Heartless Bastards, Elton John, and more. The setlist spanned genres and emotions, weaving together personal favorites with songs that captured the highs, the lows, and everything in between. It was both a look back and a reminder of why this show exists to connect, to process, and to keep the tunage going.

]]> Six Years Kent Koren 01:58:59 March 22, 2019, was the beginning. March 22, 2025, marks six years. In this anniversary episode, we reflected on everything these years have brought. From the pandemic to the losses of freedom that have reshaped our world. I let the music do the talking, channeling it all through the sounds of Don Sugarcane Harris, Z3, Ed Palermo, Heartless Bastards, Elton John, and more. The setlist spanned genres and emotions, weaving together personal favorites with songs that captured the highs, the lows, and everything in between. It was both a look back and a reminder of why this show exists to connect, to process, and to keep the tunage going. March 22, 2019, was the beginning. March 22, 2025, marks six years. In this anniversary episode, we reflected on everything these years have brought. From the pandemic to the losses of freedom that have reshaped our world. I let the music do the talking, channeling it all through the sounds of Don Sugarcane Harris, Z3, Ed Palermo, Heartless Bastards, Elton John, and more. The setlist spanned genres and emotions, weaving together personal favorites with songs that captured the highs, the lows, and everything in between. It was both a look back and a reminder of why this show exists to connect, to process, and to keep the tunage going. false full 228 ffc12eaa-fc77-11ef-b100-afeb2b2b25cb The Prog Rock Library On episode #287 of The Mothers of Connection, I took the listener on a tour of The Prog Rock Public Library, where literature and tunes collide. We explore the books that shaped the works of Yes, Genesis, Camel, and more. We also celebrated 50 years of Rush and paid tribute to the legendary Roy Ayers, whose jazz-funk innovations left its mark and are now void.

]]> Sat, 8 Mar 2025 23:50:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ On episode #287 of The Mothers of Connection, I took the listener on a tour of The Prog Rock Public Library, where literature and tunes collide. We explore the books that shaped the works of Yes, Genesis, Camel, and more. We also celebrated 50 years of Rush and paid tribute to the legendary Roy Ayers, whose jazz-funk innovations left its mark and are now void.

]]> The Prog Rock Library Kent Koren 01:50:21 On episode #287 of The Mothers of Connection, I took the listener on a tour of The Prog Rock Public Library, where literature and tunes collide. We explore the books that shaped the works of Yes, Genesis, Camel, and more. We also celebrated 50 years of Rush and paid tribute to the legendary Roy Ayers, whose jazz-funk innovations left its mark and are now void. On episode #287 of The Mothers of Connection, I took the listener on a tour of The Prog Rock Public Library, where literature and tunes collide. We explore the books that shaped the works of Yes, Genesis, Camel, and more. We also celebrated 50 years of Rush and paid tribute to the legendary Roy Ayers, whose jazz-funk innovations left its mark and are now void. false full 227 d83243c4-f6ff-11ef-b41f-cb6c2955c0c7 Let Them Roar From the deep soul of Aretha Franklin and Etta James to the raw power of Blondie and The Pretenders, this episode showcased the trailblazers who sang, shredded, and shattered the glass ceiling. We featured Bettye LaVette, Katie Jacoby, Carolyn Wonderland, Heart, Sue Foley, Pattie Smith and more.

]]> Sun, 2 Mar 2025 00:48:10 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ From the deep soul of Aretha Franklin and Etta James to the raw power of Blondie and The Pretenders, this episode showcased the trailblazers who sang, shredded, and shattered the glass ceiling. We featured Bettye LaVette, Katie Jacoby, Carolyn Wonderland, Heart, Sue Foley, Pattie Smith and more.

]]> Let Them Roar Kent Koren 01:58:59 From the deep soul of Aretha Franklin and Etta James to the raw power of Blondie and The Pretenders, this episode showcased the trailblazers who sang, shredded, and shattered the glass ceiling. We featured Bettye LaVette, Katie Jacoby, Carolyn Wonderland, Heart, Sue Foley, Pattie Smith and more. From the deep soul of Aretha Franklin and Etta James to the raw power of Blondie and The Pretenders, this episode showcased the trailblazers who sang, shredded, and shattered the glass ceiling. We featured Bettye LaVette, Katie Jacoby, Carolyn Wonderland, Heart, Sue Foley, Pattie Smith and more. false full 226 99f71df4-f20f-11ef-962b-33d00b73d657 The Dystopian Dream We explored songs with dystopian themes steeped in fear of authoritarian and technological rule featuring Kraftwerk, Devo, The Sound, Gangs of Four, Queen, Yes and more.

]]> Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:57:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We explored songs with dystopian themes steeped in fear of authoritarian and technological rule featuring Kraftwerk, Devo, The Sound, Gangs of Four, Queen, Yes and more.

]]> The Dystopian Dream Kent Koren 01:58:59 We explored songs with dystopian themes steeped in fear of authoritarian and technological rule featuring Kraftwerk, Devo, The Sound, Gangs of Four, Queen, Yes and more. We explored songs with dystopian themes steeped in fear of authoritarian and technological rule featuring Kraftwerk, Devo, The Sound, Gangs of Four, Queen, Yes and more. false full 225 7e060044-ebe1-11ef-acd4-9b06f5a0d402 And If You Don't Know, Now You Know A history of political statements in funk and hip hop featuring the work of The 2 Live Crew, The Last Poets, Curtis Mayfield, A Tribe Called Quest, The Isley Brothers, Kendrick Lamar and more.

]]> Sat, 15 Feb 2025 21:12:12 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ A history of political statements in funk and hip hop featuring the work of The 2 Live Crew, The Last Poets, Curtis Mayfield, A Tribe Called Quest, The Isley Brothers, Kendrick Lamar and more.

]]> And If You Don't Know, Now You Know Kent Koren 01:57:05 A history of political statements in funk and hip hop featuring the work of The 2 Live Crew, The Last Poets, Curtis Mayfield, A Tribe Called Quest, The Isley Brothers, Kendrick Lamar and more. A history of political statements in funk and hip hop featuring the work of The 2 Live Crew, The Last Poets, Curtis Mayfield, A Tribe Called Quest, The Isley Brothers, Kendrick Lamar and more. false full 224 eb4d7b66-e27a-11ef-931c-c771d5d2b62b Unstrum Heroes Mon, 3 Feb 2025 21:52:52 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Unstrum Heroes Kent Koren 01:55:31 false full 223 8896db12-e1a2-11ef-a7e7-a72d8389dad8 On The One Often referred to as the first beat in jazz or funk, made popular by Bootsy Collins, I thought it was an apt title for the spirit of all black music in honor of Black History Month in 2025. Nearly all of Frank Zappa's music is traced back to and inspired by the genres of Funk, Doo Wop, Blues, and even Reggae. I featured the amazing work of Jimmy Cliff, Albert Collins, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and of course, Bootsy Collins.

]]> Sun, 2 Feb 2025 15:39:21 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Often referred to as the first beat in jazz or funk, made popular by Bootsy Collins, I thought it was an apt title for the spirit of all black music in honor of Black History Month in 2025. Nearly all of Frank Zappa's music is traced back to and inspired by the genres of Funk, Doo Wop, Blues, and even Reggae. I featured the amazing work of Jimmy Cliff, Albert Collins, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and of course, Bootsy Collins.

]]> On The One Kent Koren 01:58:59 Often referred to as the first beat in jazz or funk, made popular by Bootsy Collins, I thought it was an apt title for the spirit of all black music in honor of Black History Month in 2025. Nearly all of Frank Zappa's music is traced back to and inspired by the genres of Funk, Doo Wop, Blues, and even Reggae. I featured the amazing work of Jimmy Cliff, Albert Collins, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and of course, Bootsy Collins. Often referred to as the first beat in jazz or funk, made popular by Bootsy Collins, I thought it was an apt title for the spirit of all black music in honor of Black History Month in 2025. Nearly all of Frank Zappa's music is traced back to and inspired by the genres of Funk, Doo Wop, Blues, and even Reggae. I featured the amazing work of Jimmy Cliff, Albert Collins, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and of course, Bootsy Collins. false full 222 c475313a-d674-11ef-863d-5f28e54c5701 We Shall Not Be Moved We celebrate Martin Luther King Day with powerful songs of resilience and triumph over oppression, alongside stories of both renowned and lesser-known activists like Marcus Garvey, George Jackson and Angela Davis. The music lineup features inspiring tracks from Burning Spear, The Temptations, The Blind Boys of Alabama, War, Parliament, and more.

]]> Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:41:40 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We celebrate Martin Luther King Day with powerful songs of resilience and triumph over oppression, alongside stories of both renowned and lesser-known activists like Marcus Garvey, George Jackson and Angela Davis. The music lineup features inspiring tracks from Burning Spear, The Temptations, The Blind Boys of Alabama, War, Parliament, and more.

]]> We Shall Not Be Moved Kent Koren 01:58:59 We celebrate Martin Luther King Day with powerful songs of resilience and triumph over oppression, alongside stories of both renowned and lesser-known activists like Marcus Garvey, George Jackson and Angela Davis. The music lineup features inspiring tracks from Burning Spear, The Temptations, The Blind Boys of Alabama, War, Parliament, and more. We celebrate Martin Luther King Day with powerful songs of resilience and triumph over oppression, alongside stories of both renowned and lesser-known activists like Marcus Garvey, George Jackson and Angela Davis. The music lineup features inspiring tracks from Burning Spear, The Temptations, The Blind Boys of Alabama, War, Parliament, and more. false full 221 911bd222-d1cd-11ef-ba86-e341873dfc5a I Love L.A. As the wildfires continue to impact L.A., I reflect on my adventures of living there in the early 2000s and share a curated collection of songs that celebrate the city's vibrant spirit and iconic character, featuring artists like 10cc, Supertramp, The Kinks, Warren Zevon, and more.






]]> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:43:40 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ As the wildfires continue to impact L.A., I reflect on my adventures of living there in the early 2000s and share a curated collection of songs that celebrate the city's vibrant spirit and iconic character, featuring artists like 10cc, Supertramp, The Kinks, Warren Zevon, and more.






]]> I Love L.A. Kent Koren 01:58:59 As the wildfires continue to impact L.A., I reflect on my adventures of living there in the early 2000s and share a curated collection of songs that celebrate the city's vibrant spirit and iconic character, featuring artists like 10cc, Supertramp, The Kinks, Warren Zevon, and more. As the wildfires continue to impact L.A., I reflect on my adventures of living there in the early 2000s and share a curated collection of songs that celebrate the city's vibrant spirit and iconic character, featuring artists like 10cc, Supertramp, The Kinks, Warren Zevon, and more. false full 220 722c1e1a-caf9-11ef-a53e-ffc9e3c39f2e Live in '75 As we approach the live masterpiece that is Zappa's Bongo Fury, we unearthed other live albums that came out that pivotal year in music with songs from Lou Reed, Roy Buchanan, Bob Marley, King Crimson, and more.

]]> Sun, 5 Jan 2025 00:21:53 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ As we approach the live masterpiece that is Zappa's Bongo Fury, we unearthed other live albums that came out that pivotal year in music with songs from Lou Reed, Roy Buchanan, Bob Marley, King Crimson, and more.

]]> Live in '75 Kent Koren 01:58:59 As we approach the live masterpiece that is Zappa's Bongo Fury, we unearthed other live albums that came out that pivotal year in music with songs from Lou Reed, Roy Buchanan, Bob Marley, King Crimson, and more. As we approach the live masterpiece that is Zappa's Bongo Fury, we unearthed other live albums that came out that pivotal year in music with songs from Lou Reed, Roy Buchanan, Bob Marley, King Crimson, and more. false full 219 c0e98cce-c7b9-11ef-9009-ff6628169133 Tunes Through Time Tue, 31 Dec 2024 20:56:40 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Tunes Through Time Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 218 bcfc0bca-c000-11ef-9d03-2762bcf96239 The Night Before Frank We blend both the holidays and Frank's birthday to form a tribute show unlike any other. We get holiday jams from The Band, Robbie Robertson, Cheech and Chong, XTC, Albert King, The Who, and more.

]]> Sun, 22 Dec 2024 01:04:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We blend both the holidays and Frank's birthday to form a tribute show unlike any other. We get holiday jams from The Band, Robbie Robertson, Cheech and Chong, XTC, Albert King, The Who, and more.

]]> The Night Before Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 We blend both the holidays and Frank's birthday to form a tribute show unlike any other. We get holiday jams from The Band, Robbie Robertson, Cheech and Chong, XTC, Albert King, The Who, and more. We blend both the holidays and Frank's birthday to form a tribute show unlike any other. We get holiday jams from The Band, Robbie Robertson, Cheech and Chong, XTC, Albert King, The Who, and more. false full 217 f950a08e-bf1c-11ef-aad9-4f51ae8052b4 Shut the Door on Twenty-Four As we end a tumultuously dramatic year, I highlighted the brightest spots in music with new releases by Steve Hackett, Hawkwind, David Gilmour, Phish and more.

]]> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:54:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ As we end a tumultuously dramatic year, I highlighted the brightest spots in music with new releases by Steve Hackett, Hawkwind, David Gilmour, Phish and more.

]]> Shut the Door on Twenty-Four Kent Koren 01:58:59 As we end a tumultuously dramatic year, I highlighted the brightest spots in music with new releases by Steve Hackett, Hawkwind, David Gilmour, Phish and more. As we end a tumultuously dramatic year, I highlighted the brightest spots in music with new releases by Steve Hackett, Hawkwind, David Gilmour, Phish and more. false full 216 97d0daf8-af4b-11ef-887f-7f38e9ef54c6 Far Out, Frank As a tribute to the 55 year anniversary of "Cruising with Ruben and the Jets", a spoof and homage to doo-wop, we explored the other bands that were getting psychedelic in 1968 like Canned Heat, Love, The Doors, Ten Years After and more.

]]> Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:38:08 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ As a tribute to the 55 year anniversary of "Cruising with Ruben and the Jets", a spoof and homage to doo-wop, we explored the other bands that were getting psychedelic in 1968 like Canned Heat, Love, The Doors, Ten Years After and more.

]]> Far Out, Frank Kent Koren 01:58:58 As a tribute to the 55 year anniversary of "Cruising with Ruben and the Jets", a spoof and homage to doo-wop, we explored the other bands that were getting psychedelic in 1968 like Canned Heat, Love, The Doors, Ten Years After and more. As a tribute to the 55 year anniversary of "Cruising with Ruben and the Jets", a spoof and homage to doo-wop, we explored the other bands that were getting psychedelic in 1968 like Canned Heat, Love, The Doors, Ten Years After and more. false full 215 a1a5e82c-ac1a-11ef-baa4-1bba9da1bd43 It Can't Happen Here In this episode, we probe songs inspired by historical events featuring Frank Zappa, Neil Young, Rush, Bruce Hornsby, Bruce Springsteen and more.

]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:23:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In this episode, we probe songs inspired by historical events featuring Frank Zappa, Neil Young, Rush, Bruce Hornsby, Bruce Springsteen and more.

]]> It Can't Happen Here Kent Koren 01:58:59 In this episode, we probe songs inspired by historical events featuring Frank Zappa, Neil Young, Rush, Bruce Hornsby, Bruce Springsteen and more. In this episode, we probe songs inspired by historical events featuring Frank Zappa, Neil Young, Rush, Bruce Hornsby, Bruce Springsteen and more. false full 214 b9ee63fc-a600-11ef-a4ca-63276e8fac82 Smash the Patriarchy In an attempt to call out sexism and combat misogyny in the country, days after the electing of a repugnant and divisive administration, this show celebrates the strength and power of women everywhere and especially the one's close to the host. Episode 271 features the music of Cowboy Junkies, Etta James, Dolly Parton and songs about women from Paul Simon, The Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead and more.

]]> Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:59:10 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In an attempt to call out sexism and combat misogyny in the country, days after the electing of a repugnant and divisive administration, this show celebrates the strength and power of women everywhere and especially the one's close to the host. Episode 271 features the music of Cowboy Junkies, Etta James, Dolly Parton and songs about women from Paul Simon, The Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead and more.

]]> Smash the Patriarchy Kent Koren 01:58:59 In an attempt to call out sexism and combat misogyny in the country, days after the electing of a repugnant and divisive administration, this show celebrates the strength and power of women everywhere and especially the one's close to the host. Episode 271 features the music of Cowboy Junkies, Etta James, Dolly Parton and songs about women from Paul Simon, The Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead and more. In an attempt to call out sexism and combat misogyny in the country, days after the electing of a repugnant and divisive administration, this show celebrates the strength and power of women everywhere and especially the one's close to the host. Episode 271 features the music of Cowboy Junkies, Etta James, Dolly Parton and songs about women from Paul Simon, The Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead and more. false full 213 06aedada-a126-11ef-870c-233221df1fd3 Liars, Idiots and Assholes Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:31:21 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Liars, Idiots and Assholes Kent Koren 01:58:58 false full 212 319c39ee-99fc-11ef-8c29-571db4f25514 Vote Like A Beast In one of the most tense times in American election history, I chose to express the times through songs about voting, democracy and freedom in hopes of uniting us in song if only for a few hours. Artists featured include Joe Walsh, Pink Floyd, John Prine, Neil Young and more.

]]> Sun, 3 Nov 2024 15:51:46 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In one of the most tense times in American election history, I chose to express the times through songs about voting, democracy and freedom in hopes of uniting us in song if only for a few hours. Artists featured include Joe Walsh, Pink Floyd, John Prine, Neil Young and more.

]]> Vote Like A Beast Kent Koren 01:58:59 In one of the most tense times in American election history, I chose to express the times through songs about voting, democracy and freedom in hopes of uniting us in song if only for a few hours. Artists featured include Joe Walsh, Pink Floyd, John Prine, Neil Young and more. In one of the most tense times in American election history, I chose to express the times through songs about voting, democracy and freedom in hopes of uniting us in song if only for a few hours. Artists featured include Joe Walsh, Pink Floyd, John Prine, Neil Young and more. false full 211 1a6ed74a-9556-11ef-8801-b7dd41af04c5 Dancin' with the Dead It's another Zappoween episode, the 7th to be exact. We unleash some devilish ditties and evil encores from the likes of Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, Part Weapon, ELP, Phish and a tribute to Phil Lesh.

]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:06:22 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ It's another Zappoween episode, the 7th to be exact. We unleash some devilish ditties and evil encores from the likes of Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, Part Weapon, ELP, Phish and a tribute to Phil Lesh.

]]> Dancin' with the Dead Kent Koren 01:58:32 It's another Zappoween episode, the 7th to be exact. We unleash some devilish ditties and evil encores from the likes of Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, Part Weapon, ELP, Phish and a tribute to Phil Lesh. It's another Zappoween episode, the 7th to be exact. We unleash some devilish ditties and evil encores from the likes of Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, Part Weapon, ELP, Phish and a tribute to Phil Lesh. false full 210 21179ad0-8fe0-11ef-a8db-a783234277ce The Working Class Hero This show's theme was songs about the working class, the 9 to 5, and worker's rights throughout history. FZ had his share of songs about the grind, but so did Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, Neil Young, Billy Bragg and then some.

]]> Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:02:22 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This show's theme was songs about the working class, the 9 to 5, and worker's rights throughout history. FZ had his share of songs about the grind, but so did Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, Neil Young, Billy Bragg and then some.

]]> The Working Class Hero Kent Koren 01:58:58 This show's theme was songs about the working class, the 9 to 5, and worker's rights throughout history. FZ had his share of songs about the grind, but so did Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, Neil Young, Billy Bragg and then some. This show's theme was songs about the working class, the 9 to 5, and worker's rights throughout history. FZ had his share of songs about the grind, but so did Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, Neil Young, Billy Bragg and then some. false full 209 5368fece-89a1-11ef-9064-a7b2e421a396 When the Lie's So Big In the spirit of this very intense, historic election season, it only makes sense that we explore the American story in song through the words and music of Bob Dylan, Gil Scott Heron, James McMurtry, Rage Against The Machine, Brother Ali and more.

]]> Sun, 13 Oct 2024 20:25:16 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In the spirit of this very intense, historic election season, it only makes sense that we explore the American story in song through the words and music of Bob Dylan, Gil Scott Heron, James McMurtry, Rage Against The Machine, Brother Ali and more.

]]> When the Lie's So Big Kent Koren 01:58:57 In the spirit of this very intense, historic election season, it only makes sense that we explore the American story in song through the words and music of Bob Dylan, Gil Scott Heron, James McMurtry, Rage Against The Machine, Brother Ali and more. In the spirit of this very intense, historic election season, it only makes sense that we explore the American story in song through the words and music of Bob Dylan, Gil Scott Heron, James McMurtry, Rage Against The Machine, Brother Ali and more. false full 208 c2b54c8c-8650-11ef-9b81-e3f54571d7ac So Many Notes The instrumental masterpiece, "Hot Rats" turns 55. On episode 266, we explored other albums that are entirely instrumental from such artists as Dick Dale, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, David Grisman, Focus, Explosions in the Sky, Buckethead and more.

]]> Wed, 9 Oct 2024 15:06:13 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The instrumental masterpiece, "Hot Rats" turns 55. On episode 266, we explored other albums that are entirely instrumental from such artists as Dick Dale, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, David Grisman, Focus, Explosions in the Sky, Buckethead and more.

]]> So Many Notes Kent Koren 01:58:58 The instrumental masterpiece, "Hot Rats" turns 55. On episode 266, we explored other albums that are entirely instrumental from such artists as Dick Dale, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, David Grisman, Focus, Explosions in the Sky, Buckethead and more. The instrumental masterpiece, "Hot Rats" turns 55. On episode 266, we explored other albums that are entirely instrumental from such artists as Dick Dale, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, David Grisman, Focus, Explosions in the Sky, Buckethead and more. false full 207 18cce470-7f5a-11ef-8b2a-f315fa34bffa Prog Rockin' in '78 To commemorate the FZ album "Studio Tan" September 1978 release and the progressive rock scene of said year, we jammed to other prog album that came out year including Jethro Tull's "Heavy Horses", Rush "Hemispheres" and Captain Beefheart's "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller").

]]> Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:16:56 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ To commemorate the FZ album "Studio Tan" September 1978 release and the progressive rock scene of said year, we jammed to other prog album that came out year including Jethro Tull's "Heavy Horses", Rush "Hemispheres" and Captain Beefheart's "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller").

]]> Prog Rockin' in '78 Kent Koren 01:58:59 To commemorate the FZ album "Studio Tan" September 1978 release and the progressive rock scene of said year, we jammed to other prog album that came out year including Jethro Tull's "Heavy Horses", Rush "Hemispheres" and Captain Beefheart's "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller"). To commemorate the FZ album "Studio Tan" September 1978 release and the progressive rock scene of said year, we jammed to other prog album that came out year including Jethro Tull's "Heavy Horses", Rush "Hemispheres" and Captain Beefheart's "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller"). false full 206 fec3adf0-76aa-11ef-bdbb-b3bb587d382e My College Collection In honor of the back to school season, I thought I'd revisit my old college collection of music, both cassettes and CDs, from back in the day. We revisit the work of Widespread Panic, Phish, Bela Fleck and more.

]]> Thu, 19 Sep 2024 17:17:17 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the back to school season, I thought I'd revisit my old college collection of music, both cassettes and CDs, from back in the day. We revisit the work of Widespread Panic, Phish, Bela Fleck and more.

]]> My College Collection Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of the back to school season, I thought I'd revisit my old college collection of music, both cassettes and CDs, from back in the day. We revisit the work of Widespread Panic, Phish, Bela Fleck and more. In honor of the back to school season, I thought I'd revisit my old college collection of music, both cassettes and CDs, from back in the day. We revisit the work of Widespread Panic, Phish, Bela Fleck and more. false full 205 e681f8e8-5e61-11ef-b13c-c7bcbab2b826 The Descendants of Frank We celebrated bands that have been directly or inadvertently influenced by Frank Zappa like the likes of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Ween and Phish to name a few.

]]> Mon, 19 Aug 2024 19:35:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We celebrated bands that have been directly or inadvertently influenced by Frank Zappa like the likes of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Ween and Phish to name a few.

]]> The Descendants of Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 We celebrated bands that have been directly or inadvertently influenced by Frank Zappa like the likes of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Ween and Phish to name a few. We celebrated bands that have been directly or inadvertently influenced by Frank Zappa like the likes of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Ween and Phish to name a few. false full 204 6be6e92a-54fe-11ef-af94-4bec9e8514d5 Post Punkin' We celebrate the debut albums of Post Punk and early New Wave bands with the likes of Devo, Gang of Four, XTC, Television, Wire, The Smiths and way more. Check us out!

]]> Wed, 7 Aug 2024 20:48:48 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We celebrate the debut albums of Post Punk and early New Wave bands with the likes of Devo, Gang of Four, XTC, Television, Wire, The Smiths and way more. Check us out!

]]> Post Punkin' Kent Koren 01:59:00 We celebrate the debut albums of Post Punk and early New Wave bands with the likes of Devo, Gang of Four, XTC, Television, Wire, The Smiths and way more. Check us out! We celebrate the debut albums of Post Punk and early New Wave bands with the likes of Devo, Gang of Four, XTC, Television, Wire, The Smiths and way more. Check us out! false full 203 7e3ac10a-4d56-11ef-97f2-13972e1c53a2 Let's Just Jam Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:58:52 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Let's Just Jam Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 257 e3a48fde-3c9f-11ef-837e-3b92f1c95015 Slappa Da Frank We paid tribute to the late Zappa stalwart bassist of the 70's, the great Tom Fowler with an entire episode featuring two hours of bass led music featuring the playing of Tal Wilkenfeld, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Pino Palladino, Les Claypool and more.

]]> Sun, 7 Jul 2024 20:31:25 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We paid tribute to the late Zappa stalwart bassist of the 70's, the great Tom Fowler with an entire episode featuring two hours of bass led music featuring the playing of Tal Wilkenfeld, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Pino Palladino, Les Claypool and more.

]]> Slappa Da Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 We paid tribute to the late Zappa stalwart bassist of the 70's, the great Tom Fowler with an entire episode featuring two hours of bass led music featuring the playing of Tal Wilkenfeld, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Pino Palladino, Les Claypool and more. We paid tribute to the late Zappa stalwart bassist of the 70's, the great Tom Fowler with an entire episode featuring two hours of bass led music featuring the playing of Tal Wilkenfeld, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Pino Palladino, Les Claypool and more. false full 201 f8e3e5f2-3c81-11ef-ab7e-57936f3f4171 Songs Across America Join us for our 4th of July special - a sonic road trip across the country featuring the work of Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Willie Nelson, Phish and more.

]]> Sun, 7 Jul 2024 16:41:44 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Join us for our 4th of July special - a sonic road trip across the country featuring the work of Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Willie Nelson, Phish and more.

]]> Songs Across America Kent Koren 01:58:59 Join us for our 4th of July special - a sonic road trip across the country featuring the work of Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Willie Nelson, Phish and more. Join us for our 4th of July special - a sonic road trip across the country featuring the work of Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Willie Nelson, Phish and more. false full 200 7f73d980-3573-11ef-b075-63fc752ccef8 Deconstructing Frank Fri, 28 Jun 2024 17:24:33 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Deconstructing Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 199 a75b3884-3416-11ef-8994-7b372c16b29a Black Music Month To celebrate Black Music Month this June, we took a look and listen to the works of such inspirational and motivational artists as George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Sam Cooke, Nina Simone, Bootsy Collins, Gary Clark Jr. and many, many more.

]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 23:49:13 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ To celebrate Black Music Month this June, we took a look and listen to the works of such inspirational and motivational artists as George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Sam Cooke, Nina Simone, Bootsy Collins, Gary Clark Jr. and many, many more.

]]> Black Music Month Kent Koren 01:58:59 To celebrate Black Music Month this June, we took a look and listen to the works of such inspirational and motivational artists as George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Sam Cooke, Nina Simone, Bootsy Collins, Gary Clark Jr. and many, many more. To celebrate Black Music Month this June, we took a look and listen to the works of such inspirational and motivational artists as George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Sam Cooke, Nina Simone, Bootsy Collins, Gary Clark Jr. and many, many more. false full 198 49dd5bc6-21d6-11ef-b19c-53d51789301d Summer of '75 "One Size Fits All" came out in the summer of 1975 so it only makes sense we pay homage to other albums that came out in that time period from artists like Neil Young, The Meters, Herbie Hancock, Waylon Jennings, Wings, The Tubes, Bruce Springsteen and more.

]]> Mon, 3 Jun 2024 18:22:45 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ "One Size Fits All" came out in the summer of 1975 so it only makes sense we pay homage to other albums that came out in that time period from artists like Neil Young, The Meters, Herbie Hancock, Waylon Jennings, Wings, The Tubes, Bruce Springsteen and more.

]]> Summer of '75 Kent Koren 01:58:59 "One Size Fits All" came out in the summer of 1975 so it only makes sense we pay homage to other albums that came out in that time period from artists like Neil Young, The Meters, Herbie Hancock, Waylon Jennings, Wings, The Tubes, Bruce Springsteen and more. "One Size Fits All" came out in the summer of 1975 so it only makes sense we pay homage to other albums that came out in that time period from artists like Neil Young, The Meters, Herbie Hancock, Waylon Jennings, Wings, The Tubes, Bruce Springsteen and more. false full 249 e893aa72-1b9b-11ef-a7ef-73aca41c81ad Yo. Mama Sun, 26 May 2024 20:10:11 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Yo. Mama Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 196 40188460-157b-11ef-83a1-2ba7c7c57f4d The Mothers of Bob With Bob Dylan's birthday right around the corner, we play some of the most unique covers of his work from the likes of Bryan Ferry, Cassandra Wilson, Mavis Staples, Steel Pulse, Jerry Garcia, Tom Morello and more.

]]> Sun, 19 May 2024 01:00:55 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ With Bob Dylan's birthday right around the corner, we play some of the most unique covers of his work from the likes of Bryan Ferry, Cassandra Wilson, Mavis Staples, Steel Pulse, Jerry Garcia, Tom Morello and more.

]]> The Mothers of Bob Kent Koren 01:58:59 With Bob Dylan's birthday right around the corner, we play some of the most unique covers of his work from the likes of Bryan Ferry, Cassandra Wilson, Mavis Staples, Steel Pulse, Jerry Garcia, Tom Morello and more. With Bob Dylan's birthday right around the corner, we play some of the most unique covers of his work from the likes of Bryan Ferry, Cassandra Wilson, Mavis Staples, Steel Pulse, Jerry Garcia, Tom Morello and more. false full 195 514a9a8e-0c84-11ef-945c-970facec1597 The Last Album

]]> Tue, 7 May 2024 15:13:20 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/

]]> The Last Album Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 194 1c1bec86-ffe2-11ee-93a3-779d1a4b166b There's No Planet B Celebrating Earth Day 2024 and environmental awareness with tracks from the likes of Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Credence Clearwater Revival, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more.

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:59:08 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Celebrating Earth Day 2024 and environmental awareness with tracks from the likes of Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Credence Clearwater Revival, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more.

]]> There's No Planet B Kent Koren 01:58:59 Celebrating Earth Day 2024 and environmental awareness with tracks from the likes of Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Credence Clearwater Revival, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more. Celebrating Earth Day 2024 and environmental awareness with tracks from the likes of Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Credence Clearwater Revival, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more. false full 193 2cf20bd0-ff56-11ee-acdf-d7b8aa6f9c4a Jazz Isn't Dead, It Just Smells Funny To celebrate JAM month (Jazz Appreciation Month) in April, we played Frank's very own take on jazz as well as rarities from well known and not so well known artists like Buddy Rich, Wayne Krantz, Erroll Garner, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and more.

]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2024 20:39:22 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ To celebrate JAM month (Jazz Appreciation Month) in April, we played Frank's very own take on jazz as well as rarities from well known and not so well known artists like Buddy Rich, Wayne Krantz, Erroll Garner, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and more.

]]> Jazz Isn't Dead, It Just Smells Funny Kent Koren 01:58:59 To celebrate JAM month (Jazz Appreciation Month) in April, we played Frank's very own take on jazz as well as rarities from well known and not so well known artists like Buddy Rich, Wayne Krantz, Erroll Garner, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and more. To celebrate JAM month (Jazz Appreciation Month) in April, we played Frank's very own take on jazz as well as rarities from well known and not so well known artists like Buddy Rich, Wayne Krantz, Erroll Garner, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and more. false full 192 0bb50b5a-f526-11ee-be29-27317a68d62b Unsung Guitar Heroes Sun, 7 Apr 2024 21:42:50 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Unsung Guitar Heroes Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 191 c135ebe4-eaee-11ee-8a51-a75dea16756b March of the Franks Four albums have anniversaries in the month of March, so we play cover tributes to highlights of each album including, "Apostrophe", "Sheik Yerbouti", "Zappa in New York", and "We're Only in it for the Money".

]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:29:51 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Four albums have anniversaries in the month of March, so we play cover tributes to highlights of each album including, "Apostrophe", "Sheik Yerbouti", "Zappa in New York", and "We're Only in it for the Money".

]]> March of the Franks Kent Koren 01:58:59 Four albums have anniversaries in the month of March, so we play cover tributes to highlights of each album including, "Apostrophe", "Sheik Yerbouti", "Zappa in New York", and "We're Only in it for the Money". Four albums have anniversaries in the month of March, so we play cover tributes to highlights of each album including, "Apostrophe", "Sheik Yerbouti", "Zappa in New York", and "We're Only in it for the Money". false full 190 b50ebc9c-e49f-11ee-91a1-835d086b4593 Frank Unplugged Sun, 17 Mar 2024 20:56:35 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Frank Unplugged Kent Koren 01:58:50 false full 240 30254cce-c39a-11ee-bde1-cba8ba684b49 The Day the Music Died To commemorate the anniversary of the loss of the Big Bopper, Richie Valens and Buddy Holly on February 3rd, 1959, we played the music of the time featuring The Coasters, Bo Diddly, Muddy Waters, Dave Brubeck, Chuck Berry and the like.

]]> Sun, 4 Feb 2024 20:15:43 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ To commemorate the anniversary of the loss of the Big Bopper, Richie Valens and Buddy Holly on February 3rd, 1959, we played the music of the time featuring The Coasters, Bo Diddly, Muddy Waters, Dave Brubeck, Chuck Berry and the like.

]]> The Day the Music Died Kent Koren 01:58:59 To commemorate the anniversary of the loss of the Big Bopper, Richie Valens and Buddy Holly on February 3rd, 1959, we played the music of the time featuring The Coasters, Bo Diddly, Muddy Waters, Dave Brubeck, Chuck Berry and the like. To commemorate the anniversary of the loss of the Big Bopper, Richie Valens and Buddy Holly on February 3rd, 1959, we played the music of the time featuring The Coasters, Bo Diddly, Muddy Waters, Dave Brubeck, Chuck Berry and the like. false full 188 ebbbe4ce-bef0-11ee-a956-1f65651fc1d9 Under the Covers The search for the ultimate re-imagination of songs is over. We played the most unique covers of classic rock greats from the likes of The Black Crowes, Stephen Stills, U2, Willie Nelson, Warren Haynes and more.

]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:51:30 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The search for the ultimate re-imagination of songs is over. We played the most unique covers of classic rock greats from the likes of The Black Crowes, Stephen Stills, U2, Willie Nelson, Warren Haynes and more.

]]> Under the Covers Kent Koren 01:58:59 The search for the ultimate re-imagination of songs is over. We played the most unique covers of classic rock greats from the likes of The Black Crowes, Stephen Stills, U2, Willie Nelson, Warren Haynes and more. The search for the ultimate re-imagination of songs is over. We played the most unique covers of classic rock greats from the likes of The Black Crowes, Stephen Stills, U2, Willie Nelson, Warren Haynes and more. false full 187 16dba4ec-b892-11ee-a656-3708f57916ab Let's Get Demented Sun, 21 Jan 2024 19:09:40 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Let's Get Demented Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 186 2d3158f8-b271-11ee-b5f1-538f0b87b6d3 Songs for the Senses

]]> Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:09:22 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/

]]> Songs for the Senses Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 185 13600710-a9e5-11ee-aeec-732898564b28 50 Years Later We celebrated some of the big hits and lesser known albums that turned 50 in 2023, as well as the 50th Anniversary deluxe edition of FZ's Over-Nite Sensation. You'll hear the works of Alice Cooper, 10cc, ELO, Jackson Browne, John Prine and more.

]]> Tue, 9 Jan 2024 02:32:45 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We celebrated some of the big hits and lesser known albums that turned 50 in 2023, as well as the 50th Anniversary deluxe edition of FZ's Over-Nite Sensation. You'll hear the works of Alice Cooper, 10cc, ELO, Jackson Browne, John Prine and more.

]]> 50 Years Later Kent Koren 01:58:02 We celebrated some of the big hits and lesser known albums that turned 50 in 2023, as well as the 50th Anniversary deluxe edition of FZ's Over-Nite Sensation. You'll hear the works of Alice Cooper, 10cc, ELO, Jackson Browne, John Prine and more. We celebrated some of the big hits and lesser known albums that turned 50 in 2023, as well as the 50th Anniversary deluxe edition of FZ's Over-Nite Sensation. You'll hear the works of Alice Cooper, 10cc, ELO, Jackson Browne, John Prine and more. false full 230 85974234-96d1-11ee-8023-8b71f065edc6 The Squaring the Circle Show Inspired by the documentary "Squaring the Circle- the Story of Hipgnosis," we explored some of the albums they've designed plus other rare and beautiful album cover art and played a track off each. Featured artists included 10cc, Yes, Wings, Roxy Music, Supertramp and various works from Frank Zappa himself.

]]> Sat, 9 Dec 2023 20:28:29 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Inspired by the documentary "Squaring the Circle- the Story of Hipgnosis," we explored some of the albums they've designed plus other rare and beautiful album cover art and played a track off each. Featured artists included 10cc, Yes, Wings, Roxy Music, Supertramp and various works from Frank Zappa himself.

]]> The Squaring the Circle Show Kent Koren 01:58:59 Inspired by the documentary "Squaring the Circle- the Story of Hipgnosis," we explored some of the albums they've designed plus other rare and beautiful album cover art and played a track off each. Featured artists included 10cc, Yes, Wings, Roxy Music, Supertramp and various works from Frank Zappa himself. Inspired by the documentary "Squaring the Circle- the Story of Hipgnosis," we explored some of the albums they've designed plus other rare and beautiful album cover art and played a track off each. Featured artists included 10cc, Yes, Wings, Roxy Music, Supertramp and various works from Frank Zappa himself. false full 183 5ea18dfa-7b43-11ee-984b-5b0b76d788a8 The Albums of 1979 Sat, 4 Nov 2023 18:38:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Albums of 1979 Kent Koren 01:58:58 false full 182 ff7da75a-75bb-11ee-8c1c-bb965dcbb44b Running Down a Tom In honor of "Tomtober" the time between Tom Petty's death and birth, we played a smattering of rarities and covers by old favorites.

]]> Wed, 1 Nov 2023 15:37:43 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of "Tomtober" the time between Tom Petty's death and birth, we played a smattering of rarities and covers by old favorites.

]]> Running Down a Tom Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of "Tomtober" the time between Tom Petty's death and birth, we played a smattering of rarities and covers by old favorites. In honor of "Tomtober" the time between Tom Petty's death and birth, we played a smattering of rarities and covers by old favorites. false full 181 afec6006-75ba-11ee-88c8-17ff551fc158 The Return of The Mommyheads Adam Elk swings by to talk about the new Mommyheads album, "Coney Island Kid", as well as tracks from likeminded artists like Adrian Belew, The Bears, World Party, The Porcupine Trees and more.

]]> Sat, 28 Oct 2023 18:01:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Adam Elk swings by to talk about the new Mommyheads album, "Coney Island Kid", as well as tracks from likeminded artists like Adrian Belew, The Bears, World Party, The Porcupine Trees and more.

]]> The Return of The Mommyheads Kent Koren 01:58:58 Adam Elk swings by to talk about the new Mommyheads album, "Coney Island Kid", as well as tracks from likeminded artists like Adrian Belew, The Bears, World Party, The Porcupine Trees and more. Adam Elk swings by to talk about the new Mommyheads album, "Coney Island Kid", as well as tracks from likeminded artists like Adrian Belew, The Bears, World Party, The Porcupine Trees and more. false full 180 631d4e04-6582-11ee-be53-97a3c78f2245 Monster Jams In time for "Hot Rats" 54th anniversary, we paid tribute to bands known for their instrumentation and jamming abilities including Project Z, Soulive, Buckethead, Steve Vai, Jimmy Herring, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Victor Wooten and more.

]]> Sun, 8 Oct 2023 00:21:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In time for "Hot Rats" 54th anniversary, we paid tribute to bands known for their instrumentation and jamming abilities including Project Z, Soulive, Buckethead, Steve Vai, Jimmy Herring, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Victor Wooten and more.

]]> Monster Jams Kent Koren 01:58:59 In time for "Hot Rats" 54th anniversary, we paid tribute to bands known for their instrumentation and jamming abilities including Project Z, Soulive, Buckethead, Steve Vai, Jimmy Herring, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Victor Wooten and more. In time for "Hot Rats" 54th anniversary, we paid tribute to bands known for their instrumentation and jamming abilities including Project Z, Soulive, Buckethead, Steve Vai, Jimmy Herring, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Victor Wooten and more. false full 221 73f8a264-62fd-11ee-82c3-33cf02bdf25f You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Wed, 4 Oct 2023 22:22:31 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Kent Koren 01:59:00 false full 178 5cdb8576-54c8-11ee-a5e1-5b18d2efc03f We Are All, We Are One The theme of this year's Hispanic Heritage Month is "Todos Somos, Somos Uno: We Are All, We Are One". We played Zappa covers by Spanish musician, Caballero Reynaldo as well as latin jazz, funk, blues and salsa from legends and newcomers alike including Joe Bataan, Ray Barretto, Los Dug Dug's, Os Mutantes, Los Lobos, Antibalas, Gipsy Kings and more.

]]> Sat, 16 Sep 2023 19:49:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The theme of this year's Hispanic Heritage Month is "Todos Somos, Somos Uno: We Are All, We Are One". We played Zappa covers by Spanish musician, Caballero Reynaldo as well as latin jazz, funk, blues and salsa from legends and newcomers alike including Joe Bataan, Ray Barretto, Los Dug Dug's, Os Mutantes, Los Lobos, Antibalas, Gipsy Kings and more.

]]> We Are All, We Are One Kent Koren 01:56:59 The theme of this year's Hispanic Heritage Month is "Todos Somos, Somos Uno: We Are All, We Are One". We played Zappa covers by Spanish musician, Caballero Reynaldo as well as latin jazz, funk, blues and salsa from legends and newcomers alike including Joe Bataan, Ray Barretto, Los Dug Dug's, Os Mutantes, Los Lobos, Antibalas, Gipsy Kings and more. The theme of this year's Hispanic Heritage Month is "Todos Somos, Somos Uno: We Are All, We Are One". We played Zappa covers by Spanish musician, Caballero Reynaldo as well as latin jazz, funk, blues and salsa from legends and newcomers alike including Joe Bataan, Ray Barretto, Los Dug Dug's, Os Mutantes, Los Lobos, Antibalas, Gipsy Kings and more. false full 219 695a2922-49e9-11ee-a35b-0ffd97262a26 A Brief History of Jazz Guitar Episode 217 features a history of jazz guitar in honor of jazz infused albums Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo. You'll hear the stylings of legends like Chet Atkins, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Stanley Jordan and more.

]]> Sat, 2 Sep 2023 23:35:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Episode 217 features a history of jazz guitar in honor of jazz infused albums Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo. You'll hear the stylings of legends like Chet Atkins, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Stanley Jordan and more.

]]> A Brief History of Jazz Guitar Kent Koren 01:58:58 Episode 217 features a history of jazz guitar in honor of jazz infused albums Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo. You'll hear the stylings of legends like Chet Atkins, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Stanley Jordan and more. Episode 217 features a history of jazz guitar in honor of jazz infused albums Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo. You'll hear the stylings of legends like Chet Atkins, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Stanley Jordan and more. false full 176 882294aa-3fa0-11ee-9679-ab80ed40bb17 50 Years of Samples In honor of Hip Hop's 50th anniversary, we found a way to connect hip hop to Frank Zappa: Samples. Not only as Zappa been sampled but his bandmates like George Duke and Flo and Eddie of The Turtles have been sampled multiple times. So, we went on an adventure from sample to song featuring the work of Gang Starr, Boogie Down Productions, A Tribe Called Quest, Little Feat, Breakestra, Cal Tjader and many more.

]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2023 21:36:52 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of Hip Hop's 50th anniversary, we found a way to connect hip hop to Frank Zappa: Samples. Not only as Zappa been sampled but his bandmates like George Duke and Flo and Eddie of The Turtles have been sampled multiple times. So, we went on an adventure from sample to song featuring the work of Gang Starr, Boogie Down Productions, A Tribe Called Quest, Little Feat, Breakestra, Cal Tjader and many more.

]]> 50 Years of Samples Kent Koren 01:58:58 In honor of Hip Hop's 50th anniversary, we found a way to connect hip hop to Frank Zappa: Samples. Not only as Zappa been sampled but his bandmates like George Duke and Flo and Eddie of The Turtles have been sampled multiple times. So, we went on an adventure from sample to song featuring the work of Gang Starr, Boogie Down Productions, A Tribe Called Quest, Little Feat, Breakestra, Cal Tjader and many more. In honor of Hip Hop's 50th anniversary, we found a way to connect hip hop to Frank Zappa: Samples. Not only as Zappa been sampled but his bandmates like George Duke and Flo and Eddie of The Turtles have been sampled multiple times. So, we went on an adventure from sample to song featuring the work of Gang Starr, Boogie Down Productions, A Tribe Called Quest, Little Feat, Breakestra, Cal Tjader and many more. false full 175 56d84460-3971-11ee-9311-c71e97c65b5f Epic Introductions Sun, 13 Aug 2023 00:12:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Epic Introductions Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 174 e9a05b6a-2e3c-11ee-979b-db5be0ffc78f It's the First Wave In honor of the year 1980, when "You Are What You Is" was recorded, we paid homage to the new wave and post-punk movements of that year with the music of Oingo Boingo, XTC, Talking Heads, The Police, Devo, Gary Numan and more.

]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2023 18:01:06 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the year 1980, when "You Are What You Is" was recorded, we paid homage to the new wave and post-punk movements of that year with the music of Oingo Boingo, XTC, Talking Heads, The Police, Devo, Gary Numan and more.

]]> It's the First Wave Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of the year 1980, when "You Are What You Is" was recorded, we paid homage to the new wave and post-punk movements of that year with the music of Oingo Boingo, XTC, Talking Heads, The Police, Devo, Gary Numan and more. In honor of the year 1980, when "You Are What You Is" was recorded, we paid homage to the new wave and post-punk movements of that year with the music of Oingo Boingo, XTC, Talking Heads, The Police, Devo, Gary Numan and more. false full 173 7238ec6e-2c24-11ee-8f35-87122f0a8090 Grateful Frank Thu, 27 Jul 2023 02:22:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Grateful Frank Kent Koren 01:58:58 false full 172 06a6f706-1dcf-11ee-b33f-8348e7fa505e Any Questions, Frank? Frank asked a lot of questions in his songs - so did some other legends. We explored the who, what, when and why in song featuring Dire Straits, Santana, The Tubes, Jethro Tull, Talking Heads and more.

]]> Sat, 8 Jul 2023 20:35:57 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Frank asked a lot of questions in his songs - so did some other legends. We explored the who, what, when and why in song featuring Dire Straits, Santana, The Tubes, Jethro Tull, Talking Heads and more.

]]> Any Questions, Frank? Kent Koren 01:59:58 Frank asked a lot of questions in his songs - so did some other legends. We explored the who, what, when and why in song featuring Dire Straits, Santana, The Tubes, Jethro Tull, Talking Heads and more. Frank asked a lot of questions in his songs - so did some other legends. We explored the who, what, when and why in song featuring Dire Straits, Santana, The Tubes, Jethro Tull, Talking Heads and more. false full 171 fa44e4f8-1b32-11ee-8dbf-5f3624c3bec8 It's Canada Day, Frank Wed, 5 Jul 2023 23:56:34 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ It's Canada Day, Frank Kent Koren 02:00:00 false full 170 2ac55144-16c9-11ee-938e-5b3dc4ef8eee The Freak Out List "Freak Out" came out June 27th 1966. In honor of its 57th year in the universe, we played the music of the ones who inspired Zappa most, according to the list titled : "These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against them." We featured Charles Mingus, Sabicas, Don & Dewey, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and more.

]]> Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:25:38 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ "Freak Out" came out June 27th 1966. In honor of its 57th year in the universe, we played the music of the ones who inspired Zappa most, according to the list titled : "These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against them." We featured Charles Mingus, Sabicas, Don & Dewey, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and more.

]]> The Freak Out List Kent Koren 01:58:59 "Freak Out" came out June 27th 1966. In honor of its 57th year in the universe, we played the music of the ones who inspired Zappa most, according to the list titled : "These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against them." We featured Charles Mingus, Sabicas, Don & Dewey, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and more. "Freak Out" came out June 27th 1966. In honor of its 57th year in the universe, we played the music of the ones who inspired Zappa most, according to the list titled : "These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against them." We featured Charles Mingus, Sabicas, Don & Dewey, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and more. false full 169 715e2eaa-108e-11ee-82aa-836195da2e09 The Beasts of Fusion Wed, 21 Jun 2023 23:55:40 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Beasts of Fusion Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 168 0d35b5e4-1087-11ee-a6c2-f3e15a82313b Backing Vocals In honor of Tina Turner's backing vocal contribution on Zappa's Overnite Sensation lp, we are featuring other great backing vocalists and vocal tracks, including Nick Lowe, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Leon Russell, Peter Gabriel and more. Bonus: Tribute to Astrud Gilberto

]]> Wed, 21 Jun 2023 23:45:48 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of Tina Turner's backing vocal contribution on Zappa's Overnite Sensation lp, we are featuring other great backing vocalists and vocal tracks, including Nick Lowe, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Leon Russell, Peter Gabriel and more. Bonus: Tribute to Astrud Gilberto

]]> Backing Vocals Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of Tina Turner's backing vocal contribution on Zappa's Overnite Sensation lp, we are featuring other great backing vocalists and vocal tracks, including Nick Lowe, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Leon Russell, Peter Gabriel and more. Bonus: Tribute to Astrud Gilberto In honor of Tina Turner's backing vocal contribution on Zappa's Overnite Sensation lp, we are featuring other great backing vocalists and vocal tracks, including Nick Lowe, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Leon Russell, Peter Gabriel and more. Bonus: Tribute to Astrud Gilberto false full 167 7cc810ec-05f0-11ee-b618-9fab124591db Space is the Place Thu, 8 Jun 2023 11:13:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Space is the Place Kent Koren 02:00:14 false full 207 5637178e-f8da-11ed-9992-1fdcd6eb0652 The Cover Files Vol.3 This is the third time in the last few years that I've gone on a musical adventure to find covers I've never heard before; landed on some covers from FZ, Robert Palmer, J.J. Cale, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ike & Tina, Bowie and a special tribute to one of the most important figures in America, Harry Belafonte.

]]> Mon, 22 May 2023 19:53:48 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This is the third time in the last few years that I've gone on a musical adventure to find covers I've never heard before; landed on some covers from FZ, Robert Palmer, J.J. Cale, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ike & Tina, Bowie and a special tribute to one of the most important figures in America, Harry Belafonte.

]]> The Cover Files Vol.3 Kent Koren 01:46:25 This is the third time in the last few years that I've gone on a musical adventure to find covers I've never heard before; landed on some covers from FZ, Robert Palmer, J.J. Cale, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ike & Tina, Bowie and a special tribute to one of the most important figures in America, Harry Belafonte. This is the third time in the last few years that I've gone on a musical adventure to find covers I've never heard before; landed on some covers from FZ, Robert Palmer, J.J. Cale, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ike & Tina, Bowie and a special tribute to one of the most important figures in America, Harry Belafonte. false full 165 457545fe-f53f-11ed-96c5-3fbf1f394acd Motherly Love Thu, 18 May 2023 05:45:58 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Motherly Love Kent Koren 01:49:12 false full 164 08f703b0-e293-11ed-8335-db612f15b600 Songs For Endangered Times Songs of activism at a time when humans and life on Earth has never been more threatened. In the words of George Carlin, "The planet is fine. The people are fucked." Artists featured include: Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Adrian Belew, Joe Strummer, Goose Creek Symphony, Blues Traveler, Merl Saunders, and more.

]]> Mon, 24 Apr 2023 11:31:18 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Songs of activism at a time when humans and life on Earth has never been more threatened. In the words of George Carlin, "The planet is fine. The people are fucked." Artists featured include: Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Adrian Belew, Joe Strummer, Goose Creek Symphony, Blues Traveler, Merl Saunders, and more.

]]> Songs For Endangered Times Kent Koren 01:58:58 Songs of activism at a time when humans and life on Earth has never been more threatened. In the words of George Carlin, "The planet is fine. The people are fucked." Artists featured include: Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Adrian Belew, Joe Strummer, Goose Creek Symphony, Blues Traveler, Merl Saunders, and more. Songs of activism at a time when humans and life on Earth has never been more threatened. In the words of George Carlin, "The planet is fine. The people are fucked." Artists featured include: Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Adrian Belew, Joe Strummer, Goose Creek Symphony, Blues Traveler, Merl Saunders, and more. false full 163 60a43026-dfbc-11ed-adff-17733a8d4f87 Women Who Rock Thu, 20 Apr 2023 20:40:27 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Women Who Rock Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 162 aab47f16-d6db-11ed-8731-07a89e0945ad The Best Bands You Never Heard Before In Your Life We celebrate the great "The Best Band You Never Heard Before in Your Life" album and play other "best" bands that went under the radar. We featured 10cc, Wishbone Ash and The Tubes in addition to tracks from TBBYNHB.

]]> Sun, 9 Apr 2023 13:37:14 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We celebrate the great "The Best Band You Never Heard Before in Your Life" album and play other "best" bands that went under the radar. We featured 10cc, Wishbone Ash and The Tubes in addition to tracks from TBBYNHB.

]]> The Best Bands You Never Heard Before In Your Life Kent Koren 01:58:59 We celebrate the great "The Best Band You Never Heard Before in Your Life" album and play other "best" bands that went under the radar. We featured 10cc, Wishbone Ash and The Tubes in addition to tracks from TBBYNHB. We celebrate the great "The Best Band You Never Heard Before in Your Life" album and play other "best" bands that went under the radar. We featured 10cc, Wishbone Ash and The Tubes in addition to tracks from TBBYNHB. false full 161 ad5a33f4-c66a-11ed-a647-3b5d99c29e3b She's 200 Shows Old We celebrate our 4 years at Radio Free Brooklyn with clips of old shows, reflections on the past, and the most resonant tracks to date. Enjoy some Zappa covers and the music of Adrian Belew, Bob Dylan, Grand Funk Railroad and a special tribute to Fuzzy Haskins of Parliament/Funkadelic.

]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:28:21 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We celebrate our 4 years at Radio Free Brooklyn with clips of old shows, reflections on the past, and the most resonant tracks to date. Enjoy some Zappa covers and the music of Adrian Belew, Bob Dylan, Grand Funk Railroad and a special tribute to Fuzzy Haskins of Parliament/Funkadelic.

]]> She's 200 Shows Old Kent Koren 01:59:13 We celebrate our 4 years at Radio Free Brooklyn with clips of old shows, reflections on the past, and the most resonant tracks to date. Enjoy some Zappa covers and the music of Adrian Belew, Bob Dylan, Grand Funk Railroad and a special tribute to Fuzzy Haskins of Parliament/Funkadelic. We celebrate our 4 years at Radio Free Brooklyn with clips of old shows, reflections on the past, and the most resonant tracks to date. Enjoy some Zappa covers and the music of Adrian Belew, Bob Dylan, Grand Funk Railroad and a special tribute to Fuzzy Haskins of Parliament/Funkadelic. false full 160 9b746774-c069-11ed-b8f5-d73d026ef646 The Solo Projects Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:05:52 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Solo Projects Kent Koren 01:59:04 false full 159 5ac7f238-bc1b-11ed-ab0e-b736bd46d64d Frankin' Around with The Mommyheads Mon, 6 Mar 2023 12:32:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Frankin' Around with The Mommyheads Kent Koren 01:59:57 false full 158 9a702140-ae32-11ed-a9aa-0f06a9264c7c How blue can you get? Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:14:36 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ How blue can you get? Kent Koren 01:59:59 false full 157 952d5d10-9d93-11ed-8ffd-8f983a91e15b The Present Day Composers Refuse To Die Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:07:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Present Day Composers Refuse To Die Kent Koren 01:59:59 false full 156 0fbaf560-95e7-11ed-a669-73405c4acd64 None More Fluid

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2023 21:45:41 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/

]]> None More Fluid Kent Koren 01:59:59 false full 155 bbd1b974-9024-11ed-bd19-1f57e10b704c The Mothers of Bowie Sun, 8 Jan 2023 14:12:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Mothers of Bowie Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 154 12cf8fd0-8f5d-11ed-9cbc-934aa563300d Old and New in '22 Sun, 8 Jan 2023 13:57:08 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Old and New in '22 Kent Koren 01:58:11 false full 153 8f3a8128-80ae-11ed-b846-97863ef6fb88 Proggin' in '72 Lots of epic albums in the prog rock genre came out 50 years ago this year. We celebrated the works of Gentle Giant, Aphrodite's Child, Genesis, Yes and Frank's "Waka/jawaka".

]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2022 21:37:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Lots of epic albums in the prog rock genre came out 50 years ago this year. We celebrated the works of Gentle Giant, Aphrodite's Child, Genesis, Yes and Frank's "Waka/jawaka".

]]> Proggin' in '72 Kent Koren 01:59:58 Lots of epic albums in the prog rock genre came out 50 years ago this year. We celebrated the works of Gentle Giant, Aphrodite's Child, Genesis, Yes and Frank's "Waka/jawaka". Lots of epic albums in the prog rock genre came out 50 years ago this year. We celebrated the works of Gentle Giant, Aphrodite's Child, Genesis, Yes and Frank's "Waka/jawaka". false full 152 a1309466-7ccc-11ed-9fa1-1714a799956d 50 Years Ago So many pivotal albums of all genres turned 50 this year, from Frank's "Waka/Jawaka" and "The Grand Wazoo" to more popular ones like Elton's "Honky Chateau" and Bowie's 'Ziggy' all the way out there to the more obscure like, Gentle Giant's "Octopus" and Fleetwood Mac's Bare Trees to name a few.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:11:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ So many pivotal albums of all genres turned 50 this year, from Frank's "Waka/Jawaka" and "The Grand Wazoo" to more popular ones like Elton's "Honky Chateau" and Bowie's 'Ziggy' all the way out there to the more obscure like, Gentle Giant's "Octopus" and Fleetwood Mac's Bare Trees to name a few.

]]> 50 Years Ago Kent Koren 01:59:59 So many pivotal albums of all genres turned 50 this year, from Frank's "Waka/Jawaka" and "The Grand Wazoo" to more popular ones like Elton's "Honky Chateau" and Bowie's 'Ziggy' all the way out there to the more obscure like, Gentle Giant's "Octopus" and Fleetwood Mac's Bare Trees to name a few. So many pivotal albums of all genres turned 50 this year, from Frank's "Waka/Jawaka" and "The Grand Wazoo" to more popular ones like Elton's "Honky Chateau" and Bowie's 'Ziggy' all the way out there to the more obscure like, Gentle Giant's "Octopus" and Fleetwood Mac's Bare Trees to name a few. false full 151 54b18310-7656-11ed-b88f-33ce3ae77ab4 Live from the Fillmore Wed, 7 Dec 2022 19:31:02 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Live from the Fillmore Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 150 cb9933c4-69e5-11ed-986e-37ab41d73221 The Book of Frank You can't have a Frank Zappa connected show and not talk about religion. We feature "Catholic School Girls", "Heavenly Bank Account" and a live "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" as well as connections to XTC, Wilco, Mavis and Pops Staples, John Prine, Jeff Buckley and more.

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:45:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ You can't have a Frank Zappa connected show and not talk about religion. We feature "Catholic School Girls", "Heavenly Bank Account" and a live "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" as well as connections to XTC, Wilco, Mavis and Pops Staples, John Prine, Jeff Buckley and more.

]]> The Book of Frank Kent Koren 01:59:59 You can't have a Frank Zappa connected show and not talk about religion. We feature "Catholic School Girls", "Heavenly Bank Account" and a live "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" as well as connections to XTC, Wilco, Mavis and Pops Staples, John Prine, Jeff Buckley and more. You can't have a Frank Zappa connected show and not talk about religion. We feature "Catholic School Girls", "Heavenly Bank Account" and a live "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" as well as connections to XTC, Wilco, Mavis and Pops Staples, John Prine, Jeff Buckley and more. false full 149 8208b21c-65d4-11ed-a580-a3e9987a738d Soldiers in Song Wed, 16 Nov 2022 17:49:13 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Soldiers in Song Kent Koren 01:59:51 false full 148 68bb89bc-5dda-11ed-9393-6f7fdaaffd01 The Blues are the Roots Willie Dixon said "the blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits". It all comes back to the blues, FZ can attest to that. We played his favorites like Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and then branched out to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Sunny Landreth and more.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2022 13:53:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Willie Dixon said "the blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits". It all comes back to the blues, FZ can attest to that. We played his favorites like Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and then branched out to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Sunny Landreth and more.

]]> The Blues are the Roots Kent Koren 01:57:25 Willie Dixon said "the blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits". It all comes back to the blues, FZ can attest to that. We played his favorites like Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and then branched out to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Sunny Landreth and more. Willie Dixon said "the blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits". It all comes back to the blues, FZ can attest to that. We played his favorites like Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and then branched out to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Sunny Landreth and more. false full 147 1875f464-57be-11ed-93cf-73e0dc10c251 Monster Rock Sat, 29 Oct 2022 19:15:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Monster Rock Kent Koren 01:58:57 false full 181 c054d5c8-549f-11ed-8fc0-c3d3edbe6c0a Bring Out Your Dead Part one of Zappoween starts here with some tribute to Halloween favorites in cinema and connected tracks form Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Spooky Tooth, Cactus, ELP and more.

]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:01:09 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Part one of Zappoween starts here with some tribute to Halloween favorites in cinema and connected tracks form Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Spooky Tooth, Cactus, ELP and more.

]]> Bring Out Your Dead Kent Koren 01:58:58 Part one of Zappoween starts here with some tribute to Halloween favorites in cinema and connected tracks form Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Spooky Tooth, Cactus, ELP and more. Part one of Zappoween starts here with some tribute to Halloween favorites in cinema and connected tracks form Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Spooky Tooth, Cactus, ELP and more. false full 145 49783cf6-53af-11ed-a839-17b4e5ea4e15 Stairway to Zappa Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:19:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Stairway to Zappa Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 144 0ec9c5f4-47c8-11ed-839f-f77e485675c0 Strawberry Frank Forever John Lennon would have been 82 on October 9th. We talk about the various connections between Lennon and Zappa as well as play some rare Beatles covers by the likes of Rare Earth, Jimmy Herring, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia and more.

]]> Sun, 9 Oct 2022 11:46:53 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ John Lennon would have been 82 on October 9th. We talk about the various connections between Lennon and Zappa as well as play some rare Beatles covers by the likes of Rare Earth, Jimmy Herring, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia and more.

]]> Strawberry Frank Forever Kent Koren 01:58:59 John Lennon would have been 82 on October 9th. We talk about the various connections between Lennon and Zappa as well as play some rare Beatles covers by the likes of Rare Earth, Jimmy Herring, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia and more. John Lennon would have been 82 on October 9th. We talk about the various connections between Lennon and Zappa as well as play some rare Beatles covers by the likes of Rare Earth, Jimmy Herring, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia and more. false full 143 7a6ef37a-4254-11ed-8d36-ff0cf41b48cd Moonage Frank Dream Mon, 3 Oct 2022 16:49:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Moonage Frank Dream Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 142 e97eef32-3434-11ed-bd8a-239986c505b6 The Gibson SG Show In honor of Dweezil Zappa's birthday and his Gibson SG, as well as Frank and so many other legends, we played 2 hours of unearthly guitar playing from the likes of Tony Iommi, Derek Truck, Jerry Garcia, Dicky Betts, Eric Clapton and of course DZ and FZ.

]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:55:22 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of Dweezil Zappa's birthday and his Gibson SG, as well as Frank and so many other legends, we played 2 hours of unearthly guitar playing from the likes of Tony Iommi, Derek Truck, Jerry Garcia, Dicky Betts, Eric Clapton and of course DZ and FZ.

]]> The Gibson SG Show Kent Koren 01:59:00 In honor of Dweezil Zappa's birthday and his Gibson SG, as well as Frank and so many other legends, we played 2 hours of unearthly guitar playing from the likes of Tony Iommi, Derek Truck, Jerry Garcia, Dicky Betts, Eric Clapton and of course DZ and FZ. In honor of Dweezil Zappa's birthday and his Gibson SG, as well as Frank and so many other legends, we played 2 hours of unearthly guitar playing from the likes of Tony Iommi, Derek Truck, Jerry Garcia, Dicky Betts, Eric Clapton and of course DZ and FZ. false full 176 6037bede-303d-11ed-89a7-e3e128d1d1f1 Blow That Sax In honor of Wayne Shorter turning 89 and still performing in small clubs, along with Sax legends Frank has played with, we rolled out some tracks from Weather Report along with solos from Michael Brecker on tracks from Lennon, Elton and more.

]]> Fri, 9 Sep 2022 12:46:22 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of Wayne Shorter turning 89 and still performing in small clubs, along with Sax legends Frank has played with, we rolled out some tracks from Weather Report along with solos from Michael Brecker on tracks from Lennon, Elton and more.

]]> Blow That Sax Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of Wayne Shorter turning 89 and still performing in small clubs, along with Sax legends Frank has played with, we rolled out some tracks from Weather Report along with solos from Michael Brecker on tracks from Lennon, Elton and more. In honor of Wayne Shorter turning 89 and still performing in small clubs, along with Sax legends Frank has played with, we rolled out some tracks from Weather Report along with solos from Michael Brecker on tracks from Lennon, Elton and more. false full 140 e9a303fe-2714-11ed-82eb-1b781425df8d A Friend of Fwank There's nothing like discovering music collectively. My best buddy Frank Sessa, rolled through town to talk about our influences that led us to our current taste and even life philosophies with connected work from Pete Townshend, The Doors, Billy Thorpe, Phish and more.

]]> Sun, 28 Aug 2022 21:03:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ There's nothing like discovering music collectively. My best buddy Frank Sessa, rolled through town to talk about our influences that led us to our current taste and even life philosophies with connected work from Pete Townshend, The Doors, Billy Thorpe, Phish and more.

]]> A Friend of Fwank Kent Koren 01:58:59 There's nothing like discovering music collectively. My best buddy Frank Sessa, rolled through town to talk about our influences that led us to our current taste and even life philosophies with connected work from Pete Townshend, The Doors, Billy Thorpe, Phish and more. There's nothing like discovering music collectively. My best buddy Frank Sessa, rolled through town to talk about our influences that led us to our current taste and even life philosophies with connected work from Pete Townshend, The Doors, Billy Thorpe, Phish and more. false full 139 eeefec66-20b9-11ed-9200-7399d0f5a22f Dance This Frank Around Let's be Dancin' Fools and Disco Boys! Listen to these live extended versions of "dance" titled Zappa songs and the like, from bands like The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Sly & the Family Stones and many more.

]]> Sat, 20 Aug 2022 18:58:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Let's be Dancin' Fools and Disco Boys! Listen to these live extended versions of "dance" titled Zappa songs and the like, from bands like The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Sly & the Family Stones and many more.

]]> Dance This Frank Around Kent Koren 01:58:59 Let's be Dancin' Fools and Disco Boys! Listen to these live extended versions of "dance" titled Zappa songs and the like, from bands like The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Sly & the Family Stones and many more. Let's be Dancin' Fools and Disco Boys! Listen to these live extended versions of "dance" titled Zappa songs and the like, from bands like The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Sly & the Family Stones and many more. false full 138 2c22d3c2-20a2-11ed-b1b6-7f2f6d90be4c Medleys and Segues Sat, 20 Aug 2022 16:08:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Medleys and Segues Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 137 9112ded0-06da-11ed-b9f9-e71dcd537a99 Funkin' In 74 Mon, 18 Jul 2022 20:46:06 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Funkin' In 74 Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 136 83ad632a-020a-11ed-a86f-0705901e5173 Rhyme Time In honor of FZ's Waka Jawaka turning 50, we played connected tracks with rhyming titles, like Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Brecker Brothers, Donovan, Ozric Tentacles and more.

]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:46:20 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of FZ's Waka Jawaka turning 50, we played connected tracks with rhyming titles, like Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Brecker Brothers, Donovan, Ozric Tentacles and more.

]]> Rhyme Time Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of FZ's Waka Jawaka turning 50, we played connected tracks with rhyming titles, like Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Brecker Brothers, Donovan, Ozric Tentacles and more. In honor of FZ's Waka Jawaka turning 50, we played connected tracks with rhyming titles, like Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Brecker Brothers, Donovan, Ozric Tentacles and more. false full 135 1ca1f20e-f639-11ec-a011-8781860ace7a RESIST Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:49:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ RESIST Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 134 1725157a-f636-11ec-8ded-a346cf01f142 Frank's Foot Emporium Frank Zappa loved feet and footwear; so did so many other rockers including Jeff Beck, Supertramp, Tom Waits and more. Trying to bring a little levity to heavy times.

]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:20:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Frank Zappa loved feet and footwear; so did so many other rockers including Jeff Beck, Supertramp, Tom Waits and more. Trying to bring a little levity to heavy times.

]]> Frank's Foot Emporium Kent Koren 01:58:58 Frank Zappa loved feet and footwear; so did so many other rockers including Jeff Beck, Supertramp, Tom Waits and more. Trying to bring a little levity to heavy times. Frank Zappa loved feet and footwear; so did so many other rockers including Jeff Beck, Supertramp, Tom Waits and more. Trying to bring a little levity to heavy times. false full 133 cc3950fa-e0f8-11ec-a034-23640b1bfccd Freedom and Revolution We examine the concept of freedom through lyrics and the music of Bob Marley, Steve Earle and Joe Strummer..to name a few.

]]> Tue, 31 May 2022 15:46:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We examine the concept of freedom through lyrics and the music of Bob Marley, Steve Earle and Joe Strummer..to name a few.

]]> Freedom and Revolution Kent Koren 01:58:59 We examine the concept of freedom through lyrics and the music of Bob Marley, Steve Earle and Joe Strummer..to name a few. We examine the concept of freedom through lyrics and the music of Bob Marley, Steve Earle and Joe Strummer..to name a few. false full 132 210d98b2-d93c-11ec-b8c8-db2caa298c57 The Cover Files Sat, 21 May 2022 19:00:27 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Cover Files Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 131 1d84dec2-d6c0-11ec-b7b9-af1e1122dc7c The Mental Health Awareness Show We explored songs that deal with the struggles of Mental Health in the hopes of spreading awareness and removing the stigma of mental illness with the words of Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and U2 to name a few.

]]> Wed, 18 May 2022 15:35:25 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We explored songs that deal with the struggles of Mental Health in the hopes of spreading awareness and removing the stigma of mental illness with the words of Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and U2 to name a few.

]]> The Mental Health Awareness Show Kent Koren 01:58:59 We explored songs that deal with the struggles of Mental Health in the hopes of spreading awareness and removing the stigma of mental illness with the words of Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and U2 to name a few. We explored songs that deal with the struggles of Mental Health in the hopes of spreading awareness and removing the stigma of mental illness with the words of Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and U2 to name a few. false full 157 6f6d9944-cfb9-11ec-8150-3796e4d9b574 Happy Mother's Day, Franky Mon, 9 May 2022 16:58:23 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Happy Mother's Day, Franky Kent Koren 01:59:02 false full 129 b21c4634-cb20-11ec-98fc-efdc1c1a8ff1 Interstate Frank With the 95 year anniversary of Route 66, we took a deep dive into songs about roads, routes and highways.

]]> Tue, 3 May 2022 20:54:41 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ With the 95 year anniversary of Route 66, we took a deep dive into songs about roads, routes and highways.

]]> Interstate Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 With the 95 year anniversary of Route 66, we took a deep dive into songs about roads, routes and highways. With the 95 year anniversary of Route 66, we took a deep dive into songs about roads, routes and highways. false full 128 2f6706fe-c58d-11ec-88c9-9fa7d7e67382 Words, Frank, Words Putting the emphasis on the lyrics in this episode.

]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:17:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Putting the emphasis on the lyrics in this episode.

]]> Words, Frank, Words Kent Koren 01:58:59 Putting the emphasis on the lyrics in this episode. Putting the emphasis on the lyrics in this episode. false full 127 de4cf430-c015-11ec-aa64-879ddbfb5248 Prog The Rock Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:23:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Prog The Rock Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 126 aee88bd2-bc41-11ec-8b1d-63a81563f934 Just Say Frank Ever realize how many songs about drugs there are? Frank had a bunch that mocked its abuse, while artists like The Pretty Things and The Moody Blues sang about the psychedlia results. This show does not advocate nor oppose. It just explores the topic through song. #musicisthebest

]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2022 22:25:41 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Ever realize how many songs about drugs there are? Frank had a bunch that mocked its abuse, while artists like The Pretty Things and The Moody Blues sang about the psychedlia results. This show does not advocate nor oppose. It just explores the topic through song. #musicisthebest

]]> Just Say Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 Ever realize how many songs about drugs there are? Frank had a bunch that mocked its abuse, while artists like The Pretty Things and The Moody Blues sang about the psychedlia results. This show does not advocate nor oppose. It just explores the topic through song. #musicisthebest Ever realize how many songs about drugs there are? Frank had a bunch that mocked its abuse, while artists like The Pretty Things and The Moody Blues sang about the psychedlia results. This show does not advocate nor oppose. It just explores the topic through song. #musicisthebest false full 151 de2c9226-b43a-11ec-be4d-87f74f9af070 Grab the Sticks, Frank After the passing of Taylor Hawkins, we've decided to go all in on big time drummers. As for Zappa, we explore various versions of the Black Page as well as the world of drumming, featuring Terry, Vinnie, Chad and others like Neal Peart, Billy Cobham and Ginger Baker to name a few.

]]> Mon, 4 Apr 2022 17:20:26 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ After the passing of Taylor Hawkins, we've decided to go all in on big time drummers. As for Zappa, we explore various versions of the Black Page as well as the world of drumming, featuring Terry, Vinnie, Chad and others like Neal Peart, Billy Cobham and Ginger Baker to name a few.

]]> Grab the Sticks, Frank Kent Koren 01:58:58 After the passing of Taylor Hawkins, we've decided to go all in on big time drummers. As for Zappa, we explore various versions of the Black Page as well as the world of drumming, featuring Terry, Vinnie, Chad and others like Neal Peart, Billy Cobham and Ginger Baker to name a few. After the passing of Taylor Hawkins, we've decided to go all in on big time drummers. As for Zappa, we explore various versions of the Black Page as well as the world of drumming, featuring Terry, Vinnie, Chad and others like Neal Peart, Billy Cobham and Ginger Baker to name a few. false full 124 3870a79a-aeb4-11ec-b3a6-dfac73615408 Instrumentally, Frank We explore the instrumental and improvisational side of Zappa and FZ influenced bands. But our feature was the talented, innovative band, Movie Club who paid tribute to the Garrick Theatre performances with a residency of their own. Listen to interview here and follow at @movieclubtheband on IG.

]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:35:44 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We explore the instrumental and improvisational side of Zappa and FZ influenced bands. But our feature was the talented, innovative band, Movie Club who paid tribute to the Garrick Theatre performances with a residency of their own. Listen to interview here and follow at @movieclubtheband on IG.

]]> Instrumentally, Frank Kent Koren 01:58:57 We explore the instrumental and improvisational side of Zappa and FZ influenced bands. But our feature was the talented, innovative band, Movie Club who paid tribute to the Garrick Theatre performances with a residency of their own. Listen to interview here and follow at @movieclubtheband on IG. We explore the instrumental and improvisational side of Zappa and FZ influenced bands. But our feature was the talented, innovative band, Movie Club who paid tribute to the Garrick Theatre performances with a residency of their own. Listen to interview here and follow at @movieclubtheband on IG. false full 123 ba770946-a478-11ec-a943-fbcdf257882b Time Waits for No Frank It's daylight savings time again. So we rounded up some FZ connected tunes from the likes of Roger Waters, Joe Walsh, Govt Mule, Lukas Nelson and more.

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:58:11 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ It's daylight savings time again. So we rounded up some FZ connected tunes from the likes of Roger Waters, Joe Walsh, Govt Mule, Lukas Nelson and more.

]]> Time Waits for No Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 It's daylight savings time again. So we rounded up some FZ connected tunes from the likes of Roger Waters, Joe Walsh, Govt Mule, Lukas Nelson and more. It's daylight savings time again. So we rounded up some FZ connected tunes from the likes of Roger Waters, Joe Walsh, Govt Mule, Lukas Nelson and more. false full 122 1f515956-9f25-11ec-b704-932af58a5f44 What a Long Strange Frank: 3 Year Anniversary Show In celebration of 3 years of the MOC, we get back to the roots with great international Zappa cover artists.

]]> Wed, 9 Mar 2022 15:40:36 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In celebration of 3 years of the MOC, we get back to the roots with great international Zappa cover artists.

]]> What a Long Strange Frank: 3 Year Anniversary Show Kent Koren 01:58:59 In celebration of 3 years of the MOC, we get back to the roots with great international Zappa cover artists. In celebration of 3 years of the MOC, we get back to the roots with great international Zappa cover artists. false full 121 9b17b40c-9e23-11ec-b147-0b5a8aea6ce1 Black Music History Part 4: Hip Hop Mon, 7 Mar 2022 14:33:48 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Black Music History Part 4: Hip Hop Kent Koren 01:58:06 false full 120 f06a7e56-933f-11ec-8562-d7d570a11ed0 Black Music History Part 3: The Funk Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:58:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Black Music History Part 3: The Funk Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 119 f8ab1146-8cfc-11ec-a556-53501766397e Black Music History Part 2: Jazz Celebrating black music history by digging deep into the work of jazz legends on the Zappa Freak Out List but also the biggest names in bop and jazz funk - like Jimmy Smith, Joe Pass, Charles Mingus and Roland Kirk.

]]> Sun, 13 Feb 2022 18:44:37 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Celebrating black music history by digging deep into the work of jazz legends on the Zappa Freak Out List but also the biggest names in bop and jazz funk - like Jimmy Smith, Joe Pass, Charles Mingus and Roland Kirk.

]]> Black Music History Part 2: Jazz Kent Koren 01:58:59 Celebrating black music history by digging deep into the work of jazz legends on the Zappa Freak Out List but also the biggest names in bop and jazz funk - like Jimmy Smith, Joe Pass, Charles Mingus and Roland Kirk. Celebrating black music history by digging deep into the work of jazz legends on the Zappa Freak Out List but also the biggest names in bop and jazz funk - like Jimmy Smith, Joe Pass, Charles Mingus and Roland Kirk. false full 118 53d96bb4-8cf6-11ec-a026-678c1fd92cec Black Music History Part 1: The Blues We celebrate black music history by shining a light on the world's greatest blues musicians including Muddy Waters, Slim Harpo, Buddy Guy and more, all influences on the music of Mr. Frank Zappa.

]]> Sun, 13 Feb 2022 17:56:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We celebrate black music history by shining a light on the world's greatest blues musicians including Muddy Waters, Slim Harpo, Buddy Guy and more, all influences on the music of Mr. Frank Zappa.

]]> Black Music History Part 1: The Blues Kent Koren 01:58:59 We celebrate black music history by shining a light on the world's greatest blues musicians including Muddy Waters, Slim Harpo, Buddy Guy and more, all influences on the music of Mr. Frank Zappa. We celebrate black music history by shining a light on the world's greatest blues musicians including Muddy Waters, Slim Harpo, Buddy Guy and more, all influences on the music of Mr. Frank Zappa. false full 140 aaea10dc-7ad8-11ec-84db-3361c23fc370 Frank by Numbers Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:37:09 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Frank by Numbers Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 138 29c08506-6d70-11ec-b508-a32023e16285 New Year Same Frank Tue, 4 Jan 2022 15:08:33 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ New Year Same Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 115 3610a168-61a1-11ec-95b8-d3a96eb90bb0 Make A Wish, Frank "Zappadan", the time between Frank's death on December 4th to the day of his birth December 21st. We celebrated his birthday with some choice tracks and covers from Italy, Spain, Denmark, Finland and more.

]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 15:04:55 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ "Zappadan", the time between Frank's death on December 4th to the day of his birth December 21st. We celebrated his birthday with some choice tracks and covers from Italy, Spain, Denmark, Finland and more.

]]> Make A Wish, Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 "Zappadan", the time between Frank's death on December 4th to the day of his birth December 21st. We celebrated his birthday with some choice tracks and covers from Italy, Spain, Denmark, Finland and more. "Zappadan", the time between Frank's death on December 4th to the day of his birth December 21st. We celebrated his birthday with some choice tracks and covers from Italy, Spain, Denmark, Finland and more. false full 114 7d8c35e6-5c3f-11ec-ad61-73ca2494cbf0 Bundle Up, Frank Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:58:13 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Bundle Up, Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 113 75a511b8-56c7-11ec-a4bd-13bd2d6b87e2 Frank and Latkes In honor of Chanukah, we jammed some Jewish rockers connected to Zappa like Flo & Eddie, Mountain, Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Jane's Addiction and more.

]]> Mon, 6 Dec 2021 19:02:07 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of Chanukah, we jammed some Jewish rockers connected to Zappa like Flo & Eddie, Mountain, Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Jane's Addiction and more.

]]> Frank and Latkes Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of Chanukah, we jammed some Jewish rockers connected to Zappa like Flo & Eddie, Mountain, Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Jane's Addiction and more. In honor of Chanukah, we jammed some Jewish rockers connected to Zappa like Flo & Eddie, Mountain, Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Jane's Addiction and more. false full 112 d5f5f630-4bdd-11ec-92c2-fb65ed57ac43 What is time? Mon, 22 Nov 2021 21:07:20 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ What is time? Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 111 e1380990-35b0-11ec-b093-4b2b758d3030 Trick or Frank We played some tracks from all of the Halloween Zappa shows and some tracks that features themes of tricks and treats from Warren Zevon, The Velvet Underground, Otis Redding, and more.

]]> Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:04:50 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We played some tracks from all of the Halloween Zappa shows and some tracks that features themes of tricks and treats from Warren Zevon, The Velvet Underground, Otis Redding, and more.

]]> Trick or Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 We played some tracks from all of the Halloween Zappa shows and some tracks that features themes of tricks and treats from Warren Zevon, The Velvet Underground, Otis Redding, and more. We played some tracks from all of the Halloween Zappa shows and some tracks that features themes of tricks and treats from Warren Zevon, The Velvet Underground, Otis Redding, and more. false full 126 b35d4d2c-311a-11ec-8878-7fe70fa2298d Bands on Film In honor of the 50th anniversary of 200 Motels and release of some new music from said film, we explored movies about bands starring The Band, Spinal Tap, Jeff Tweedy, Slade and many more.

]]> Tue, 19 Oct 2021 21:10:58 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the 50th anniversary of 200 Motels and release of some new music from said film, we explored movies about bands starring The Band, Spinal Tap, Jeff Tweedy, Slade and many more.

]]> Bands on Film Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of the 50th anniversary of 200 Motels and release of some new music from said film, we explored movies about bands starring The Band, Spinal Tap, Jeff Tweedy, Slade and many more. In honor of the 50th anniversary of 200 Motels and release of some new music from said film, we explored movies about bands starring The Band, Spinal Tap, Jeff Tweedy, Slade and many more. false full 109 1544df68-1fbf-11ec-be7e-b7fa97632740 The Year Was 1981... In honor of the 40 year anniversary, 1981's "You Are What You Is" by Frank Zappa, we explored the genres of new wave, post punk and classic rock in the year that was. The show features the work of X, Devo, The English Beat, The Cure, Brian Eno and more.

]]> Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:48:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the 40 year anniversary, 1981's "You Are What You Is" by Frank Zappa, we explored the genres of new wave, post punk and classic rock in the year that was. The show features the work of X, Devo, The English Beat, The Cure, Brian Eno and more.

]]> The Year Was 1981... Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of the 40 year anniversary, 1981's "You Are What You Is" by Frank Zappa, we explored the genres of new wave, post punk and classic rock in the year that was. The show features the work of X, Devo, The English Beat, The Cure, Brian Eno and more. In honor of the 40 year anniversary, 1981's "You Are What You Is" by Frank Zappa, we explored the genres of new wave, post punk and classic rock in the year that was. The show features the work of X, Devo, The English Beat, The Cure, Brian Eno and more. false full 121 e6b115ca-1aed-11ec-9f46-9bab1f770a99 Hispanic Music and Heritage The MOC recognizes the musical contributions of Hispanic musicians who have helped shape culture such as Cal Tjader, Charlie Palmieri, Paco de Lucia. Los Lobos and more.

]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:12:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The MOC recognizes the musical contributions of Hispanic musicians who have helped shape culture such as Cal Tjader, Charlie Palmieri, Paco de Lucia. Los Lobos and more.

]]> Hispanic Music and Heritage Kent Koren 01:58:59 The MOC recognizes the musical contributions of Hispanic musicians who have helped shape culture such as Cal Tjader, Charlie Palmieri, Paco de Lucia. Los Lobos and more. The MOC recognizes the musical contributions of Hispanic musicians who have helped shape culture such as Cal Tjader, Charlie Palmieri, Paco de Lucia. Los Lobos and more. false full 107 f26d0948-14bf-11ec-873a-a3951f644fde Stuck to Seat 38 In honor of legendary Zappa groupie, musician and writer, Pamela Des Barres, who inspired the character Penny Lane in "Almost Famous", the show theme focused on songs around groupies or "Road Ladies". We featured groupie songs by Wings, Dr. Hook, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and more. Don't miss our 9/11 reflection by Bruce Springsteen.

]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2021 18:02:22 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of legendary Zappa groupie, musician and writer, Pamela Des Barres, who inspired the character Penny Lane in "Almost Famous", the show theme focused on songs around groupies or "Road Ladies". We featured groupie songs by Wings, Dr. Hook, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and more. Don't miss our 9/11 reflection by Bruce Springsteen.

]]> Stuck to Seat 38 Kent Koren 01:58:52 In honor of legendary Zappa groupie, musician and writer, Pamela Des Barres, who inspired the character Penny Lane in "Almost Famous", the show theme focused on songs around groupies or "Road Ladies". We featured groupie songs by Wings, Dr. Hook, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and more. Don't miss our 9/11 reflection by Bruce Springsteen. In honor of legendary Zappa groupie, musician and writer, Pamela Des Barres, who inspired the character Penny Lane in "Almost Famous", the show theme focused on songs around groupies or "Road Ladies". We featured groupie songs by Wings, Dr. Hook, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and more. Don't miss our 9/11 reflection by Bruce Springsteen. false full 106 5893a9bc-1262-11ec-864f-b3959d4116c7 Frank Goes Abroad Some of the greatest Zappa tribute bands are in Europe. So we paid homage to bands like Cabaellero Reynaldo, Bohuslan Big Band, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble and more.

]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:10:21 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Some of the greatest Zappa tribute bands are in Europe. So we paid homage to bands like Cabaellero Reynaldo, Bohuslan Big Band, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble and more.

]]> Frank Goes Abroad Kent Koren 01:47:14 Some of the greatest Zappa tribute bands are in Europe. So we paid homage to bands like Cabaellero Reynaldo, Bohuslan Big Band, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble and more. Some of the greatest Zappa tribute bands are in Europe. So we paid homage to bands like Cabaellero Reynaldo, Bohuslan Big Band, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble and more. false full 105 042500ca-0681-11ec-af77-474710b060b9 Frank's Piano Show Piano found it's way into some Zappa classics. On this episode, we explore the role of piano in rock music with the work of Genesis, Leon Russel, Elton John, Renaissance and more.

]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:14:58 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Piano found it's way into some Zappa classics. On this episode, we explore the role of piano in rock music with the work of Genesis, Leon Russel, Elton John, Renaissance and more.

]]> Frank's Piano Show Kent Koren 01:58:59 Piano found it's way into some Zappa classics. On this episode, we explore the role of piano in rock music with the work of Genesis, Leon Russel, Elton John, Renaissance and more. Piano found it's way into some Zappa classics. On this episode, we explore the role of piano in rock music with the work of Genesis, Leon Russel, Elton John, Renaissance and more. false full 104 d38e70cc-0365-11ec-9d43-87f7d3e9908a Oh No, Another Cover Sun, 22 Aug 2021 16:27:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Oh No, Another Cover Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 103 c7aab74c-fb9b-11eb-87bc-27aa446a9ad8 Sci Fi Franky Fri, 13 Aug 2021 04:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Sci Fi Franky Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 102 872d6c82-fad8-11eb-8b24-7359e523a29b Frank LIVE! In honor of the return of live music, we'll dig into Frank's live releases as well as a tribute to Dusty Hill and ZZ Top. We've got some live connected tracks from Grand Funk Railroad, Humble Pie The Who, Grateful Dead and more.

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2021 20:12:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the return of live music, we'll dig into Frank's live releases as well as a tribute to Dusty Hill and ZZ Top. We've got some live connected tracks from Grand Funk Railroad, Humble Pie The Who, Grateful Dead and more.

]]> Frank LIVE! Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of the return of live music, we'll dig into Frank's live releases as well as a tribute to Dusty Hill and ZZ Top. We've got some live connected tracks from Grand Funk Railroad, Humble Pie The Who, Grateful Dead and more. In honor of the return of live music, we'll dig into Frank's live releases as well as a tribute to Dusty Hill and ZZ Top. We've got some live connected tracks from Grand Funk Railroad, Humble Pie The Who, Grateful Dead and more. false full 113 ec96ac0a-eee9-11eb-be82-432bf3e87e2b While We're Young, Frank Frank Zappa wasn't exactly a Young Sophisticate. Or was he? Either way we played some songs that explore childhood and teenage years through the eyes of Zappa with tracks in that theme from Alice Cooper, The Who, MC5 and Bruce Springsteen

]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:50:08 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Frank Zappa wasn't exactly a Young Sophisticate. Or was he? Either way we played some songs that explore childhood and teenage years through the eyes of Zappa with tracks in that theme from Alice Cooper, The Who, MC5 and Bruce Springsteen

]]> While We're Young, Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 Frank Zappa wasn't exactly a Young Sophisticate. Or was he? Either way we played some songs that explore childhood and teenage years through the eyes of Zappa with tracks in that theme from Alice Cooper, The Who, MC5 and Bruce Springsteen Frank Zappa wasn't exactly a Young Sophisticate. Or was he? Either way we played some songs that explore childhood and teenage years through the eyes of Zappa with tracks in that theme from Alice Cooper, The Who, MC5 and Bruce Springsteen false full 112 d30d385a-dd94-11eb-8c7e-fb75fc86002f Black Napkins, Yellow Snow and a Pound of Brown In honor of "Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show", we played songs with colors in the title and songs connected to Frank from the likes of Weather Report, Les Claypool, Warren Haynes, The Who and more.

]]> Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:28:06 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of "Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show", we played songs with colors in the title and songs connected to Frank from the likes of Weather Report, Les Claypool, Warren Haynes, The Who and more.

]]> Black Napkins, Yellow Snow and a Pound of Brown Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of "Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show", we played songs with colors in the title and songs connected to Frank from the likes of Weather Report, Les Claypool, Warren Haynes, The Who and more. In honor of "Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show", we played songs with colors in the title and songs connected to Frank from the likes of Weather Report, Les Claypool, Warren Haynes, The Who and more. false full 108 3dfe22d4-d2d5-11eb-be6e-db30730d68f2 Andy Sofa and the Modified Incan Pogen People from San Ber'dino The pivotal "One Size Fits All" turns 46 on June 25th. We played the exact lineup but not by Frank but tribute artists from Italy, Spain, Finland and more. Tune it for our show of all sizes with connections to Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Alice Cooper, Dweezil and more.

]]> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 21:15:43 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The pivotal "One Size Fits All" turns 46 on June 25th. We played the exact lineup but not by Frank but tribute artists from Italy, Spain, Finland and more. Tune it for our show of all sizes with connections to Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Alice Cooper, Dweezil and more.

]]> Andy Sofa and the Modified Incan Pogen People from San Ber'dino Kent Koren 01:58:59 The pivotal "One Size Fits All" turns 46 on June 25th. We played the exact lineup but not by Frank but tribute artists from Italy, Spain, Finland and more. Tune it for our show of all sizes with connections to Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Alice Cooper, Dweezil and more. The pivotal "One Size Fits All" turns 46 on June 25th. We played the exact lineup but not by Frank but tribute artists from Italy, Spain, Finland and more. Tune it for our show of all sizes with connections to Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Alice Cooper, Dweezil and more. false full 98 424d0068-c870-11eb-b7ee-d3b88d76ef2d My Brother's Record Bin My older brother left a bin of records at the age of 12, catapulting me into the world of deep cuts and prog rock with the likes of Joe Walsh, The Tubes, Spirit, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and way more. Paying homage to the guy that opened my eyes to the greatest musicians in the world.

]]> Wed, 9 Jun 2021 10:46:29 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ My older brother left a bin of records at the age of 12, catapulting me into the world of deep cuts and prog rock with the likes of Joe Walsh, The Tubes, Spirit, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and way more. Paying homage to the guy that opened my eyes to the greatest musicians in the world.

]]> My Brother's Record Bin Kent Koren 01:58:59 My older brother left a bin of records at the age of 12, catapulting me into the world of deep cuts and prog rock with the likes of Joe Walsh, The Tubes, Spirit, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and way more. Paying homage to the guy that opened my eyes to the greatest musicians in the world. My older brother left a bin of records at the age of 12, catapulting me into the world of deep cuts and prog rock with the likes of Joe Walsh, The Tubes, Spirit, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and way more. Paying homage to the guy that opened my eyes to the greatest musicians in the world. false full 107 2b758164-c77e-11eb-91ff-f72694dda76b Frank in Wonderland We celebrated the birthdays of Ruth Underwood and Max Bennett with some cuts of off of Studio Tan and more. Then we used songs like "RDNZL" and "Muffin Man" to inspire a theme with songs based off children's literature featuring the works of Chick Corea, Vinca Guaraldi, Genesis and Rush.

]]> Mon, 7 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We celebrated the birthdays of Ruth Underwood and Max Bennett with some cuts of off of Studio Tan and more. Then we used songs like "RDNZL" and "Muffin Man" to inspire a theme with songs based off children's literature featuring the works of Chick Corea, Vinca Guaraldi, Genesis and Rush.

]]> Frank in Wonderland Kent Koren 01:58:59 We celebrated the birthdays of Ruth Underwood and Max Bennett with some cuts of off of Studio Tan and more. Then we used songs like "RDNZL" and "Muffin Man" to inspire a theme with songs based off children's literature featuring the works of Chick Corea, Vinca Guaraldi, Genesis and Rush. We celebrated the birthdays of Ruth Underwood and Max Bennett with some cuts of off of Studio Tan and more. Then we used songs like "RDNZL" and "Muffin Man" to inspire a theme with songs based off children's literature featuring the works of Chick Corea, Vinca Guaraldi, Genesis and Rush. false full 106 440df3d4-bcb4-11eb-997c-b3a8b6c8d7ef The Mothers of Bob The Mothers of Connection paid tribute to Bob Dylan on his 80th birthday with Adrian Belew doing his best impression in "Flakes" and by playing connected covers by Bryan Ferry, The Derek Trucks Band, Nina Simone and many more.

]]> Mon, 24 May 2021 17:21:31 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The Mothers of Connection paid tribute to Bob Dylan on his 80th birthday with Adrian Belew doing his best impression in "Flakes" and by playing connected covers by Bryan Ferry, The Derek Trucks Band, Nina Simone and many more.

]]> The Mothers of Bob Kent Koren 01:59:22 The Mothers of Connection paid tribute to Bob Dylan on his 80th birthday with Adrian Belew doing his best impression in "Flakes" and by playing connected covers by Bryan Ferry, The Derek Trucks Band, Nina Simone and many more. The Mothers of Connection paid tribute to Bob Dylan on his 80th birthday with Adrian Belew doing his best impression in "Flakes" and by playing connected covers by Bryan Ferry, The Derek Trucks Band, Nina Simone and many more. false full 105 03cc0a32-b7d1-11eb-a70c-db38c3d3cbbb Frank On The News Zappa was fascinated by TV news and the influence of media on the masses, exhibited in songs like "I'm the Slime" and "Trouble Every Day". We played those and other connected tracks by Joe Jackson, Nick Cave, The Police and more.

]]> Tue, 18 May 2021 12:03:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Zappa was fascinated by TV news and the influence of media on the masses, exhibited in songs like "I'm the Slime" and "Trouble Every Day". We played those and other connected tracks by Joe Jackson, Nick Cave, The Police and more.

]]> Frank On The News Kent Koren 01:58:59 Zappa was fascinated by TV news and the influence of media on the masses, exhibited in songs like "I'm the Slime" and "Trouble Every Day". We played those and other connected tracks by Joe Jackson, Nick Cave, The Police and more. Zappa was fascinated by TV news and the influence of media on the masses, exhibited in songs like "I'm the Slime" and "Trouble Every Day". We played those and other connected tracks by Joe Jackson, Nick Cave, The Police and more. false full 104 966f64b8-a6d0-11eb-abe2-0f57dc5ba187 Frank's Guitar Tribute In honor of the album that features 32 guitar solos served a la carte, simply titled "Guitar" and International Guitar Month, we played some of the greatest shredders of all time like Jeff Beck, Steve Vai and Prince and lesser known like Buckethead, Oz Noy, Shawn Lane and Allen Holdsworth.

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2021 20:47:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the album that features 32 guitar solos served a la carte, simply titled "Guitar" and International Guitar Month, we played some of the greatest shredders of all time like Jeff Beck, Steve Vai and Prince and lesser known like Buckethead, Oz Noy, Shawn Lane and Allen Holdsworth.

]]> Frank's Guitar Tribute Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of the album that features 32 guitar solos served a la carte, simply titled "Guitar" and International Guitar Month, we played some of the greatest shredders of all time like Jeff Beck, Steve Vai and Prince and lesser known like Buckethead, Oz Noy, Shawn Lane and Allen Holdsworth. In honor of the album that features 32 guitar solos served a la carte, simply titled "Guitar" and International Guitar Month, we played some of the greatest shredders of all time like Jeff Beck, Steve Vai and Prince and lesser known like Buckethead, Oz Noy, Shawn Lane and Allen Holdsworth. false full 93 be43a1ea-a11f-11eb-8650-33efcfac7824 Frank The Planet To commemorate Earth Day and to spread awareness of the work ahead in order to save our planet, we played some environmentally themed Frank Zappa as well music from the Talking Heads, Devo, Joe Walsh, Kansas, Adrian Belew and more. Show #102

]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:59:03 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ To commemorate Earth Day and to spread awareness of the work ahead in order to save our planet, we played some environmentally themed Frank Zappa as well music from the Talking Heads, Devo, Joe Walsh, Kansas, Adrian Belew and more. Show #102

]]> Frank The Planet Kent Koren 01:58:59 To commemorate Earth Day and to spread awareness of the work ahead in order to save our planet, we played some environmentally themed Frank Zappa as well music from the Talking Heads, Devo, Joe Walsh, Kansas, Adrian Belew and more. Show #102 To commemorate Earth Day and to spread awareness of the work ahead in order to save our planet, we played some environmentally themed Frank Zappa as well music from the Talking Heads, Devo, Joe Walsh, Kansas, Adrian Belew and more. Show #102 false full 92 0853ce80-9a19-11eb-aa59-5f62a68395af A Band of Franks In honor of the album, "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life", we played a series of songs that revolve around being in a band including music from The Band, Gentle Giant, Queen and more.

]]> Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:23:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the album, "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life", we played a series of songs that revolve around being in a band including music from The Band, Gentle Giant, Queen and more.

]]> A Band of Franks Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of the album, "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life", we played a series of songs that revolve around being in a band including music from The Band, Gentle Giant, Queen and more. In honor of the album, "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life", we played a series of songs that revolve around being in a band including music from The Band, Gentle Giant, Queen and more. false full 91 816a347a-95a1-11eb-901d-6b6d40ca0f25 The 100th Show We count down two years of shows and all the tunes, themes and discussions ranging from fans of the show to tribute artists and Zappa alumn.

]]> Sun, 4 Apr 2021 23:57:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We count down two years of shows and all the tunes, themes and discussions ranging from fans of the show to tribute artists and Zappa alumn.

]]> The 100th Show Kent Koren 01:54:56 We count down two years of shows and all the tunes, themes and discussions ranging from fans of the show to tribute artists and Zappa alumn. We count down two years of shows and all the tunes, themes and discussions ranging from fans of the show to tribute artists and Zappa alumn. false full 100 b2df23f2-8a3f-11eb-8f74-9be5422f9120 Frank IS Fusion If you love Jazz Fusion, prepare to get your ear drums filled with electric violin, funky bass, nutty guitar scales and a whole lot of changes in tempo from the likes of Frank Zappa's "Big Swifty" and "RDNZL" in addition to Zappa alumni like Chad Wackerman, George Duke , Sal Marquez, Arthur Barrow and more.

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2021 12:11:45 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ If you love Jazz Fusion, prepare to get your ear drums filled with electric violin, funky bass, nutty guitar scales and a whole lot of changes in tempo from the likes of Frank Zappa's "Big Swifty" and "RDNZL" in addition to Zappa alumni like Chad Wackerman, George Duke , Sal Marquez, Arthur Barrow and more.

]]> Frank IS Fusion Kent Koren 01:58:58 If you love Jazz Fusion, prepare to get your ear drums filled with electric violin, funky bass, nutty guitar scales and a whole lot of changes in tempo from the likes of Frank Zappa's "Big Swifty" and "RDNZL" in addition to Zappa alumni like Chad Wackerman, George Duke , Sal Marquez, Arthur Barrow and more. If you love Jazz Fusion, prepare to get your ear drums filled with electric violin, funky bass, nutty guitar scales and a whole lot of changes in tempo from the likes of Frank Zappa's "Big Swifty" and "RDNZL" in addition to Zappa alumni like Chad Wackerman, George Duke , Sal Marquez, Arthur Barrow and more. false full 99 9ac95d0e-8676-11eb-b223-bbe15938ddff Women Who Rock Frank Ruth Underwood, Lady Bianca and Dale Bozzio are some of the women who performed with Frank Zappa. We paid tribute to them and other legendary women in music history like Etta James, Aretha Franklin, TIna Turner, Susan Tedeschi to name a few.

]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:42:40 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Ruth Underwood, Lady Bianca and Dale Bozzio are some of the women who performed with Frank Zappa. We paid tribute to them and other legendary women in music history like Etta James, Aretha Franklin, TIna Turner, Susan Tedeschi to name a few.

]]> Women Who Rock Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 Ruth Underwood, Lady Bianca and Dale Bozzio are some of the women who performed with Frank Zappa. We paid tribute to them and other legendary women in music history like Etta James, Aretha Franklin, TIna Turner, Susan Tedeschi to name a few. Ruth Underwood, Lady Bianca and Dale Bozzio are some of the women who performed with Frank Zappa. We paid tribute to them and other legendary women in music history like Etta James, Aretha Franklin, TIna Turner, Susan Tedeschi to name a few. false full 88 63caa97c-7ef4-11eb-9b05-5b77af63b076 Freak Me Out, Frank

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]]> Freak Me Out, Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 false full 87 f5bdb4be-73be-11eb-a15c-b366886730fc Black Music History Frank Zappa was inspired by black blues, rhythm and blues and doo wop music. We travel back in time to the early blues days of Robert Johnson and Big Mama Thornton to Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Charles Mingus. In the second hour we cover reggae, hip hop and gospel with A Tribe Called Quest and Funkadelic.

]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:02:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Frank Zappa was inspired by black blues, rhythm and blues and doo wop music. We travel back in time to the early blues days of Robert Johnson and Big Mama Thornton to Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Charles Mingus. In the second hour we cover reggae, hip hop and gospel with A Tribe Called Quest and Funkadelic.

]]> Black Music History Kent Koren 01:58:56 Frank Zappa was inspired by black blues, rhythm and blues and doo wop music. We travel back in time to the early blues days of Robert Johnson and Big Mama Thornton to Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Charles Mingus. In the second hour we cover reggae, hip hop and gospel with A Tribe Called Quest and Funkadelic. Frank Zappa was inspired by black blues, rhythm and blues and doo wop music. We travel back in time to the early blues days of Robert Johnson and Big Mama Thornton to Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Charles Mingus. In the second hour we cover reggae, hip hop and gospel with A Tribe Called Quest and Funkadelic. false full 95 c03107ee-6a48-11eb-93d9-9b6d32aa1b88 The Little House Frank Used To Live In In honor of the 50th anniversary of "Burnt Weenie Sandwich" we focused on one epic track off of it - "The Little House I Used to Live In" and let that inspire our theme of "House and Home" with tracks from birthday boy, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chicago, Bruce Hornsby and Prince to name a few.

]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2021 00:47:22 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the 50th anniversary of "Burnt Weenie Sandwich" we focused on one epic track off of it - "The Little House I Used to Live In" and let that inspire our theme of "House and Home" with tracks from birthday boy, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chicago, Bruce Hornsby and Prince to name a few.

]]> The Little House Frank Used To Live In Kent Koren 01:58:59 In honor of the 50th anniversary of "Burnt Weenie Sandwich" we focused on one epic track off of it - "The Little House I Used to Live In" and let that inspire our theme of "House and Home" with tracks from birthday boy, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chicago, Bruce Hornsby and Prince to name a few. In honor of the 50th anniversary of "Burnt Weenie Sandwich" we focused on one epic track off of it - "The Little House I Used to Live In" and let that inspire our theme of "House and Home" with tracks from birthday boy, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chicago, Bruce Hornsby and Prince to name a few. false full 85 2407a850-54b3-11eb-9b3b-338fec6385ea Frank N Bowies We explore Frank's songs about heaven and hell as well as "Titties and Beer." We also pay homage to Mr. Bowie, Mr. Page and Mr. Krieger on their birthdays.

]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2021 08:53:58 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We explore Frank's songs about heaven and hell as well as "Titties and Beer." We also pay homage to Mr. Bowie, Mr. Page and Mr. Krieger on their birthdays.

]]> Frank N Bowies Kent Koren 01:58:59 We explore Frank's songs about heaven and hell as well as "Titties and Beer." We also pay homage to Mr. Bowie, Mr. Page and Mr. Krieger on their birthdays. We explore Frank's songs about heaven and hell as well as "Titties and Beer." We also pay homage to Mr. Bowie, Mr. Page and Mr. Krieger on their birthdays. false full 84 1585df06-4d4a-11eb-be40-c7230716f599 The Yellow Snow Show We pay homage to the epic "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" suite as well as songs about the "years".

]]> Sat, 2 Jan 2021 22:31:15 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We pay homage to the epic "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" suite as well as songs about the "years".

]]> The Yellow Snow Show Kent Koren 01:58:59 We pay homage to the epic "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" suite as well as songs about the "years". We pay homage to the epic "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" suite as well as songs about the "years". false full 90 ef68acb4-4848-11eb-8209-7bdc914fed4d 2020 - Year of the Frank While 2020 was a year of hardship and tension, it was also a year of new releases for FZ fans from the new movie by Alex Winter to The Mothers 1970 box set. We looked back on some tracks I hadn't heard of until the show like "Fear Is Never Boring" by Adrian Belew and The Bears. We also heard from bands that speak to the year we had like Chuck D and Enemy Radio, Bruce Hornsby, Donald Byrd/Guru and much more. Thank you for listening all year from where ever you were!

]]> Sun, 27 Dec 2020 13:25:32 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ While 2020 was a year of hardship and tension, it was also a year of new releases for FZ fans from the new movie by Alex Winter to The Mothers 1970 box set. We looked back on some tracks I hadn't heard of until the show like "Fear Is Never Boring" by Adrian Belew and The Bears. We also heard from bands that speak to the year we had like Chuck D and Enemy Radio, Bruce Hornsby, Donald Byrd/Guru and much more. Thank you for listening all year from where ever you were!

]]> 2020 - Year of the Frank Kent Koren 01:58:59 While 2020 was a year of hardship and tension, it was also a year of new releases for FZ fans from the new movie by Alex Winter to The Mothers 1970 box set. We looked back on some tracks I hadn't heard of until the show like "Fear Is Never Boring" by Adrian Belew and The Bears. We also heard from bands that speak to the year we had like Chuck D and Enemy Radio, Bruce Hornsby, Donald Byrd/Guru and much more. Thank you for listening all year from where ever you were! While 2020 was a year of hardship and tension, it was also a year of new releases for FZ fans from the new movie by Alex Winter to The Mothers 1970 box set. We looked back on some tracks I hadn't heard of until the show like "Fear Is Never Boring" by Adrian Belew and The Bears. We also heard from bands that speak to the year we had like Chuck D and Enemy Radio, Bruce Hornsby, Donald Byrd/Guru and much more. Thank you for listening all year from where ever you were! false full 89 b4f8d91e-446f-11eb-b340-87f0e4f5d19a Frank You Very Much We celebrate Frank's birthday with covers of his work from all over the world. From the Netherlands to New York City, we played the reimagining of "Chunga's Revenge", "Wet T-Shirt Nite" and "Inca Roads" to name a few.

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:03:25 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We celebrate Frank's birthday with covers of his work from all over the world. From the Netherlands to New York City, we played the reimagining of "Chunga's Revenge", "Wet T-Shirt Nite" and "Inca Roads" to name a few.

]]> Frank You Very Much Kent Koren 01:58:59 We celebrate Frank's birthday with covers of his work from all over the world. From the Netherlands to New York City, we played the reimagining of "Chunga's Revenge", "Wet T-Shirt Nite" and "Inca Roads" to name a few. We celebrate Frank's birthday with covers of his work from all over the world. From the Netherlands to New York City, we played the reimagining of "Chunga's Revenge", "Wet T-Shirt Nite" and "Inca Roads" to name a few. false full 88 ec16db4c-4039-11eb-abda-878eac89e3e1 The Rockin' Teenage Combo Andre "Mandre" Lewis, Warren Cuccurullo and Chester Thompson all get a proper birthday salute with connected tracks from Genesis, Billy Cobham and Bob Weir.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2020 07:28:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Andre "Mandre" Lewis, Warren Cuccurullo and Chester Thompson all get a proper birthday salute with connected tracks from Genesis, Billy Cobham and Bob Weir.

]]> The Rockin' Teenage Combo Kent Koren 01:58:43 Andre "Mandre" Lewis, Warren Cuccurullo and Chester Thompson all get a proper birthday salute with connected tracks from Genesis, Billy Cobham and Bob Weir. Andre "Mandre" Lewis, Warren Cuccurullo and Chester Thompson all get a proper birthday salute with connected tracks from Genesis, Billy Cobham and Bob Weir. false full 87 047dd662-3df2-11eb-8aba-9f634e810529 Frank in the 50's In addition to some thoughts on the new movie by director Alex Winter, "Zappa", we go back to Franks very first influence: Doowop and R&B

]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:50:13 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In addition to some thoughts on the new movie by director Alex Winter, "Zappa", we go back to Franks very first influence: Doowop and R&B

]]> Frank in the 50's Kent Koren 01:58:59 In addition to some thoughts on the new movie by director Alex Winter, "Zappa", we go back to Franks very first influence: Doowop and R&B In addition to some thoughts on the new movie by director Alex Winter, "Zappa", we go back to Franks very first influence: Doowop and R&B false full 79 6720d9e4-3330-11eb-8884-eb691903f1a1 Don't Frank The Funk We explore the funky side of Frank Zappa's music with a tribute to the anniversary of "The Grand Wazoo" as well as tracks by funk master and Zappa fan, George Clinton.

]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:27:41 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We explore the funky side of Frank Zappa's music with a tribute to the anniversary of "The Grand Wazoo" as well as tracks by funk master and Zappa fan, George Clinton.

]]> Don't Frank The Funk Kent Koren 01:58:59 We explore the funky side of Frank Zappa's music with a tribute to the anniversary of "The Grand Wazoo" as well as tracks by funk master and Zappa fan, George Clinton. We explore the funky side of Frank Zappa's music with a tribute to the anniversary of "The Grand Wazoo" as well as tracks by funk master and Zappa fan, George Clinton. false full 78 c4c20d84-2ff2-11eb-abb3-f7e0c9cdbc26 Jimmy Carl Black and other Native Americans Who Rock Jimmy Carl Black often introduced himself on album as "the indian of the group" but he brought so much more to the Mothers and thought of Frank Zappa as a brother. On this episode, we paid tribute to all of the Native American Indians who rock in rock, like Link Wray, Redbone, Jimi Hendrix and Native themed songs by Johnny Cash, Neil Young and drumming from the Black Lodge Singers.

]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:11:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Jimmy Carl Black often introduced himself on album as "the indian of the group" but he brought so much more to the Mothers and thought of Frank Zappa as a brother. On this episode, we paid tribute to all of the Native American Indians who rock in rock, like Link Wray, Redbone, Jimi Hendrix and Native themed songs by Johnny Cash, Neil Young and drumming from the Black Lodge Singers.

]]> Jimmy Carl Black and other Native Americans Who Rock Kent Koren 01:58:59 Jimmy Carl Black often introduced himself on album as "the indian of the group" but he brought so much more to the Mothers and thought of Frank Zappa as a brother. On this episode, we paid tribute to all of the Native American Indians who rock in rock, like Link Wray, Redbone, Jimi Hendrix and Native themed songs by Johnny Cash, Neil Young and drumming from the Black Lodge Singers. Jimmy Carl Black often introduced himself on album as "the indian of the group" but he brought so much more to the Mothers and thought of Frank Zappa as a brother. On this episode, we paid tribute to all of the Native American Indians who rock in rock, like Link Wray, Redbone, Jimi Hendrix and Native themed songs by Johnny Cash, Neil Young and drumming from the Black Lodge Singers. false full 77 089d6518-293f-11eb-ae9b-3b0713d13be7 Frank Goes Big Band with Ed Palermo

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]]> Frank Goes Big Band with Ed Palermo Kent Koren 01:59:01 false full 76 55e0d202-24f2-11eb-863a-2ffc56843299 The Mothers of Election We weather the election result anxiety together with plenty of apropos music from the piano playing of Ruth Underwood and George Winston and music from Neil Young, Sting, David Crosby and more. We also paid tribute to two Tommys. Tommy Mars on his birthday and the influential rock opera, The Who's Tommy.

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:26:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We weather the election result anxiety together with plenty of apropos music from the piano playing of Ruth Underwood and George Winston and music from Neil Young, Sting, David Crosby and more. We also paid tribute to two Tommys. Tommy Mars on his birthday and the influential rock opera, The Who's Tommy.

]]> The Mothers of Election Kent Koren 01:58:59 We weather the election result anxiety together with plenty of apropos music from the piano playing of Ruth Underwood and George Winston and music from Neil Young, Sting, David Crosby and more. We also paid tribute to two Tommys. Tommy Mars on his birthday and the influential rock opera, The Who's Tommy. We weather the election result anxiety together with plenty of apropos music from the piano playing of Ruth Underwood and George Winston and music from Neil Young, Sting, David Crosby and more. We also paid tribute to two Tommys. Tommy Mars on his birthday and the influential rock opera, The Who's Tommy. false full 75 b3909564-1c4f-11eb-8116-f3e482eb99ea It's Zappoween Part 2 We continue our Halloween show with more Frank tracks from the newly released "Halloween 81" as well as a super raw "Inca Roads" from the great band on "Halloween 73". Other connected tracks include "Bat Chain Puller" from Captain Beefheart and "Children of the Grave" by Black Sabbath and much much more. We end the show out wishing Americans a peaceful resolution to the election with some Dylan.

]]> Sun, 1 Nov 2020 14:44:52 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We continue our Halloween show with more Frank tracks from the newly released "Halloween 81" as well as a super raw "Inca Roads" from the great band on "Halloween 73". Other connected tracks include "Bat Chain Puller" from Captain Beefheart and "Children of the Grave" by Black Sabbath and much much more. We end the show out wishing Americans a peaceful resolution to the election with some Dylan.

]]> It's Zappoween Part 2 Kent Koren 01:55:48 We continue our Halloween show with more Frank tracks from the newly released "Halloween 81" as well as a super raw "Inca Roads" from the great band on "Halloween 73". Other connected tracks include "Bat Chain Puller" from Captain Beefheart and "Children of the Grave" by Black Sabbath and much much more. We end the show out wishing Americans a peaceful resolution to the election with some Dylan. We continue our Halloween show with more Frank tracks from the newly released "Halloween 81" as well as a super raw "Inca Roads" from the great band on "Halloween 73". Other connected tracks include "Bat Chain Puller" from Captain Beefheart and "Children of the Grave" by Black Sabbath and much much more. We end the show out wishing Americans a peaceful resolution to the election with some Dylan. false full 74 c2d0f008-162f-11eb-8c25-ff7d889b9333 It's Zappaween No one loves Halloween like Frank Zappa and his fans. We played Halloween tracks from 77,73 and 81.The Cramps, Lou Reed, Parliament and more. We also celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Chunga's Revenge"

]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2020 18:15:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ No one loves Halloween like Frank Zappa and his fans. We played Halloween tracks from 77,73 and 81.The Cramps, Lou Reed, Parliament and more. We also celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Chunga's Revenge"

]]> It's Zappaween Kent Koren 01:58:59 No one loves Halloween like Frank Zappa and his fans. We played Halloween tracks from 77,73 and 81.The Cramps, Lou Reed, Parliament and more. We also celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Chunga's Revenge" No one loves Halloween like Frank Zappa and his fans. We played Halloween tracks from 77,73 and 81.The Cramps, Lou Reed, Parliament and more. We also celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Chunga's Revenge" false full 73 a0769ba4-0d59-11eb-aa92-cba19768a550 Eddie and the Hot Rats We paid tribute to the late great guitar shredding pioneer and talk about his impact on music with my special guest, Sabian cymbals endorsed drummer, Randy Sitarsky of the band, Thornes. We played plenty of Van Halen and some shredding by both Frank and Dweezil as well as other shredders - Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Tony Iommi, Al Di Meola and more.

]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:40:21 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We paid tribute to the late great guitar shredding pioneer and talk about his impact on music with my special guest, Sabian cymbals endorsed drummer, Randy Sitarsky of the band, Thornes. We played plenty of Van Halen and some shredding by both Frank and Dweezil as well as other shredders - Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Tony Iommi, Al Di Meola and more.

]]> Eddie and the Hot Rats Kent Koren 01:59:13 We paid tribute to the late great guitar shredding pioneer and talk about his impact on music with my special guest, Sabian cymbals endorsed drummer, Randy Sitarsky of the band, Thornes. We played plenty of Van Halen and some shredding by both Frank and Dweezil as well as other shredders - Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Tony Iommi, Al Di Meola and more. We paid tribute to the late great guitar shredding pioneer and talk about his impact on music with my special guest, Sabian cymbals endorsed drummer, Randy Sitarsky of the band, Thornes. We played plenty of Van Halen and some shredding by both Frank and Dweezil as well as other shredders - Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Tony Iommi, Al Di Meola and more. false full 78 1833dbaa-081b-11eb-a8e4-938629177695 Frankspiration Part 1 In our new two hour time slot, we explore those that inspired Frank Zappa in doo wop, jazz and the blues like The Coasters, Wes Montgomery and Albert Collins. As well as those Frank was a fan of - Holdsworth, Hendrix and more.

]]> Tue, 6 Oct 2020 21:19:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In our new two hour time slot, we explore those that inspired Frank Zappa in doo wop, jazz and the blues like The Coasters, Wes Montgomery and Albert Collins. As well as those Frank was a fan of - Holdsworth, Hendrix and more.

]]> Frankspiration Part 1 Kent Koren 01:58:59 In our new two hour time slot, we explore those that inspired Frank Zappa in doo wop, jazz and the blues like The Coasters, Wes Montgomery and Albert Collins. As well as those Frank was a fan of - Holdsworth, Hendrix and more. In our new two hour time slot, we explore those that inspired Frank Zappa in doo wop, jazz and the blues like The Coasters, Wes Montgomery and Albert Collins. As well as those Frank was a fan of - Holdsworth, Hendrix and more. false full 77 395b8900-002c-11eb-a65a-c74f5beac3ea The Outlaw Franky Zappa We pay homage to "You Are What You Is" and explore Frank's country western side with tracks like "Truck Driver Divorce" and songs from Willie, Waylon and Johnny.

]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2020 19:12:37 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We pay homage to "You Are What You Is" and explore Frank's country western side with tracks like "Truck Driver Divorce" and songs from Willie, Waylon and Johnny.

]]> The Outlaw Franky Zappa Kent Koren 00:58:59 We pay homage to "You Are What You Is" and explore Frank's country western side with tracks like "Truck Driver Divorce" and songs from Willie, Waylon and Johnny. We pay homage to "You Are What You Is" and explore Frank's country western side with tracks like "Truck Driver Divorce" and songs from Willie, Waylon and Johnny. false full 70 2dde54a8-f8ee-11ea-964e-5fa3c43a413f Roxy and Company In honor of the 47th birthday of "Roxy & Elsewhere" and the magic of smaller music venues and just the simple fact that historic places like the Roxy Theater could close. We played other albums recorded there featuring Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen and more.

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:09:56 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the 47th birthday of "Roxy & Elsewhere" and the magic of smaller music venues and just the simple fact that historic places like the Roxy Theater could close. We played other albums recorded there featuring Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen and more.

]]> Roxy and Company Kent Koren 00:58:59 In honor of the 47th birthday of "Roxy & Elsewhere" and the magic of smaller music venues and just the simple fact that historic places like the Roxy Theater could close. We played other albums recorded there featuring Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen and more. In honor of the 47th birthday of "Roxy & Elsewhere" and the magic of smaller music venues and just the simple fact that historic places like the Roxy Theater could close. We played other albums recorded there featuring Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen and more. false full 74 9cd70b78-f1de-11ea-856e-27aa80e51eb3 You're an Overnite Sensation, Frank September 7th marked the 47th year of “Overnite Sensation”, so we paid homage to it and Mr. Dweezil Zappa on his birthday, with special guest tracks from Spirit and Robby Krieger (featuring Zappa alumni).

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2020 14:41:02 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ September 7th marked the 47th year of “Overnite Sensation”, so we paid homage to it and Mr. Dweezil Zappa on his birthday, with special guest tracks from Spirit and Robby Krieger (featuring Zappa alumni).

]]> You're an Overnite Sensation, Frank Kent Koren 00:58:59 September 7th marked the 47th year of “Overnite Sensation”, so we paid homage to it and Mr. Dweezil Zappa on his birthday, with special guest tracks from Spirit and Robby Krieger (featuring Zappa alumni). September 7th marked the 47th year of “Overnite Sensation”, so we paid homage to it and Mr. Dweezil Zappa on his birthday, with special guest tracks from Spirit and Robby Krieger (featuring Zappa alumni). false full 68 6cbb2778-eb8d-11ea-b25b-cf91e2558280 Frank On Dreams In honor of the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington D.C. and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I HAVE A DREAM" speech, we'll be playing songs with dreams in the title as well as a series of searing politically charged Zappa songs to get the show started.

]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:25:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington D.C. and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I HAVE A DREAM" speech, we'll be playing songs with dreams in the title as well as a series of searing politically charged Zappa songs to get the show started.

]]> Frank On Dreams Kent Koren 00:58:59 In honor of the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington D.C. and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I HAVE A DREAM" speech, we'll be playing songs with dreams in the title as well as a series of searing politically charged Zappa songs to get the show started. In honor of the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington D.C. and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I HAVE A DREAM" speech, we'll be playing songs with dreams in the title as well as a series of searing politically charged Zappa songs to get the show started. false full 67 5e23ec62-e6de-11ea-966d-cff9c2fdd4d2 Once Upon A Frank

In the spirit of back to school, last week’s show featured songs based on literary characters and novels featuring artists connected to Zappa like Genesis and The Alan Parsons Project. Check out our 71st show and all the rest in the link in bio or on Spotify.

]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:19:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/

In the spirit of back to school, last week’s show featured songs based on literary characters and novels featuring artists connected to Zappa like Genesis and The Alan Parsons Project. Check out our 71st show and all the rest in the link in bio or on Spotify.

]]> Once Upon A Frank Kent Koren 00:59:11 In the spirit of back to school, last week’s show featured songs based on literary characters and novels featuring artists connected to Zappa like Genesis and The Alan Parsons Project. Check out our 71st show and all the rest in the link in bio or on Spotify. In the spirit of back to school, last week’s show featured songs based on literary characters and novels featuring artists connected to Zappa like Genesis and The Alan Parsons Project. Check out our 71st show and all the rest in the link in bio or on Spotify. false full 66 1f26fc32-dff1-11ea-9531-47a927087267 Baby Franks In honor of my newborn son, we played The Son of Mr. Green Jeans off of the "Sessions" release, as well as other songs with "son" and "baby" in the title. Rock out and welcome the Son of the Mothers of Connection into the world! #musicisthebest

]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:00:16 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of my newborn son, we played The Son of Mr. Green Jeans off of the "Sessions" release, as well as other songs with "son" and "baby" in the title. Rock out and welcome the Son of the Mothers of Connection into the world! #musicisthebest

]]> Baby Franks Kent Koren 00:59:59 In honor of my newborn son, we played The Son of Mr. Green Jeans off of the "Sessions" release, as well as other songs with "son" and "baby" in the title. Rock out and welcome the Son of the Mothers of Connection into the world! #musicisthebest In honor of my newborn son, we played The Son of Mr. Green Jeans off of the "Sessions" release, as well as other songs with "son" and "baby" in the title. Rock out and welcome the Son of the Mothers of Connection into the world! #musicisthebest false full 65 ec780c24-d5ad-11ea-9d17-4b3bbec3332a Cover Me, Frank What makes a great cover? It’s when the band doesn’t deviate from their sound to match the song. Instead they come at the song as if they’ve written it. This week we "cover" songs by Ed Palermo Big Band and even Frank's cover of "Whipping Post". Tune in for a version of Stairway To Heaven like you've never heard it before and a special tribute to Jerry Garcia on his birthday.

]]> Mon, 3 Aug 2020 17:22:42 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ What makes a great cover? It’s when the band doesn’t deviate from their sound to match the song. Instead they come at the song as if they’ve written it. This week we "cover" songs by Ed Palermo Big Band and even Frank's cover of "Whipping Post". Tune in for a version of Stairway To Heaven like you've never heard it before and a special tribute to Jerry Garcia on his birthday.

]]> Cover Me, Frank Kent Koren 00:58:59 What makes a great cover? It’s when the band doesn’t deviate from their sound to match the song. Instead they come at the song as if they’ve written it. This week we "cover" songs by Ed Palermo Big Band and even Frank's cover of "Whipping Post". Tune in for a version of Stairway To Heaven like you've never heard it before and a special tribute to Jerry Garcia on his birthday. What makes a great cover? It’s when the band doesn’t deviate from their sound to match the song. Instead they come at the song as if they’ve written it. This week we "cover" songs by Ed Palermo Big Band and even Frank's cover of "Whipping Post". Tune in for a version of Stairway To Heaven like you've never heard it before and a special tribute to Jerry Garcia on his birthday. false full 69 009708c0-d1d2-11ea-8d14-f74f43080459 Frank Unplugged In honor of one of FZ's inspirations, according to the "Freak Out List", we paid homage to Bob Dylan going electric on this day 55 years ago. So we played some rare Frank acoustic and other greats with acoustic chops like Richie Havens, Odetta and Neil Young.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2020 19:30:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of one of FZ's inspirations, according to the "Freak Out List", we paid homage to Bob Dylan going electric on this day 55 years ago. So we played some rare Frank acoustic and other greats with acoustic chops like Richie Havens, Odetta and Neil Young.

]]> Frank Unplugged Kent Koren 00:58:59 In honor of one of FZ's inspirations, according to the "Freak Out List", we paid homage to Bob Dylan going electric on this day 55 years ago. So we played some rare Frank acoustic and other greats with acoustic chops like Richie Havens, Odetta and Neil Young. In honor of one of FZ's inspirations, according to the "Freak Out List", we paid homage to Bob Dylan going electric on this day 55 years ago. So we played some rare Frank acoustic and other greats with acoustic chops like Richie Havens, Odetta and Neil Young. false full 63 8ad2107c-ca8c-11ea-aa4c-072478c898c5 It's My Birthday, Frank

]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:01:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/

]]> It's My Birthday, Frank Kent Koren 00:58:59 false full 62 699c1812-be11-11ea-a539-1f581142a35e The Fourth of Frank We kick it off with some new releases off of the new box set, "The Mothers 1970" and tracks from Robby Kreiger featuring Zappa alumni, like Tommy Mars, Chad Wackerman and Sal Marquez. We also played tracks like 200 Years Old and some 4th of July/America themed songs from Bruce Springsteen, X, and the Grateful Dead.

]]> Sat, 4 Jul 2020 16:23:27 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We kick it off with some new releases off of the new box set, "The Mothers 1970" and tracks from Robby Kreiger featuring Zappa alumni, like Tommy Mars, Chad Wackerman and Sal Marquez. We also played tracks like 200 Years Old and some 4th of July/America themed songs from Bruce Springsteen, X, and the Grateful Dead.

]]> The Fourth of Frank Kent Koren 01:03:10 We kick it off with some new releases off of the new box set, "The Mothers 1970" and tracks from Robby Kreiger featuring Zappa alumni, like Tommy Mars, Chad Wackerman and Sal Marquez. We also played tracks like 200 Years Old and some 4th of July/America themed songs from Bruce Springsteen, X, and the Grateful Dead. We kick it off with some new releases off of the new box set, "The Mothers 1970" and tracks from Robby Kreiger featuring Zappa alumni, like Tommy Mars, Chad Wackerman and Sal Marquez. We also played tracks like 200 Years Old and some 4th of July/America themed songs from Bruce Springsteen, X, and the Grateful Dead. false full 61 4437fa2e-ba2d-11ea-b602-97d4e3aea3ae One Size Fits Frank We paid tribute to the 45 years of One Size Fits All with a theme of songs related to "size" by Jeff Beck, Todd Rundgren and Captain Beefheart.

]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:14:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We paid tribute to the 45 years of One Size Fits All with a theme of songs related to "size" by Jeff Beck, Todd Rundgren and Captain Beefheart.

]]> One Size Fits Frank Kent Koren 00:58:59 We paid tribute to the 45 years of One Size Fits All with a theme of songs related to "size" by Jeff Beck, Todd Rundgren and Captain Beefheart. We paid tribute to the 45 years of One Size Fits All with a theme of songs related to "size" by Jeff Beck, Todd Rundgren and Captain Beefheart. false full 60 38f2889c-b3f6-11ea-81a1-83e321e612d7 The Fathers of Connection We connected Frank and Dweezil in honor of Father's Day as well as a special tribute to Don "Sugarcane" Harris, electric violin pioneer on his birthday. Other father son tandem played: Ziggy and Bob Marley and Lukas and Willie Nelson.

]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2020 19:26:22 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We connected Frank and Dweezil in honor of Father's Day as well as a special tribute to Don "Sugarcane" Harris, electric violin pioneer on his birthday. Other father son tandem played: Ziggy and Bob Marley and Lukas and Willie Nelson.

]]> The Fathers of Connection Kent Koren 00:57:53 We connected Frank and Dweezil in honor of Father's Day as well as a special tribute to Don "Sugarcane" Harris, electric violin pioneer on his birthday. Other father son tandem played: Ziggy and Bob Marley and Lukas and Willie Nelson. We connected Frank and Dweezil in honor of Father's Day as well as a special tribute to Don "Sugarcane" Harris, electric violin pioneer on his birthday. Other father son tandem played: Ziggy and Bob Marley and Lukas and Willie Nelson. false full 59 bbde4116-b08a-11ea-a6e9-6bddb3bd1d31 The State of Frank From "Montana" to "Ohio", we took a trip to various states by way of Eddie Hazel, The Grateful Dead and Public Enemy.

]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:04:08 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ From "Montana" to "Ohio", we took a trip to various states by way of Eddie Hazel, The Grateful Dead and Public Enemy.

]]> The State of Frank Kent Koren 00:58:59 From "Montana" to "Ohio", we took a trip to various states by way of Eddie Hazel, The Grateful Dead and Public Enemy. From "Montana" to "Ohio", we took a trip to various states by way of Eddie Hazel, The Grateful Dead and Public Enemy. false full 58 e36d5c26-a815-11ea-999e-a72ecd5345d8 More Trouble Every Day We explored the significance and relevance of the song "Trouble Every Day" written in 1965, about the Watts Riots and the media's coverage of it. Please tune in and share with someone.

]]> Sat, 6 Jun 2020 16:47:28 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We explored the significance and relevance of the song "Trouble Every Day" written in 1965, about the Watts Riots and the media's coverage of it. Please tune in and share with someone.

]]> More Trouble Every Day Kent Koren 00:58:59 We explored the significance and relevance of the song "Trouble Every Day" written in 1965, about the Watts Riots and the media's coverage of it. Please tune in and share with someone. We explored the significance and relevance of the song "Trouble Every Day" written in 1965, about the Watts Riots and the media's coverage of it. Please tune in and share with someone. false full 57 684fb45c-a4e7-11ea-83fc-43213f274250 Humor Belongs In Music In response to the question Frank asks, "Does Humor Belong in Music?" we at the MOC are answering with a resounding yes by playing work that reflects that from connected artists like Devo and Weird Al.

]]> Tue, 2 Jun 2020 15:40:42 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In response to the question Frank asks, "Does Humor Belong in Music?" we at the MOC are answering with a resounding yes by playing work that reflects that from connected artists like Devo and Weird Al.

]]> Humor Belongs In Music Kent Koren 00:59:59 In response to the question Frank asks, "Does Humor Belong in Music?" we at the MOC are answering with a resounding yes by playing work that reflects that from connected artists like Devo and Weird Al. In response to the question Frank asks, "Does Humor Belong in Music?" we at the MOC are answering with a resounding yes by playing work that reflects that from connected artists like Devo and Weird Al. false full 56 cebf8db8-9f95-11ea-931e-ef7e4c8fd397 Frank's Blue Period We get back to Frank's roots and inspiration: The Blues. We played Frank's inspiration like Buddy Guy and Albert Collins as well as some of Frank's best blues numbers.

]]> Tue, 26 May 2020 21:14:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We get back to Frank's roots and inspiration: The Blues. We played Frank's inspiration like Buddy Guy and Albert Collins as well as some of Frank's best blues numbers.

]]> Frank's Blue Period Kent Koren 00:57:01 We get back to Frank's roots and inspiration: The Blues. We played Frank's inspiration like Buddy Guy and Albert Collins as well as some of Frank's best blues numbers. We get back to Frank's roots and inspiration: The Blues. We played Frank's inspiration like Buddy Guy and Albert Collins as well as some of Frank's best blues numbers. false full 55 cb6348ce-9916-11ea-aa27-5b5bc01935ee Orchestral Frank In honor of Frank's orchestral side and the anniversaries of the albums "Lumpy Gravy" and "Orchestral Favorites", we led the listener on a symphonic rock adventure featuring Igor Stravinsky, The Alan Parsons Project and ELO!

]]> Tue, 19 May 2020 14:00:50 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of Frank's orchestral side and the anniversaries of the albums "Lumpy Gravy" and "Orchestral Favorites", we led the listener on a symphonic rock adventure featuring Igor Stravinsky, The Alan Parsons Project and ELO!

]]> Orchestral Frank Kent Koren 00:54:47 In honor of Frank's orchestral side and the anniversaries of the albums "Lumpy Gravy" and "Orchestral Favorites", we led the listener on a symphonic rock adventure featuring Igor Stravinsky, The Alan Parsons Project and ELO! In honor of Frank's orchestral side and the anniversaries of the albums "Lumpy Gravy" and "Orchestral Favorites", we led the listener on a symphonic rock adventure featuring Igor Stravinsky, The Alan Parsons Project and ELO! false full 54 1a553024-92cc-11ea-8e65-83849022c145 You're A Mother, Frank A special mother's day tribute with songs like "Yo Mama" and "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" and music by Betty Davis, Funkadelic, Don Preston and Steve Vai.

]]> Sun, 10 May 2020 14:50:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ A special mother's day tribute with songs like "Yo Mama" and "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" and music by Betty Davis, Funkadelic, Don Preston and Steve Vai.

]]> You're A Mother, Frank Kent Koren 00:58:59 A special mother's day tribute with songs like "Yo Mama" and "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" and music by Betty Davis, Funkadelic, Don Preston and Steve Vai. A special mother's day tribute with songs like "Yo Mama" and "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" and music by Betty Davis, Funkadelic, Don Preston and Steve Vai. false full 53 36366e90-8e38-11ea-b28d-13addcbce89c Ahoy, Frank A nautical adventure in honor of the 38th year of the album "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" and the re-release of {"Ahoy, Frank" from 1980 featuring songs from bands like Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Robert Palmer and The Band.

]]> Mon, 4 May 2020 18:51:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ A nautical adventure in honor of the 38th year of the album "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" and the re-release of {"Ahoy, Frank" from 1980 featuring songs from bands like Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Robert Palmer and The Band.

]]> Ahoy, Frank Kent Koren 00:58:59 A nautical adventure in honor of the 38th year of the album "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" and the re-release of {"Ahoy, Frank" from 1980 featuring songs from bands like Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Robert Palmer and The Band. A nautical adventure in honor of the 38th year of the album "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" and the re-release of {"Ahoy, Frank" from 1980 featuring songs from bands like Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Robert Palmer and The Band. false full 52 edb72230-8992-11ea-b809-bbca8ee26032 Frank's Guitar We paid tribute to Frank Zappa's Guitar and it's 32 year anniversary. Listen in on some mini-themes based off songs like "Winos Don't March," "Outside Now" and others.

]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:59:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We paid tribute to Frank Zappa's Guitar and it's 32 year anniversary. Listen in on some mini-themes based off songs like "Winos Don't March," "Outside Now" and others.

]]> Frank's Guitar Kent Koren 00:57:46 We paid tribute to Frank Zappa's Guitar and it's 32 year anniversary. Listen in on some mini-themes based off songs like "Winos Don't March," "Outside Now" and others. We paid tribute to Frank Zappa's Guitar and it's 32 year anniversary. Listen in on some mini-themes based off songs like "Winos Don't March," "Outside Now" and others. false full 51 b2dd8320-8280-11ea-87fa-1bb6a6d5fce6 We Are All New Yorkers We paid tribute to the great city of New York,, home of Radio Free Brooklyn, with some Zappa from "Live in New York" and the music of Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Santana as well as a special tribute to my 12 year anniversary of living here.

]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:59:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We paid tribute to the great city of New York,, home of Radio Free Brooklyn, with some Zappa from "Live in New York" and the music of Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Santana as well as a special tribute to my 12 year anniversary of living here.

]]> We Are All New Yorkers Kent Koren 00:58:59 We paid tribute to the great city of New York,, home of Radio Free Brooklyn, with some Zappa from "Live in New York" and the music of Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Santana as well as a special tribute to my 12 year anniversary of living here. We paid tribute to the great city of New York,, home of Radio Free Brooklyn, with some Zappa from "Live in New York" and the music of Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Santana as well as a special tribute to my 12 year anniversary of living here. false full 50 c0ee52d2-7ff6-11ea-ae89-f392d5b06c5a Get It Together, Frank We explore the theme of togetherness with songs with "together" in the title with tracks from The Who, Ike & Tina and Peter Tosh.

]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:27:39 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We explore the theme of togetherness with songs with "together" in the title with tracks from The Who, Ike & Tina and Peter Tosh.

]]> Get It Together, Frank Kent Koren 00:54:48 We explore the theme of togetherness with songs with "together" in the title with tracks from The Who, Ike & Tina and Peter Tosh. We explore the theme of togetherness with songs with "together" in the title with tracks from The Who, Ike & Tina and Peter Tosh. false full 49 e3f0884c-7739-11ea-bdf6-1f8157d2f70f Stay Away Frank We played a good amount of songs about keeping our distance featuring Tom Waits, Charles Bradley, The Meters and special tributes to Bill Withers and John Prine

]]> Sun, 5 Apr 2020 12:42:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We played a good amount of songs about keeping our distance featuring Tom Waits, Charles Bradley, The Meters and special tributes to Bill Withers and John Prine

]]> Stay Away Frank Kent Koren 01:15:17 We played a good amount of songs about keeping our distance featuring Tom Waits, Charles Bradley, The Meters and special tributes to Bill Withers and John Prine We played a good amount of songs about keeping our distance featuring Tom Waits, Charles Bradley, The Meters and special tributes to Bill Withers and John Prine false full 48 f0c7761c-7337-11ea-8a8e-eb12281ee56d Frank With An Apostrophe We paid tribute to the epic, surprisingly commercially successful album, Apostrophe, by playing bands connected to FZ and their songs with apostrophes.

]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:12:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We paid tribute to the epic, surprisingly commercially successful album, Apostrophe, by playing bands connected to FZ and their songs with apostrophes.

]]> Frank With An Apostrophe Kent Koren 00:58:18 We paid tribute to the epic, surprisingly commercially successful album, Apostrophe, by playing bands connected to FZ and their songs with apostrophes. We paid tribute to the epic, surprisingly commercially successful album, Apostrophe, by playing bands connected to FZ and their songs with apostrophes. false full 47 63b9f5f8-6f9d-11ea-ae6d-c71b669276a5 Frank Around The World Let's take a trip around the world with our ears and hearts. From Africa to Europe and Asia - we played the connected work of Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, John Lennon and Wings.

]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:53:22 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Let's take a trip around the world with our ears and hearts. From Africa to Europe and Asia - we played the connected work of Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, John Lennon and Wings.

]]> Frank Around The World Kent Koren 01:01:53 Let's take a trip around the world with our ears and hearts. From Africa to Europe and Asia - we played the connected work of Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, John Lennon and Wings. Let's take a trip around the world with our ears and hearts. From Africa to Europe and Asia - we played the connected work of Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, John Lennon and Wings. false full 46 ee7edf2a-654b-11ea-b409-ef1e43149c2a Frank's Diner We took a trip to the diner and played Zappa related songs and musicians that pay homage to the classic, American diner featuring Tom Waits, Primus, and Bob Dylan.

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:05:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We took a trip to the diner and played Zappa related songs and musicians that pay homage to the classic, American diner featuring Tom Waits, Primus, and Bob Dylan.

]]> Frank's Diner Kent Koren 00:58:59 We took a trip to the diner and played Zappa related songs and musicians that pay homage to the classic, American diner featuring Tom Waits, Primus, and Bob Dylan. We took a trip to the diner and played Zappa related songs and musicians that pay homage to the classic, American diner featuring Tom Waits, Primus, and Bob Dylan. false full 45 31d02d2c-5987-11ea-903d-13ada218befe On The Bass... We explore the bass players of Zappa bands pasts as well as some legends connected to him.

]]> Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:29:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We explore the bass players of Zappa bands pasts as well as some legends connected to him.

]]> On The Bass... Kent Koren 00:59:01 We explore the bass players of Zappa bands pasts as well as some legends connected to him. We explore the bass players of Zappa bands pasts as well as some legends connected to him. false full 44 4fd95524-535f-11ea-a75c-6fd6c1698055 Zappa for President Day From songs about Dickie and Ronnie to connected songs about James K. Polk, JFK and George W., we played songs that skewered, remembered and even celebrated them.

]]> Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:35:34 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ From songs about Dickie and Ronnie to connected songs about James K. Polk, JFK and George W., we played songs that skewered, remembered and even celebrated them.

]]> Zappa for President Day Kent Koren 00:59:00 From songs about Dickie and Ronnie to connected songs about James K. Polk, JFK and George W., we played songs that skewered, remembered and even celebrated them. From songs about Dickie and Ronnie to connected songs about James K. Polk, JFK and George W., we played songs that skewered, remembered and even celebrated them. false full 43 b08848b4-4acf-11ea-a49d-1bb8e8a90b73 Bruce McDaniel's Arf of You Bruce McDaniel, vocalist, guitarist and producer for The Ed Palermo Big Band describes his experience playing alongside former Mothers like Napoleon Murphy Brock, Mike Keneally and Denny Walley to name a few. We talked past Zappa shows, played his scat version of Echidna's Arf, discussed new releases like Hot Rats Sessions and his love for Todd Rundgren a well as upcoming gigs.

]]> Sun, 9 Feb 2020 00:09:11 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Bruce McDaniel, vocalist, guitarist and producer for The Ed Palermo Big Band describes his experience playing alongside former Mothers like Napoleon Murphy Brock, Mike Keneally and Denny Walley to name a few. We talked past Zappa shows, played his scat version of Echidna's Arf, discussed new releases like Hot Rats Sessions and his love for Todd Rundgren a well as upcoming gigs.

]]> Bruce McDaniel's Arf of You Kent Koren 00:59:00 Bruce McDaniel, vocalist, guitarist and producer for The Ed Palermo Big Band describes his experience playing alongside former Mothers like Napoleon Murphy Brock, Mike Keneally and Denny Walley to name a few. We talked past Zappa shows, played his scat version of Echidna's Arf, discussed new releases like Hot Rats Sessions and his love for Todd Rundgren a well as upcoming gigs. Bruce McDaniel, vocalist, guitarist and producer for The Ed Palermo Big Band describes his experience playing alongside former Mothers like Napoleon Murphy Brock, Mike Keneally and Denny Walley to name a few. We talked past Zappa shows, played his scat version of Echidna's Arf, discussed new releases like Hot Rats Sessions and his love for Todd Rundgren a well as upcoming gigs. false full 42 879f8026-47b3-11ea-bd67-07275e27fd30 Frank on Film We connect Frank Zappa to films he created like 200 Motels and Baby Snakes and artists that have scored movies like Trent Reznor, David Byrne and Mark Mothersbaugh...just in time for award season.

]]> Wed, 5 Feb 2020 01:05:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We connect Frank Zappa to films he created like 200 Motels and Baby Snakes and artists that have scored movies like Trent Reznor, David Byrne and Mark Mothersbaugh...just in time for award season.

]]> Frank on Film Kent Koren 00:59:00 We connect Frank Zappa to films he created like 200 Motels and Baby Snakes and artists that have scored movies like Trent Reznor, David Byrne and Mark Mothersbaugh...just in time for award season. We connect Frank Zappa to films he created like 200 Motels and Baby Snakes and artists that have scored movies like Trent Reznor, David Byrne and Mark Mothersbaugh...just in time for award season. false full 41 9128a64a-4213-11ea-9970-c7d934857b65 The Violins of Frank Listen to how hard one can rock out on a violin with the connected works of Jean Luc Ponty, Eddie Jobson, Shankar and the one and only Don "Sugarcane" Harris.

]]> Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:13:48 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Listen to how hard one can rock out on a violin with the connected works of Jean Luc Ponty, Eddie Jobson, Shankar and the one and only Don "Sugarcane" Harris.

]]> The Violins of Frank Kent Koren 00:57:17 Listen to how hard one can rock out on a violin with the connected works of Jean Luc Ponty, Eddie Jobson, Shankar and the one and only Don "Sugarcane" Harris. Listen to how hard one can rock out on a violin with the connected works of Jean Luc Ponty, Eddie Jobson, Shankar and the one and only Don "Sugarcane" Harris. false full 40 66a67d08-3d44-11ea-954b-ef73df35bdbf Frank Takes Manhattan In support of our Radio Free Brooklyn "Drive To Five" fundraising campaign, we're playing five shows that covers one of five New York boroughs for five months. That's a lot of five! We connect Frank to NY themed songs from Prince, Tom Waits and Paul Simon to name a bunch

]]> Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:23:27 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In support of our Radio Free Brooklyn "Drive To Five" fundraising campaign, we're playing five shows that covers one of five New York boroughs for five months. That's a lot of five! We connect Frank to NY themed songs from Prince, Tom Waits and Paul Simon to name a bunch

]]> Frank Takes Manhattan Kent Koren 00:56:33 In support of our Radio Free Brooklyn "Drive To Five" fundraising campaign, we're playing five shows that covers one of five New York boroughs for five months. That's a lot of five! We connect Frank to NY themed songs from Prince, Tom Waits and Paul Simon to name a bunch In support of our Radio Free Brooklyn "Drive To Five" fundraising campaign, we're playing five shows that covers one of five New York boroughs for five months. That's a lot of five! We connect Frank to NY themed songs from Prince, Tom Waits and Paul Simon to name a bunch false full 43 04a7e622-34cb-11ea-b84a-270cf9ff70dc The Duke of Frank With George Duke's birthday around the corner, we picked an eclectic selection of tracks spanning his career of 5 decade of music.

]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ With George Duke's birthday around the corner, we picked an eclectic selection of tracks spanning his career of 5 decade of music.

]]> The Duke of Frank Kent Koren 00:58:59 With George Duke's birthday around the corner, we picked an eclectic selection of tracks spanning his career of 5 decade of music. With George Duke's birthday around the corner, we picked an eclectic selection of tracks spanning his career of 5 decade of music. false full 38 187cff46-318a-11ea-8920-87ba66cc4c74 Belew's World In this episode we celebrate the Birthdays of both Adrian Belew and the man who he worked closely with, David Bowie. We shed some light onto how Adrian became Bowie's guitarist as well as play his work with other innovators like Trent Reznor, David Byrne and of course, Frank Zappa

]]> Tue, 7 Jan 2020 20:13:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In this episode we celebrate the Birthdays of both Adrian Belew and the man who he worked closely with, David Bowie. We shed some light onto how Adrian became Bowie's guitarist as well as play his work with other innovators like Trent Reznor, David Byrne and of course, Frank Zappa

]]> Belew's World Kent Koren 00:59:00 In this episode we celebrate the Birthdays of both Adrian Belew and the man who he worked closely with, David Bowie. We shed some light onto how Adrian became Bowie's guitarist as well as play his work with other innovators like Trent Reznor, David Byrne and of course, Frank Zappa In this episode we celebrate the Birthdays of both Adrian Belew and the man who he worked closely with, David Bowie. We shed some light onto how Adrian became Bowie's guitarist as well as play his work with other innovators like Trent Reznor, David Byrne and of course, Frank Zappa false full 37 dbebe0f6-27e8-11ea-9aa6-e71eaea3a22a Frank's Birthday Tribute Show #40 Frank was born in 1940. This show is #40. It's a very special show, just days out from the holidays and the last live show of the year. Roscoe and I celebrate 79 years of Frank with rare tracks from re-releases like "More Orchestral Favorites" and excerpts from my interviews over the year.

]]> Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:57:09 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Frank was born in 1940. This show is #40. It's a very special show, just days out from the holidays and the last live show of the year. Roscoe and I celebrate 79 years of Frank with rare tracks from re-releases like "More Orchestral Favorites" and excerpts from my interviews over the year.

]]> Frank's Birthday Tribute Show #40 Kent Koren 00:59:04 Frank was born in 1940. This show is #40. It's a very special show, just days out from the holidays and the last live show of the year. Roscoe and I celebrate 79 years of Frank with rare tracks from re-releases like "More Orchestral Favorites" and excerpts from my interviews over the year. Frank was born in 1940. This show is #40. It's a very special show, just days out from the holidays and the last live show of the year. Roscoe and I celebrate 79 years of Frank with rare tracks from re-releases like "More Orchestral Favorites" and excerpts from my interviews over the year. false full 40 46ce3bf6-2043-11ea-a390-2ba956331722 For Those About To Frank My guest Augie Haas discusses what it's like to play Zappa big band arrangements with Ed Palermo Big Band as well as being a working trumpet player for the likes of Harry Connick Jr., Maria Schneider and Broadway. As well as Allison Philips, up and coming experimental jazz player and composer with The Chronometer Orchestra.

]]> Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:59:54 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ My guest Augie Haas discusses what it's like to play Zappa big band arrangements with Ed Palermo Big Band as well as being a working trumpet player for the likes of Harry Connick Jr., Maria Schneider and Broadway. As well as Allison Philips, up and coming experimental jazz player and composer with The Chronometer Orchestra.

]]> For Those About To Frank Kent Koren 00:59:00 My guest Augie Haas discusses what it's like to play Zappa big band arrangements with Ed Palermo Big Band as well as being a working trumpet player for the likes of Harry Connick Jr., Maria Schneider and Broadway. As well as Allison Philips, up and coming experimental jazz player and composer with The Chronometer Orchestra. My guest Augie Haas discusses what it's like to play Zappa big band arrangements with Ed Palermo Big Band as well as being a working trumpet player for the likes of Harry Connick Jr., Maria Schneider and Broadway. As well as Allison Philips, up and coming experimental jazz player and composer with The Chronometer Orchestra. false full 35 c0ec52f6-1d41-11ea-966a-57c48fcab22a Frank's A Reggae Punk My guest Randy Sitarsky, Sabian official drummer and Zappa fan discusses what makes Frank Zappa punk and make connections to reggae with rare tracks from the bands The Slits and the Suburban Lawns as well as William Shatner and Funkadelic.

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:46:05 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ My guest Randy Sitarsky, Sabian official drummer and Zappa fan discusses what makes Frank Zappa punk and make connections to reggae with rare tracks from the bands The Slits and the Suburban Lawns as well as William Shatner and Funkadelic.

]]> Frank's A Reggae Punk Kent Koren 01:04:37 My guest Randy Sitarsky, Sabian official drummer and Zappa fan discusses what makes Frank Zappa punk and make connections to reggae with rare tracks from the bands The Slits and the Suburban Lawns as well as William Shatner and Funkadelic. My guest Randy Sitarsky, Sabian official drummer and Zappa fan discusses what makes Frank Zappa punk and make connections to reggae with rare tracks from the bands The Slits and the Suburban Lawns as well as William Shatner and Funkadelic. false full 34 274c6d42-1581-11ea-89f5-07022314e247 The Mothers of November The month of November was one of Frank's most prolific. We feature the anniversary of 4 albums: FZ Meets The Mothers of Prevention, Joe's Garage Act II. & III., Jazz From Hell and The Grand Wazoo. This one's for the hard core fan or the new collector or anyone with two ears

]]> Tue, 3 Dec 2019 13:45:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The month of November was one of Frank's most prolific. We feature the anniversary of 4 albums: FZ Meets The Mothers of Prevention, Joe's Garage Act II. & III., Jazz From Hell and The Grand Wazoo. This one's for the hard core fan or the new collector or anyone with two ears

]]> The Mothers of November Kent Koren 01:00:43 The month of November was one of Frank's most prolific. We feature the anniversary of 4 albums: FZ Meets The Mothers of Prevention, Joe's Garage Act II. & III., Jazz From Hell and The Grand Wazoo. This one's for the hard core fan or the new collector or anyone with two ears The month of November was one of Frank's most prolific. We feature the anniversary of 4 albums: FZ Meets The Mothers of Prevention, Joe's Garage Act II. & III., Jazz From Hell and The Grand Wazoo. This one's for the hard core fan or the new collector or anyone with two ears false full 33 0d229de8-1125-11ea-abbd-0fba0142ba14 We Give Franks This is the Franksgiving Turkey Day Special with Thanksgiving day themed tracks connected to Frank and a special call in from RFB Sports analyst, Roy Underwood.

]]> Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:49:05 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ This is the Franksgiving Turkey Day Special with Thanksgiving day themed tracks connected to Frank and a special call in from RFB Sports analyst, Roy Underwood.

]]> We Give Franks Kent Koren 00:58:18 This is the Franksgiving Turkey Day Special with Thanksgiving day themed tracks connected to Frank and a special call in from RFB Sports analyst, Roy Underwood. This is the Franksgiving Turkey Day Special with Thanksgiving day themed tracks connected to Frank and a special call in from RFB Sports analyst, Roy Underwood. false full 32 32efefd4-0e38-11ea-8210-638eaa70b650 The Hall of Frank Made the trip to the Hall of Rock and Roll and saw the class of 95, featuring Frank and other legends like Led Zeppelin, Neil Young and Al Green. I play some hot tracks from this class and talk about my experience.

]]> Sat, 23 Nov 2019 22:14:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Made the trip to the Hall of Rock and Roll and saw the class of 95, featuring Frank and other legends like Led Zeppelin, Neil Young and Al Green. I play some hot tracks from this class and talk about my experience.

]]> The Hall of Frank Kent Koren 00:47:31 Made the trip to the Hall of Rock and Roll and saw the class of 95, featuring Frank and other legends like Led Zeppelin, Neil Young and Al Green. I play some hot tracks from this class and talk about my experience. Made the trip to the Hall of Rock and Roll and saw the class of 95, featuring Frank and other legends like Led Zeppelin, Neil Young and Al Green. I play some hot tracks from this class and talk about my experience. false full 31 85e2e2fa-05a0-11ea-8dd9-e7ced587459a The Big Note We take the guard rails off and grab songs in real time out of the holy grail of Frank Zappa reference books, The Big Note. This is the Frankiest show of all and is really intended for the FZ fan.

]]> Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:02:43 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We take the guard rails off and grab songs in real time out of the holy grail of Frank Zappa reference books, The Big Note. This is the Frankiest show of all and is really intended for the FZ fan.

]]> The Big Note Kent Koren 00:59:34 We take the guard rails off and grab songs in real time out of the holy grail of Frank Zappa reference books, The Big Note. This is the Frankiest show of all and is really intended for the FZ fan. We take the guard rails off and grab songs in real time out of the holy grail of Frank Zappa reference books, The Big Note. This is the Frankiest show of all and is really intended for the FZ fan. false full 30 6f657b0a-fb41-11e9-8ff3-373417080659 This Is Zappoween Part 2 As a special Halloween celebration and the magic that has been Frank AND Halloween throughout the years, I give a special take on the Frank Zappa Halloween 73 release as well as some fun connected tracks by Devo, The Guess Who and Johnny Cash.

]]> Wed, 30 Oct 2019 17:30:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ As a special Halloween celebration and the magic that has been Frank AND Halloween throughout the years, I give a special take on the Frank Zappa Halloween 73 release as well as some fun connected tracks by Devo, The Guess Who and Johnny Cash.

]]> This Is Zappoween Part 2 Kent Koren 00:59:01 As a special Halloween celebration and the magic that has been Frank AND Halloween throughout the years, I give a special take on the Frank Zappa Halloween 73 release as well as some fun connected tracks by Devo, The Guess Who and Johnny Cash. As a special Halloween celebration and the magic that has been Frank AND Halloween throughout the years, I give a special take on the Frank Zappa Halloween 73 release as well as some fun connected tracks by Devo, The Guess Who and Johnny Cash. false full 29 0ae9a128-f4f3-11e9-b516-af0975667756 This Is Zappoween Part 1 No one embodies Halloween like Frank. So here's a special episode with some tracks off of Halloween 77 and other Halloween connections to Talking Heads, Alice Cooper and even Stevie Wonder.

]]> Wed, 23 Oct 2019 04:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ No one embodies Halloween like Frank. So here's a special episode with some tracks off of Halloween 77 and other Halloween connections to Talking Heads, Alice Cooper and even Stevie Wonder.

]]> This Is Zappoween Part 1 Kent Koren 00:59:01 No one embodies Halloween like Frank. So here's a special episode with some tracks off of Halloween 77 and other Halloween connections to Talking Heads, Alice Cooper and even Stevie Wonder. No one embodies Halloween like Frank. So here's a special episode with some tracks off of Halloween 77 and other Halloween connections to Talking Heads, Alice Cooper and even Stevie Wonder. false full 28 c4e27a4a-f021-11e9-935e-93f2c7a4ec2f Frank In Space We take a trip into the stars with songs in the key of the unknown, the outer reaches and the interstellar, including connections to Black Sabbath, Van Halen, of course David Bowie and even Ronald Reagan. Listen in to show #30!

]]> Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:32:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We take a trip into the stars with songs in the key of the unknown, the outer reaches and the interstellar, including connections to Black Sabbath, Van Halen, of course David Bowie and even Ronald Reagan. Listen in to show #30!

]]> Frank In Space Kent Koren 00:49:26 We take a trip into the stars with songs in the key of the unknown, the outer reaches and the interstellar, including connections to Black Sabbath, Van Halen, of course David Bowie and even Ronald Reagan. Listen in to show #30! We take a trip into the stars with songs in the key of the unknown, the outer reaches and the interstellar, including connections to Black Sabbath, Van Halen, of course David Bowie and even Ronald Reagan. Listen in to show #30! false full 27 7ecdae74-eb82-11e9-9ca7-43be92cc51f4 A Conversation with Joe George of Reverb.com Joe George, content producer and Youtube personality for Reverb.com, talks favorite Frank guitars, the time he met Dweezil, the importance of "share culture" in music and teaching Syrian refugee children guitar with the Karam Foundation. Listen to our exclusive interview with tracks from Joe George himself, solos from Frank and Dweezil and a Joe George special super band shout out featuring Derek Trucks and Herbie Hancock.

]]> Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:22:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Joe George, content producer and Youtube personality for Reverb.com, talks favorite Frank guitars, the time he met Dweezil, the importance of "share culture" in music and teaching Syrian refugee children guitar with the Karam Foundation. Listen to our exclusive interview with tracks from Joe George himself, solos from Frank and Dweezil and a Joe George special super band shout out featuring Derek Trucks and Herbie Hancock.

]]> A Conversation with Joe George of Reverb.com Kent Koren 00:57:03 Joe George, content producer and Youtube personality for Reverb.com, talks favorite Frank guitars, the time he met Dweezil, the importance of "share culture" in music and teaching Syrian refugee children guitar with the Karam Foundation. Listen to our exclusive interview with tracks from Joe George himself, solos from Frank and Dweezil and a Joe George special super band shout out featuring Derek Trucks and Herbie Hancock. Joe George, content producer and Youtube personality for Reverb.com, talks favorite Frank guitars, the time he met Dweezil, the importance of "share culture" in music and teaching Syrian refugee children guitar with the Karam Foundation. Listen to our exclusive interview with tracks from Joe George himself, solos from Frank and Dweezil and a Joe George special super band shout out featuring Derek Trucks and Herbie Hancock. false full 26 f94f2abc-e2b6-11e9-93cb-9fa08e2ac8ba Frank On The Road Former Roadie for lesser known bands, Roscoe, helps our host curate the episode with songs by bands that opens up for Frank or toured with him, like The Grateful Dead, Deep Purple and Elvin Bishop. Each song has the spirit of life on the road. 

]]> Wed, 2 Oct 2019 04:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Former Roadie for lesser known bands, Roscoe, helps our host curate the episode with songs by bands that opens up for Frank or toured with him, like The Grateful Dead, Deep Purple and Elvin Bishop. Each song has the spirit of life on the road. 

]]> Frank On The Road Kent Koren 00:59:00 Former Roadie for lesser known bands, Roscoe, helps our host curate the episode with songs by bands that opens up for Frank or toured with him, like The Grateful Dead, Deep Purple and Elvin Bishop. Each song has the spirit of life on the road.  Former Roadie for lesser known bands, Roscoe, helps our host curate the episode with songs by bands that opens up for Frank or toured with him, like The Grateful Dead, Deep Purple and Elvin Bishop. Each song has the spirit of life on the road.  false full 25 093ed41e-e059-11e9-b20b-2fca78b6c24f Hot Rats at 50 We celebrate the Hot Rats album by highlighting players on it like Sugarcane Harris and Shuggie Otis. Then we dive into an analysis of the Dweezil Zappa Hot Rats show in New Jersey. There are even some outrageous guest call-ins.

]]> Thu, 26 Sep 2019 12:27:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We celebrate the Hot Rats album by highlighting players on it like Sugarcane Harris and Shuggie Otis. Then we dive into an analysis of the Dweezil Zappa Hot Rats show in New Jersey. There are even some outrageous guest call-ins.

]]> Hot Rats at 50 Kent Koren 00:57:29 We celebrate the Hot Rats album by highlighting players on it like Sugarcane Harris and Shuggie Otis. Then we dive into an analysis of the Dweezil Zappa Hot Rats show in New Jersey. There are even some outrageous guest call-ins. We celebrate the Hot Rats album by highlighting players on it like Sugarcane Harris and Shuggie Otis. Then we dive into an analysis of the Dweezil Zappa Hot Rats show in New Jersey. There are even some outrageous guest call-ins. false full 24 c3820300-db04-11e9-b031-735fab76dd42 The Legends of the Apostrophe John Reid fills in on this tribute and connection filled dive into the players and the meanings of Frank's classic album, the Apostrophe. The "where are they now" file might just FREAK YOU OUT!

]]> Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:31:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ John Reid fills in on this tribute and connection filled dive into the players and the meanings of Frank's classic album, the Apostrophe. The "where are they now" file might just FREAK YOU OUT!

]]> The Legends of the Apostrophe Kent Koren 00:59:00 John Reid fills in on this tribute and connection filled dive into the players and the meanings of Frank's classic album, the Apostrophe. The "where are they now" file might just FREAK YOU OUT! John Reid fills in on this tribute and connection filled dive into the players and the meanings of Frank's classic album, the Apostrophe. The "where are they now" file might just FREAK YOU OUT! false full 23 fd73c838-d414-11e9-a8dd-e72e0f29fc88 Lush Vibes Meets The Mothers of Connection Calvin Williams, host of "Lush Vibes" came in and vibed up the MOC with far-out cosmic connections featuring some avante garde jazz and R&B. We heard the works of names like Monk, Dolphy, The Medallions and the incomparable Weather Report.

]]> Wed, 11 Sep 2019 04:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Calvin Williams, host of "Lush Vibes" came in and vibed up the MOC with far-out cosmic connections featuring some avante garde jazz and R&B. We heard the works of names like Monk, Dolphy, The Medallions and the incomparable Weather Report.

]]> Lush Vibes Meets The Mothers of Connection Kent Koren 00:59:01 Calvin Williams, host of "Lush Vibes" came in and vibed up the MOC with far-out cosmic connections featuring some avante garde jazz and R&B. We heard the works of names like Monk, Dolphy, The Medallions and the incomparable Weather Report. Calvin Williams, host of "Lush Vibes" came in and vibed up the MOC with far-out cosmic connections featuring some avante garde jazz and R&B. We heard the works of names like Monk, Dolphy, The Medallions and the incomparable Weather Report. false full 22 2aacee22-ceea-11e9-8a44-5327758ba8de The New Disciples of Frank We shine a light on young musicians who list Frank as a major source of inspiration like Marcus King, Karina Rykman, White Denim and more.

]]> Wed, 4 Sep 2019 08:01:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We shine a light on young musicians who list Frank as a major source of inspiration like Marcus King, Karina Rykman, White Denim and more.

]]> The New Disciples of Frank Kent Koren 00:58:34 We shine a light on young musicians who list Frank as a major source of inspiration like Marcus King, Karina Rykman, White Denim and more. We shine a light on young musicians who list Frank as a major source of inspiration like Marcus King, Karina Rykman, White Denim and more. false full 21 0391adde-c984-11e9-9b4a-67819b43417a The Project Object w/ Andre Cholmondeley The one and only Andre Cholmondeley (founder of Project Object) shares stories of meeting with Zappa alumni for the first time, life on the road with Derek Trucks, Steve Howe and Al Di Meola, his father' impact on his musical tastes and the future for Project Object. 

]]> Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:05:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The one and only Andre Cholmondeley (founder of Project Object) shares stories of meeting with Zappa alumni for the first time, life on the road with Derek Trucks, Steve Howe and Al Di Meola, his father' impact on his musical tastes and the future for Project Object. 

]]> The Project Object w/ Andre Cholmondeley Kent Koren 01:06:12 The one and only Andre Cholmondeley (founder of Project Object) shares stories of meeting with Zappa alumni for the first time, life on the road with Derek Trucks, Steve Howe and Al Di Meola, his father' impact on his musical tastes and the future for Project Object.  The one and only Andre Cholmondeley (founder of Project Object) shares stories of meeting with Zappa alumni for the first time, life on the road with Derek Trucks, Steve Howe and Al Di Meola, his father' impact on his musical tastes and the future for Project Object.  false full 20 006faaa0-c418-11e9-b290-47e504ada06a Frank's Freak Out List We nerd out on the list of influencers in the liner notes of Frank's debut double album Freak Out. We focus on the likes of Dylan, Elvis and MIngus 

]]> Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:35:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We nerd out on the list of influencers in the liner notes of Frank's debut double album Freak Out. We focus on the likes of Dylan, Elvis and MIngus 

]]> Frank's Freak Out List Kent Koren 00:56:24 We nerd out on the list of influencers in the liner notes of Frank's debut double album Freak Out. We focus on the likes of Dylan, Elvis and MIngus  We nerd out on the list of influencers in the liner notes of Frank's debut double album Freak Out. We focus on the likes of Dylan, Elvis and MIngus  false full 19 44de6c44-bc70-11e9-ae7d-57d14a93cd0d The Adventures of Ed Palermo (Interview) The one and only big band legend and leader of the incomparable Ed Palermo Big Band, who've played over 300 FZ compositions over three decades, was on our show. We discuss Zappanele festival, the violinist sensation Katie Jacoby, his love for Todd Rundgren's music and how the EPBB came about 

]]> Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:37:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ The one and only big band legend and leader of the incomparable Ed Palermo Big Band, who've played over 300 FZ compositions over three decades, was on our show. We discuss Zappanele festival, the violinist sensation Katie Jacoby, his love for Todd Rundgren's music and how the EPBB came about 

]]> The Adventures of Ed Palermo (Interview) Kent Koren 00:52:59 The one and only big band legend and leader of the incomparable Ed Palermo Big Band, who've played over 300 FZ compositions over three decades, was on our show. We discuss Zappanele festival, the violinist sensation Katie Jacoby, his love for Todd Rundgren's music and how the EPBB came about  The one and only big band legend and leader of the incomparable Ed Palermo Big Band, who've played over 300 FZ compositions over three decades, was on our show. We discuss Zappanele festival, the violinist sensation Katie Jacoby, his love for Todd Rundgren's music and how the EPBB came about  false full 18 acf84ca2-b7b4-11e9-9ef4-ffacfc12b3f2 The Drummers of Frank Part 2 Newly crowned Sabian Cymbals official artist, Randy Satarsky, talks percussion, Genesis drummers, Solid Gold dancers, the drumming of Chad and Chester and the mechanics of all things with a beat - with special appearance by Roscoe, the Engineer and the music of Zappa drummers in addition to theThe Police, Billy Cobham and more

]]> Wed, 7 Aug 2019 04:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Newly crowned Sabian Cymbals official artist, Randy Satarsky, talks percussion, Genesis drummers, Solid Gold dancers, the drumming of Chad and Chester and the mechanics of all things with a beat - with special appearance by Roscoe, the Engineer and the music of Zappa drummers in addition to theThe Police, Billy Cobham and more

]]> The Drummers of Frank Part 2 Kent Koren 00:58:59 Newly crowned Sabian Cymbals official artist, Randy Satarsky, talks percussion, Genesis drummers, Solid Gold dancers, the drumming of Chad and Chester and the mechanics of all things with a beat - with special appearance by Roscoe, the Engineer and the music of Zappa drummers in addition to theThe Police, Billy Cobham and more Newly crowned Sabian Cymbals official artist, Randy Satarsky, talks percussion, Genesis drummers, Solid Gold dancers, the drumming of Chad and Chester and the mechanics of all things with a beat - with special appearance by Roscoe, the Engineer and the music of Zappa drummers in addition to theThe Police, Billy Cobham and more false full 17 fcc88e14-b1e6-11e9-a652-7376d92bd27a Disciples of Frank From Dweezil and Devo to Primus and Matt Groening, we highlight creators and musicians inspired by the one and only FZ

]]> Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:37:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ From Dweezil and Devo to Primus and Matt Groening, we highlight creators and musicians inspired by the one and only FZ

]]> Disciples of Frank Kent Koren 00:59:01 From Dweezil and Devo to Primus and Matt Groening, we highlight creators and musicians inspired by the one and only FZ From Dweezil and Devo to Primus and Matt Groening, we highlight creators and musicians inspired by the one and only FZ false full 16 65e65ec8-ae9d-11e9-b1b7-a3bfc0fb6fd6 In The Keys of Frank We get an in depth analysis of all things keyboards and Frank Zappa from the ultra talented keyboardist, Eric Matlock of Jelly Bread and Chillent. We break down the tools of the keyboard trade and talk mechanics and influences on a bunch of tracks including Sofa #1.

]]> Thu, 25 Jul 2019 05:34:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We get an in depth analysis of all things keyboards and Frank Zappa from the ultra talented keyboardist, Eric Matlock of Jelly Bread and Chillent. We break down the tools of the keyboard trade and talk mechanics and influences on a bunch of tracks including Sofa #1.

]]> In The Keys of Frank Kent Koren 00:51:50 We get an in depth analysis of all things keyboards and Frank Zappa from the ultra talented keyboardist, Eric Matlock of Jelly Bread and Chillent. We break down the tools of the keyboard trade and talk mechanics and influences on a bunch of tracks including Sofa #1. We get an in depth analysis of all things keyboards and Frank Zappa from the ultra talented keyboardist, Eric Matlock of Jelly Bread and Chillent. We break down the tools of the keyboard trade and talk mechanics and influences on a bunch of tracks including Sofa #1. false full 15 42123314-a592-11e9-bae3-97aed1c9f2d6 Frank in '74 Frank's band form 1974 is featured along with other tunes from that year by artists like Bob Dylan, Shuggie Otis, Genesis, etc. 

]]> Tue, 16 Jul 2019 13:31:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Frank's band form 1974 is featured along with other tunes from that year by artists like Bob Dylan, Shuggie Otis, Genesis, etc. 

]]> Frank in '74 Kent Koren 00:58:59 Frank's band form 1974 is featured along with other tunes from that year by artists like Bob Dylan, Shuggie Otis, Genesis, etc.  Frank's band form 1974 is featured along with other tunes from that year by artists like Bob Dylan, Shuggie Otis, Genesis, etc.  false full 14 08ff6dec-a1bb-11e9-9b50-e733ebc8efb1 Frank Sings The Blues We explored bluesy songs in the Zappa catalog as well as blues musicians that Frank thanked in his Freak Out Album liner notes, aka, The Freak Out list or  "These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against them." 

*Substitute Host - Calvin Williams

]]> Wed, 10 Jul 2019 04:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We explored bluesy songs in the Zappa catalog as well as blues musicians that Frank thanked in his Freak Out Album liner notes, aka, The Freak Out list or  "These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against them." 

*Substitute Host - Calvin Williams

]]> Frank Sings The Blues Kent Koren 00:59:00 We explored bluesy songs in the Zappa catalog as well as blues musicians that Frank thanked in his Freak Out Album liner notes, aka, The Freak Out list or  "These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against them."  *Substitute Host - Calvin Williams We explored bluesy songs in the Zappa catalog as well as blues musicians that Frank thanked in his Freak Out Album liner notes, aka, The Freak Out list or  "These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against them."  *Substitute Host - Calvin Williams false full 13 9c62d6f2-9d9a-11e9-aaae-0fefa236b0a9 Frank of July It's the Frank of July. We're playing Zappa music that reflects Frank's view on the red, white and blue. We connected the works of Steve Vai, Yes and Grand Funk Railroad. Get the story on all these connections right here! Special Birthday shout out to Robert Martin. 

]]> Wed, 3 Jul 2019 13:54:42 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ It's the Frank of July. We're playing Zappa music that reflects Frank's view on the red, white and blue. We connected the works of Steve Vai, Yes and Grand Funk Railroad. Get the story on all these connections right here! Special Birthday shout out to Robert Martin. 

]]> Frank of July Kent Koren 00:59:00 It's the Frank of July. We're playing Zappa music that reflects Frank's view on the red, white and blue. We connected the works of Steve Vai, Yes and Grand Funk Railroad. Get the story on all these connections right here! Special Birthday shout out to Robert Martin.  It's the Frank of July. We're playing Zappa music that reflects Frank's view on the red, white and blue. We connected the works of Steve Vai, Yes and Grand Funk Railroad. Get the story on all these connections right here! Special Birthday shout out to Robert Martin.  false full 12 bdb6bc16-9858-11e9-941d-17c8a834e502 Hello My Name Is Frank In this episode, we play songs that have first names in their title. We touch on the work of Mr. Sting, Primus Robert Palmer and connect Frank to Van Morrison and more. There are even a few special appearances by the MOC audio team, Roscoe and Buddy. 

]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2019 21:49:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In this episode, we play songs that have first names in their title. We touch on the work of Mr. Sting, Primus Robert Palmer and connect Frank to Van Morrison and more. There are even a few special appearances by the MOC audio team, Roscoe and Buddy. 

]]> Hello My Name Is Frank Kent Koren 00:59:00 In this episode, we play songs that have first names in their title. We touch on the work of Mr. Sting, Primus Robert Palmer and connect Frank to Van Morrison and more. There are even a few special appearances by the MOC audio team, Roscoe and Buddy.  In this episode, we play songs that have first names in their title. We touch on the work of Mr. Sting, Primus Robert Palmer and connect Frank to Van Morrison and more. There are even a few special appearances by the MOC audio team, Roscoe and Buddy.  false full 11 f8aa3490-91f7-11e9-8c03-07c2cd63dd50 Flo and Eddie, Are You Kidding Shane fills in for Kent and takes on an exploration into the collaboration and careers of former Mothers and Turtles, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, aka. Flo and Eddie

]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2019 18:56:11 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Shane fills in for Kent and takes on an exploration into the collaboration and careers of former Mothers and Turtles, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, aka. Flo and Eddie

]]> Flo and Eddie, Are You Kidding Kent Koren 00:59:01 Shane fills in for Kent and takes on an exploration into the collaboration and careers of former Mothers and Turtles, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, aka. Flo and Eddie Shane fills in for Kent and takes on an exploration into the collaboration and careers of former Mothers and Turtles, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, aka. Flo and Eddie false full 10 40133266-87d8-11e9-9ad4-cbb1ec3db11c Jazz Isn't Dead, It Just Smells Funny. In honor of the 25 year anniversary of "Make A Jazz Noise Here," we're playing Frank's jazzy influences and jazz numbers from various albums including Archie Shepp, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, some live Steely Dan and The Ed Palermo Band.

]]> Sun, 9 Jun 2019 04:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ In honor of the 25 year anniversary of "Make A Jazz Noise Here," we're playing Frank's jazzy influences and jazz numbers from various albums including Archie Shepp, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, some live Steely Dan and The Ed Palermo Band.

]]> Jazz Isn't Dead, It Just Smells Funny. Kent Koren 00:59:01 In honor of the 25 year anniversary of "Make A Jazz Noise Here," we're playing Frank's jazzy influences and jazz numbers from various albums including Archie Shepp, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, some live Steely Dan and The Ed Palermo Band. In honor of the 25 year anniversary of "Make A Jazz Noise Here," we're playing Frank's jazzy influences and jazz numbers from various albums including Archie Shepp, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, some live Steely Dan and The Ed Palermo Band. false full 12 26b5a57e-823d-11e9-9b40-03e330b4e887 The Drummers of Frank Along with my guest, Randy Satarsky of local NYC band Thornes, we analyze the work of Frank's drummers including Vinnie Colaiuta, Chad Whackerman, Terry Bozio and even Aynsley Dunbar. Not enough time for everyone! Part 2 TBD.

]]> Mon, 3 Jun 2019 04:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ Along with my guest, Randy Satarsky of local NYC band Thornes, we analyze the work of Frank's drummers including Vinnie Colaiuta, Chad Whackerman, Terry Bozio and even Aynsley Dunbar. Not enough time for everyone! Part 2 TBD.

]]> The Drummers of Frank Kent Koren 00:59:00 Along with my guest, Randy Satarsky of local NYC band Thornes, we analyze the work of Frank's drummers including Vinnie Colaiuta, Chad Whackerman, Terry Bozio and even Aynsley Dunbar. Not enough time for everyone! Part 2 TBD. Along with my guest, Randy Satarsky of local NYC band Thornes, we analyze the work of Frank's drummers including Vinnie Colaiuta, Chad Whackerman, Terry Bozio and even Aynsley Dunbar. Not enough time for everyone! Part 2 TBD. false full 8 66856772-80a1-11e9-85b4-373ae09c2864 While Frank's Guitar Gently Shreds We selected some shredding samples by Mr. Zappa in songs you least expect a ripping solo like the song "Truck Driver Divorce." Get your face melted off the bone with solos from Dweezil, Steve Vai and The Z3. 

]]> Mon, 27 May 2019 16:45:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We selected some shredding samples by Mr. Zappa in songs you least expect a ripping solo like the song "Truck Driver Divorce." Get your face melted off the bone with solos from Dweezil, Steve Vai and The Z3. 

]]> While Frank's Guitar Gently Shreds Kent Koren 00:59:01 We selected some shredding samples by Mr. Zappa in songs you least expect a ripping solo like the song "Truck Driver Divorce." Get your face melted off the bone with solos from Dweezil, Steve Vai and The Z3.  We selected some shredding samples by Mr. Zappa in songs you least expect a ripping solo like the song "Truck Driver Divorce." Get your face melted off the bone with solos from Dweezil, Steve Vai and The Z3.  false full 7 55cb15fe-7966-11e9-bd90-e7b0429d7152 Dr. Frank's Love Hour We feature songs with the theme love from rare connections to Lou Reed, John Lennon, Tina Turner and more. 

]]> Sun, 19 May 2019 04:00:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We feature songs with the theme love from rare connections to Lou Reed, John Lennon, Tina Turner and more. 

]]> Dr. Frank's Love Hour Kent Koren 00:55:51 We feature songs with the theme love from rare connections to Lou Reed, John Lennon, Tina Turner and more.  We feature songs with the theme love from rare connections to Lou Reed, John Lennon, Tina Turner and more.  false full 6 0fa34454-75d6-11e9-a0a4-7f3dc28fe32e Frank In The Light So many musicians are inspired things that burn bright. Frank had many songs about lights, sun and fire. Here is a more abstract theme with music from Herbie Mann, The Doors and Monty Python. Special appearance by Kent's engineer, Roscoe.

]]> Mon, 13 May 2019 23:23:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ So many musicians are inspired things that burn bright. Frank had many songs about lights, sun and fire. Here is a more abstract theme with music from Herbie Mann, The Doors and Monty Python. Special appearance by Kent's engineer, Roscoe.

]]> Frank In The Light Kent Koren 00:53:50 So many musicians are inspired things that burn bright. Frank had many songs about lights, sun and fire. Here is a more abstract theme with music from Herbie Mann, The Doors and Monty Python. Special appearance by Kent's engineer, Roscoe. So many musicians are inspired things that burn bright. Frank had many songs about lights, sun and fire. Here is a more abstract theme with music from Herbie Mann, The Doors and Monty Python. Special appearance by Kent's engineer, Roscoe. false full 5 17df0a8a-700a-11e9-8ea9-bfcddb9a005e Frank Across America We start in Baltimore where Frank was born and venture across the country with Steely Dan, David Bowie and more. 

]]> Mon, 6 May 2019 14:17:34 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We start in Baltimore where Frank was born and venture across the country with Steely Dan, David Bowie and more. 

]]> Frank Across America Kent Koren 00:59:01 We start in Baltimore where Frank was born and venture across the country with Steely Dan, David Bowie and more.  We start in Baltimore where Frank was born and venture across the country with Steely Dan, David Bowie and more.  false full 5 f679c6da-6507-11e9-84e2-b73a107bc40e Frank's Food Pyramid

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:05:46 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/

]]> Frank's Food Pyramid Kent Koren 00:28:42 false full 3 30b54050-6502-11e9-83d0-3b753d39ff26 Interview with Robert Martin We talk about the upcoming Bizarre show, his mentorship with Etta James, Stravinsky, touring, late night talks with Frank and the impact of his music on today's hyper-sensitive world.

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:37:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We talk about the upcoming Bizarre show, his mentorship with Etta James, Stravinsky, touring, late night talks with Frank and the impact of his music on today's hyper-sensitive world.

]]> Interview with Robert Martin Kent Koren 01:00:15 We talk about the upcoming Bizarre show, his mentorship with Etta James, Stravinsky, touring, late night talks with Frank and the impact of his music on today's hyper-sensitive world. We talk about the upcoming Bizarre show, his mentorship with Etta James, Stravinsky, touring, late night talks with Frank and the impact of his music on today's hyper-sensitive world. false full 2 29e73ecc-5ba7-11e9-a1ec-b348a27c0e6b Shades of Frank ROYGBIV. We'll cover almost every color in the spectrum through the music of Frank and fellow musicians such as Adrian Belew, Eddie Jobson and George Duke. 

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:51:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ ROYGBIV. We'll cover almost every color in the spectrum through the music of Frank and fellow musicians such as Adrian Belew, Eddie Jobson and George Duke. 

]]> Shades of Frank Kent Koren 00:59:00 ROYGBIV. We'll cover almost every color in the spectrum through the music of Frank and fellow musicians such as Adrian Belew, Eddie Jobson and George Duke.  ROYGBIV. We'll cover almost every color in the spectrum through the music of Frank and fellow musicians such as Adrian Belew, Eddie Jobson and George Duke.  false full 4 https://themothersofconnection.podomatic.com/entry/2019-03-20T08_55_35-07_00 #1 The Mothers of Connection : "New York" We're broadcasting from Brooklyn and one of Zappa's best live albums, ZAPPA IN NEW YORK turns 40 and is re-issued. It only makes sense that this show is all about NYC. We pay tribute to the horn section of Zappa's 70's band, the Brecker Brothers, and various NYC shows.

]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:55:00 +0000 kent.koren@gmail.com (Kent Koren) https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-mothers-of-connection/ We're broadcasting from Brooklyn and one of Zappa's best live albums, ZAPPA IN NEW YORK turns 40 and is re-issued. It only makes sense that this show is all about NYC. We pay tribute to the horn section of Zappa's 70's band, the Brecker Brothers, and various NYC shows.

]]> #1 The Mothers of Connection : "New York" Kent Koren 00:59:00 We're broadcasting from Brooklyn and one of Zappa's best live albums, ZAPPA IN NEW YORK turns 40 and is re-issued. It only makes sense that this show is all about NYC. We pay tribute to the horn section of Zappa's 70's band, the Brecker Brothers, and various NYC shows. We're broadcasting from Brooklyn and one of Zappa's best live albums, ZAPPA IN NEW YORK turns 40 and is re-issued. It only makes sense that this show is all about NYC. We pay tribute to the horn section of Zappa's 70's band, the Brecker Brothers, and various NYC shows. false full 0