Fluxedo Junction Scott Kuchler

WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 5/18/24Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each week we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with Dennis Diken - drummer, DJ, author, music historian, and founding member of the band the Smithereens, which he formed in 1980 with Pat DiNizio, Jim Babjak, and Mike Mesaros in Carteret, New Jersey. Besides playing with the Smithereens, Diken is a fill-in DJ on WFMU as well as a liner notes author and reissue project researcher. As a musician, Diken has recorded or toured with, among others, Ronnie Spector, Dave Davies, Nancy Sinatra, Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las, and Ben E. King, and worked with musicians such as Dave Amels and R. Stevie Moore.

WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 5/18/24Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with guitarist Jock Bartley. Jock is a founding and continuing member of the band Firefall and is known for his melodic, tasteful and fiery lead guitar style. His distinct style has influenced many past and current Rock & Roll guitarists as well as Country artists. Firefall is on currently tour and their latest album, titled Friends & Family, iss available on all major streaming music platforms, as well as at firefallofficial.com.

Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we’ll be speaking with musician and songwriter Todd Giglio of The Turnback. Having recorded 3 full length albums, various singles, and having played the famed Cavern Club in Liverpool - The Turnback have returned with a new single and an accompanying music video called ‘Broken String Guitar'. You can find music from The Turnback on all major streaming outlets, and also on the web at www.facebook.com/theturnback.

WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 4/20/24Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we pay tribute to the recently deceased poet, activist, and rock impresario John Sinclair.

WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 4/13/24Welcome to Fluxedo Junction. Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we’ll be speaking with musician, guitarist, and songwriter Johnny A. Having come to prominence as the music director of J. Giles Band singer Peter Wolf’s outfit, coordinating the onstage arrangements, playing on several tours, and co-producing Wolf’s 1996 album “Long Time”, Johnny was asked to join The Yardbirds as their lead guitarist in 2015. On top of all, of this, Johnny has maintained a prolific solo career, spanning three full-length albums, a Grammy nomination, the honor of Boston Music Awars “Blues Artist Of The Year 2010”, and a spot in the revered Boston Music Hall Of Fame. His latest project is Beck-Ola, a career retrospective of Jeff Beck's music that he’ll be bringing to the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, NY on Sunday, April 21st. More information is available at www.johnnya.com/

WBCQ/The Planet airdate - 4/6/24Interview conducted on 3/20/24Welcome to Fluxedo Junction! Each episode we bring you the best music of all genres from throughout the world, and this week we'll be speaking with guitarist, record producer, composer, writer, and filmmaker David Starobin.David Starobin is a highly honored figure in the world of classical guitar. Called "arguably the most influential American classical guitarist of the 20th century by Soundboard magazine), Starobin was inducted into the Guitar Foundation of America's Hall of Fame in 2011, was awarded Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Career Award (in 1988), and is the dedicatee of more than three hundred new compositions including music by composers Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Poul Ruders and Gunther Schuller.A native of New York City. Starobin performs on both nineteenth century and modern guitars, and has received Grammy nominations as guitarist and as Classical Producer of the Year. In 1981, he founded Bridge Records, a record company which has been honored with 36 Grammy nominations. Starobin is a co-founder of the guitar department at the Curtis Institute of Music, and also teaches at Manhattan School of Music, where he was the holder of MSM's Andres Segovia Chair. Starobin studied guitar with Manuel Gayol, Alberto Valdes Blain and with Aaron Shearer at the Peabody Institute. His musical compositions are published by Editions New Rochelle (New York) and Edition Wilhelm Hansen (Copenhagen).His latest release on Bridge Records, Virtousi, is an homage to seven leading composer/guitarists of the past two centuries. Virtuosi presents eight previously unissued tracks, alongside remastered versions of five Starobin classics. More information is available at bridgerecords.com