Buckle up for Gary of Gee’s Records wild ride through true hip-hop culture as a producer, promoter, and record dealer. From roller rink hip-hop shows, to house parties, to 1212 Studios with Paul C, to Jazzy Jay at Strong City, to producing tracks with Beatnuts, and Afrika Bambaataa, recording with Grandmaster Flash, and selling sought-after break-beat records to Q-Tip, Large Professor, and Questlove, Gary is an innovator and conduit ..read more

Rob Fraboni is a renowned producer and engineer. Fraboni is well-known for his work with the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Buckwheat Zydeco, Hubert Sumlin, John Martyn, Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, and Melissa Ethridge, and served as VP of Island Records in its heyday.    Fraboni, leant his expertise to the Verso hybrid analog recording studio, having built Bob Dylan and the Band’s Shangri La Studios to their specifications in 1976. At the turn of the century, Fraboni built Keith Richards home studio just miles away from Verso Studios ..read more

https://christineohlman.net/home.html This queen of blue-eyed rock n’ soul, who grew up loving equally the sweetness of a Memphis horn line and the raunch of an electric guitar riff, whether played by Muddy Waters, Keith Richards, or Pop Staples, teased her blonde hair into a beehive in honor of Ronnie Spector and never looked back, picking up a guitar and forging a career as a songwriter in the process. She’s the current, long-time vocalist with the Saturday Night Live Band (SNL40’s anniversary post-show concert also featured her star turn onstage with Jimmy Fallon, Elvis Costello and the B-5 ..read more

http://www.lysguillorn.com/  Lys Guillorn is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and multi-disciplinary artist based in Shelton, Connecticut. She is of the same musical school as Laura Veirs, and Kristin Hersh, with a little Emmylou Harris thrown in: dreamy, lyric-driven, melodically interesting, and undefinable. She calls her genre of music "Avant-Twang ..read more

Connecticut music legend!   https://bigalanderson.com/  He’s been known as one of  rock n’ roll’s greatest guitar players. Listed as one of the top 100 guitar players of the 20th century by Musician Magazine and with over 900 cuts internationally, Big Al’s music career was destined. Raised by his piano teacher mother and a radio that would get WWVA in Wheeling West Virginia late at night, he would devour all genres of music from Hank Williams, The Everly Brothers, The Ventures, Chet Atkins, Elvis, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Motown and Stax paving the way for what would be a gi ..read more

Dick Kalt began his radio career in Detroit, moving to Connecticut in 1970 to join the management team of WPLR-FM New Haven which is celebrating its 50th year of broadcasting. As most of us know, WPLR has been central in the Connecticut community and music scene. Dick is an expert at creating synergistic buzz and making the seemingly impossible, possible.    In 1981 Dick joined Connecticut Radio Network as a partner and executive vice president where he has created and directed many of the company’s award-winning broadcast marketing campaigns.   Today Dick hosts the Distraction ..read more

Rick Allison is a central and towering Connecticut music figure both literally at 6 foot four and figuratively. Rick has been a radio DJ at an alphabet soup of stations including: wybc, wkci, wplr, whcn, kpig, wpix, sirius satellite radio and cygnusradio.com.  Rick has also been an announcer for abc, nbc, cbs, espn, hbo and a bushel of commercial clients.    For 29 years Rick has also been the co-host of the Local bands Show on WPLR New Haven and cygnusradio.com. The Local Bands Show is the longest running radio program showcasing the wealth of local musical talent in Connecticu ..read more

https://frankcritelli.bandcamp.com/ Frank Critelli writes songs and often performs live. Many times solo, and sometimes accompanied by one or more musical co-conspirators. For over 30 years, he's played in streets and subways, clubs and coffeehouses, barrooms and classrooms, colleges, festivals, theaters, and in his kitchen. Frank Critelli co-host The Local Bands Show on 99.1fm WPLR-New Haven and CygnusRadio.com w/ Rick Allison ..read more

The Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast is a deep-dive interview series with musicians, artists, conduits, collectors, and dedicated fans focusing on 20th century Connecticut music history across all genres. This project preserves narratives, heralds unsung movers and shakers, and defines Connecticut’s influential role in cultural history.  https://kellyreilly.bandcamp.com/ Kelly Reilly is a musician and rock ‘n’ roll interlocuteur who has held court at the center of New Haven, Connecticut’s vibrant music scene. Reilly discovered rock ‘n’ roll by grifting her mother’s Little Richard re ..read more