Jeff Conklin
@thetrailhead.bsky.social
Community Radio / High Fidelity Stereo Advocacy / Music Discovery
Ambient Audiophile: https://open.substack.com/pub/ambientaudiophile?r=u1bi5&utm_medium=ios
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Ambient Audiophile: https://open.substack.com/pub/ambientaudiophile?r=u1bi5&utm_medium=ios
The Trailhead: https://www.mixcloud.com/jeff-conklin/
Here’s my most recent radio show archive. It’s a little survey of *some* of my favorite music of 2025. Become a paid sub to Ambient Audiophile and get access to more shows www.mixcloud.com/jeff-conklin...
The Trailhead 195 (1/4/26)
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January 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Here’s my most recent radio show archive. It’s a little survey of *some* of my favorite music of 2025. Become a paid sub to Ambient Audiophile and get access to more shows www.mixcloud.com/jeff-conklin...
A/Bing an American first press of ‘Meddle’ (using “Fearless) with a rip of the MFSL CD and nobody in the family is noticing/commenting/caring what is life
January 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
A/Bing an American first press of ‘Meddle’ (using “Fearless) with a rip of the MFSL CD and nobody in the family is noticing/commenting/caring what is life
I'm gonna grip the official release but, man, this source is FUCKING INSANELY GOOD. Way better than the oft-jammed FM SBD.
January 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I'm gonna grip the official release but, man, this source is FUCKING INSANELY GOOD. Way better than the oft-jammed FM SBD.
Had a similar experience. It’s just not good music.
Okay, after years of intermittently trying to get into Van Dyke Parks, it's finally time to admit defeat.
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Had a similar experience. It’s just not good music.
Reposted by Jeff Conklin
wishing a very happy birthday to Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
wishing a very happy birthday to Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan
“Abstract city sun.
The abstract city sun”
The abstract city sun”
January 5, 2026 at 12:28 AM
“Abstract city sun.
The abstract city sun”
The abstract city sun”
Got an unexpected empty house this afternoon so I’ve been jamming many LPs/CDs. Currently being saved by TS McPhee & Co
January 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Got an unexpected empty house this afternoon so I’ve been jamming many LPs/CDs. Currently being saved by TS McPhee & Co
Sunday scores. No other jamband kicks as much ass in the studio as these dudes
January 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Sunday scores. No other jamband kicks as much ass in the studio as these dudes
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Jeff Conklin is Curating a 2-hour radio show and writing a newsletter weekly.
I've been uncovering lost/forgotten music of the past, championing modern sounds and creating unique radio programs for almost 20 years. Your donation helps justify the hours not being yelled at by my
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January 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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We're live!
#nowplaying:
1. Wednesday Knudsen & Willie Lane - Last Flight to Eden - Hello Sunshine: A Tribute To Relatively Clean Rivers (Raven Sings the Blues, 2025)
#nowplaying:
1. Wednesday Knudsen & Willie Lane - Last Flight to Eden - Hello Sunshine: A Tribute To Relatively Clean Rivers (Raven Sings the Blues, 2025)
January 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
We're live!
#nowplaying:
1. Wednesday Knudsen & Willie Lane - Last Flight to Eden - Hello Sunshine: A Tribute To Relatively Clean Rivers (Raven Sings the Blues, 2025)
#nowplaying:
1. Wednesday Knudsen & Willie Lane - Last Flight to Eden - Hello Sunshine: A Tribute To Relatively Clean Rivers (Raven Sings the Blues, 2025)
Back live on the radio/air this morning playing overlooked music released in 2025. Tune in from 10am-Noon ET via the links below & follow for the live playlist.
wvkr.org
Apple: music.apple.com/us/station/w...
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Apple: music.apple.com/us/station/w...
WVKR 91.3 FM – Independent Radio
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January 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Back live on the radio/air this morning playing overlooked music released in 2025. Tune in from 10am-Noon ET via the links below & follow for the live playlist.
wvkr.org
Apple: music.apple.com/us/station/w...
wvkr.org
Apple: music.apple.com/us/station/w...
Saturday morning with two kids under 7 rampaging around the place is the IDEAL time to calibrate your tonearm/cartridge.
Lil dude said he can feel the bass a little better though
Lil dude said he can feel the bass a little better though
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Saturday morning with two kids under 7 rampaging around the place is the IDEAL time to calibrate your tonearm/cartridge.
Lil dude said he can feel the bass a little better though
Lil dude said he can feel the bass a little better though
Deeply honored to be checked & entered into official Wet Tuna cannon with this hot cut on the new EP. Choogle to Bandcamp and support Vermont’s phinest: wettuna.bandcamp.com/album/apex-o...
January 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Deeply honored to be checked & entered into official Wet Tuna cannon with this hot cut on the new EP. Choogle to Bandcamp and support Vermont’s phinest: wettuna.bandcamp.com/album/apex-o...
It’s wild because at 12/29 I bought an ice cream cone at concessions. I’d never done that in 30 years of seeing the band.
January 1, 2026 at 5:36 AM
It’s wild because at 12/29 I bought an ice cream cone at concessions. I’d never done that in 30 years of seeing the band.
‘Monsters’ after ‘More’ would have me sending myself off the upper deck into the pool of poor phans below. Oof
January 1, 2026 at 2:22 AM
‘Monsters’ after ‘More’ would have me sending myself off the upper deck into the pool of poor phans below. Oof
A lot of reflecting happening today, like making it through another year with never listening to the National or the Hold Steady or LCD Soundsystem.
December 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A lot of reflecting happening today, like making it through another year with never listening to the National or the Hold Steady or LCD Soundsystem.
Gonna pop into Roberta’s for some slices presently.
I get to see Phish tonight
December 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Gonna pop into Roberta’s for some slices presently.
I get to see Phish tonight
December 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I get to see Phish tonight
Moma to open or maybe number 2 but I’m gonna groan either way.
December 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Moma to open or maybe number 2 but I’m gonna groan either way.
Our town had its second water main break in a month so I need to miss the radio show today and head to my MIL’s to get these kids washed and all that. Back next week with my best of 2025 show.
December 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our town had its second water main break in a month so I need to miss the radio show today and head to my MIL’s to get these kids washed and all that. Back next week with my best of 2025 show.
Took 87 to a moe. show as Jah intended. Upstate jam crowd proving fam as ever. In for a good one I think.
December 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Took 87 to a moe. show as Jah intended. Upstate jam crowd proving fam as ever. In for a good one I think.
I guess the hint I dropped 7 months ago about needing a NM to M- first German pressing of the debut Pat Metheny Group LP went unnoticed…
December 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I guess the hint I dropped 7 months ago about needing a NM to M- first German pressing of the debut Pat Metheny Group LP went unnoticed…
The Booker T & the MGs Xmas album is incredible. I was really out in cold for 30 years hating the holiday (and its jams) before kids. #nowplaying
December 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Booker T & the MGs Xmas album is incredible. I was really out in cold for 30 years hating the holiday (and its jams) before kids. #nowplaying