A busy week, the one ending on this day in 1980: President Carter broke diplomatic relations with Iran today, gave Tehran’s diplomats 36 hours to get out of America and took steps to keep other Iranian citizens from entering the country. Carter also announced a new effort to keep American
Lunch with Rod Stewart and Faces for Monday – recorded at Edmonton Sundown on June 4, 1973. Significant in that this was, for all intents and purposes, the last series of concerts with the original lineup before bassist Ronnie Lane left and was replaced by former Free bassist Tetsu Yamauchi
– Radio Moscow News In English – April 13, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of the upticks during the Cold War was the near constant barrage of propaganda, newscasts, jamming of signals and plain old Publicity that took place between the U.S. and The Soviet Union. Before the
Francis Poulenc (L) – Christiane de Lisle (C) – Louis DeFroment (R) – from the archives of French Radio Certainly not an obscure work from an overlooked composer. The Concerto for Organ, Percussion and Strings by Francis Poulenc featuring Organist Christiane deLisle and the Chamber Orchestra of French Radio conducted
Another entry in our occasional series of important Plays as performed for Radio. This weekend it’s the 2014 Old Vic revival of Sophocles tragedy Electra, with Kristen Scott-Thomas in the title role and incidental Music for the play composed by PJ Harvey. It was first broadcast on March 8, 2015
Mehldau, Potter, Patitucci and Blake – Summit Meeting at Montpelier. From the 2024 Montpelier Jazz Festival – a summit meeting featuring Brad Mehldau, Chris Potter, John Patitucci and Johnathan Blake. Recorded by Radio France Musique on July 9, 2024. Supergroups are a well-known phenomenon in rock music, but in jazz,
Sean Ono Lennon – from the “fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree” department. Sean Ono Lennon for a Saturday Weekend. Recorded at The Rainbow Club in Milano on February 12, 2007 by RAI-Radio 1. One of my favorites (forget who his dad is), Sean Ono Lennon in a reasonably
Long story short: You moved in together. You said it was saving money – She said it was roommates. Deep-down; you liked the idea of living together. You weren’t seeing anybody else – you had the love thing down to a science. You were both pretty level-headed. Nobody got married
The Middle East in 1951 – so fragile, that breathing the wrong way could set off a catastrophe. For some weekend listening – here is a discussion, part of the Town Meeting Tonight radio series from June 5, 1951 – The subject was “Is Peace Possible For The Middle East?”
Wisp for a Friday afternoon – recorded at Shibuya in Tokyo on January 19, 2026. Covering a lot of ground in a relatively short period of time, Wisp (who is, in reality Natalie R. Lu) got noticed pretty much from the get-go. Being labeled everything from Nu-Gaze to Zoomergaze, Wisp
