– Irma Thomas, live at Black Is Back Soul Weekend – June 16, 2013 – It’s hard to believe the Black Is Back Soul Weekend festival was the first time Queen of Soul Irma Thomas played in Spain. But from all accounts it was true. Needless to say, the legend
A dive back to 1961 for a concert by Ray Charles, recorded live at Palais des Sport in Paris by the venerable ORTF. For those of you who may not already know, Ray Charles has been regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was
While the UN was preparing to celebrate 10 years as a peacemaking body on the 20th of June, a military coup was going on in Argentina, with a plan to oust Juan Pèron. this day in June 1955. On 16 June 1955, 30 Argentine Navy and Air Force aircraft bombed
A blast of Pinkpop 2013 tonight. This morning it’s festival veterans Stereophonics, recorded on June 16th 2013 by the venerable Netherlands Radio outlet VPRO and station 3voor12. Described as “classic UK rock delivered with whiskey vocals”, Stereophonics have been summarized as possessing a sound akin to the genres of alternative
– Chic with Nile Rodgers – Glastonbury 2013 – BBC 6 Music – June 28, 2013 – It’s hard to say who was more blown away by this concert – the band or the audience. Clearly it was a love-fest and an energy feed, with the venerable and legendary Nile
Squeeze – In Concert at Oxford Polytechnic – Recorded by BBC Radio 1 for In Concert series – 1981 – BBC Radio 1 Squeeze to kick off this rather hair-raising week. In concert from Oxford Polytechnic and recorded by BBC Radio 1 on May 15, 1981. Squeeze came to prominence
– George Shearing – LIve At The Hollywood Bowl – Boys Club Benefit 1961 – Part of a longer concert featuring a wide range of talent as part of a Boys Club benefit in 1961, George Shearing offered up a short but really lovely set to coincide with his newly
– Leon Boellmann Cello Sonata – 1949 – ORTF, Paris – Another rarely performed composer this week, as performed by a then-rising-star Cellist, Jacques Ripoche and legendary pianist-teacher Jean-Jacques Painchaud in a broadcast recital recording made by French Radio in 1949 of the seldom heard composer Leon Boellmann and his
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Sadly, the French conductor Roger Desormiere didn’t fully transition over to the era of the lp record before having his career cut short by a debilitating stroke. He was one of the most widely respected conductors in France, going from the late 1930s all the way to his forced retirement
