Beach House – live at Pitchfork Festival 2015 – October 29, 2015 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Beach House – a band who have been almost constantly touring the past few years, has been getting huge attention all over the world. Further evidence, the work you put into something,
– Eyewitness To History – School Desegregation In New Orleans – December 2, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – School Desegregation, even 6 years after the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, schools were loathed to follow the ruling, balking at the notion of integrating
– Jean-Phillipe Collard – In Recital at France Musique Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris – March 12, 2016 – Radio France Musique – If there was a concert which would constitute as therapeutic, cathartic, energizing, uplifting and the equivalent of a feast of comfort food, it would be
– Tori Amos – Live At Baloise Session – November 6, 2015 – SRF – With over 16 albums to her credit, and a career spanning over 40 years, Tori Amos is considered the Grande Dame, of Indie. But she’s a lot more than that – with musical interests embracing
August 28, 1957 – Life And The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 28, 1957 – 67 years ago history was made when Major David Simons piloted the first hot-air balloon, reaching over 100,000 feet to the edge of Outer Space. It was the first such experiment using
– Women’s March – Equality Day 1970 – August 26, 1970 – WBAI-FM recap – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As a reminder that people in mass protest can change the course of history, I ran across this excerpt of the days events on August 26, 1970 – the day
– Press Conference featuring Dimitri Shostakovich, Tikhon Khrenikov and Dimitri Kabalevsky – Philadelphia – November 6, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As part of the Cold War thaw, the Cultural Exchange Program was an idea brought about to bring understanding of all aspects of Soviet life to America
Become a member and subscribe: Become a Patron! CBS Radio News – May 20, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection May 20, 1999 had everyone scratching their heads, wondering just where the sanity had gone. A month after the mass shootings at Columbine High School, another similar shooting took place,
Become a member and download this concert for free: Become a Patron! The immortal Otis Redding this week, recorded in concert at an unidentified venue (I’m thinking Baltimore? – call for clarification from readers please!) on October 4, 1966. I forgot how turbo-charged Redding was in performance. This concert (actually
– News for April 13, 1941 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another day inching closer to a World at War. This April 13th in 1941 was filled with stories of the situation in The Balkans, the German action in Greece, the fighting in East
