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
– NBC Radio – Meet The Press – Guest: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King – April 17, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday today, I unearthed this 1960 appearance on Meet The Press, where the discussion is about the new tactic
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7091″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 22, 1969 – Monitor News Roundup – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News on this Washington’s Birthday in 1969 had much to do with the anticipated European visit of newly inaugurated President Nixon. It also had something to do with a
Oskar Morawetz – Overture To A Fairy Tale – CBC Symphony – Geoffrey Waddington, cond. circa 1957 – CBC Transcription Service – Back up to Canada this week for a sampling of the music of Czech-Canadian Composer Oskar Morawetz. His 1956 composition Overture To A Fairy Tale in this circa
Killing Joke – in Concert at The Lyceum, London – Feb. 29,1980 – Killing Joke to kick off the week. A concert from The Lyceum in London, recorded on February 29, 1980. This is early Killing Joke, fully five years before hitting their streak of mainstream success. Six months before
– Other Lives – In Concert At Down The Rabbit Hole 2015 – July 28, 2015 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Netherlands The Embarrassment Of Riches Season continues – this one comes from the recently concluded Down The Rabbit Hole festival, which took place at Bergharen in The Netherlands. Ironically, the same
Click on the link here for Audio Player: As much as I like to run concerts from the past on Downbeat, I am always reminded that Jazz (or Modern American Music) is as vital today as ever. Certainly with respect to Gary Burton, whose pioneering virtuosity has been
Click on the link here for audio player – part 1: John Cage Birthday Concert – Part 1 Click on the link here for audio player – part 2: John Cage Birthday Concert – Part 2 September 5th 2012 marked the hundredth birthday of Avant-Garde/Experimental Composer John Cage. So to
Click on the link here for audio player: The Who BBC Sessions – 1965-1967 Depending on where you’re reading this, it’s either still August 23rd or already August 24th. In any event, it would be criminal to let a birthday observance go unnocticed of one of the most celebrated drummers
Click on the link here for Audio player: John Lee Hooker – No Shoes – 1960 August 22nd would have marked Number 95 for John Lee Hooker (born August 22, 1917). So by way of a tribute to one of the Blues immortals and a musical legend, here is tonight’s
