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Alicia De Larrocha With Sixten Ehrling And The Cleveland Orchestra Play Music of Weber, Beethoven And Nielsen – 1978 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

Subscribe: Become a Patron! Part 1 Cleveland Orch. Ehrling/DeLarrocha – Feb. 23, 1978 – Part 1 Part 2 Cleveland Orch, Ehrling/DeLarrocha – Feb. 23, 1978 – Part 2 Another historic concert this week. The Cleveland Orchestra, guest conducted by Sixten…

Dan Hicks

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks – Live At The Boarding House 1971 – Past Daily Soundbooth

A concert by the venerable Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, recorded live at The Boarding House in San Francisco on May 1971 by the late-great KMPX-FM. Always one to defy labels, Dan Hicks’ infectious mix of Western Swing, Good-timey,…

The Changing Presidency 1975 – Past Daily Reference Room

The Changing Presidency – NPR-National Town Meeting – 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Presidency. In 1975, with the country reeling over Watergate and the White House now occupied by someone not elected to the highest office, the…

Alois Reiser – 1936 Music Guild Awards – 2nd Prize – Weekend Gramophone

Alois Reiser – 1936 Music Guild Awards – 2nd Prize – String Quartet op. 18 – Roth String Quartet – Jan. 1, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 1936 Music Guild Awards, as broadcast on January 1, 1937.…

Mayor LaGuardia Sums Up 1945

  Mayor LaGuardia – Address to New York – Dec. 30, 1945 – WNYC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Mayor LaGuardia. Probably the most colorful Mayor New York witnessed in its history, made his end-of-year address on December 30,…

The Past Daily Fall Fundraiser – Communique #12

Day #13 – A little under half-way and not past 5% of our funding goal.  Sometimes it’s hard to compete with all the noise. The noise of other sites – the noise of the day – the noise of distraction.…