– Simple Minds – In Concert At Pinkpop Festival – May 23, 1983 – VPRO, Hilversum Starting up the week on an 80s note with a concert by New Wave sensations Simple Minds, in concert at Holland‘s Pinkpop Festival in 1983. Becoming an almost instant household name in the U.S.,
[/caption] – The Cinematics – Live at London Calling – May 2, 2009 Over to the London Calling festival in 2009 with a short set by The Cinematics. A somewhat short-lived (8 years) band beset with problems not-in-their-control, but rather getting involved with labels in financial difficulties. Still, they were
– Vic Chesnutt with Lambchop – Live At Crossing Border Festival – October 16, 1998 – VPRO, Hilversum – No doubt, Vic Chesnutt was an original. Hampered, only in the physical sense, the result of a car accident when he was 18 which left him paraplegic and wheelchair bound, Vic
Melody’s Echo Chamber – London Calling 2012 A band that have gotten a lot of positive attention. Melody’s Echo Chamber is the brain child of Melody Prochet, who has mixed elements of Electronica, 70’s Progressive, Alternative, a bit of Psychedelia and French Melody into one delightful mosaic of sound. When
A classic concert to start the week off – this time from Simon & Garfunkel in a rare performance at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, recorded by VPRO on May 2, 1970. With all of these classic concerts surfacing lately, you’d think someone finally got around to opening up the closet door,
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Jacco Gardner – In session for Where The Wild Things Are Festival – March 8, 2015 – VPRO/3VOOR12; Netherlands. I have been a fan of Jacco Gardner since first hearing him almost 6 years ago, predictions that
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Booker Ervin Quartet – In Session at Hilversum – Feb. 18, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Over to Hilversum, Holland this week for a radio session from The Booker Ervin Quartet. Booker is joined by Dutch musicians Pim Jacobs on
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Carpenters – Live At Jaap Eden Hal, Amsterdam – Nov. 16, 1976 – VPRO, Hilversum Whatever your feelings are about the legacy of Karen and Richard Carpenter (and I know it runs the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous), one
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Papir – Live at Roadburn 2014 – April 11, 2014 – VPRO-3VOOR12 While we’re collecting our thoughts over Pinkpop and getting ready for most posts from that recent festival, here’s one of the highlights of another festival earlier this year. Wall-of-Guitar/Psychmeisters
Click on the link here for Audio Player – John Mayer – live at Pinkpop 2014 – June 7, 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Saying John Mayer is Alternative might be stretching it a bit. If you discount the multi-platinum albums and Grammies, he’s your basic rock/blues/blue-eyed Soul/Country/Acoustic artist who happens to
