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Click on the link here for Audio Player: WeatherReport1971-07-27InternationalMusicForumStiftshoffOssiachAustria One of the earliest known live concerts by the groundbreaking Jazz/Funk/Fusion band Weather Report, recorded during their initial tour of Europe in 1971 by Austrian Radio. Weather Report, along with the pioneering change in direction of Miles Davis and his influence...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Laura Mvula – Live at VPRO – March 23, 2013 Sounds from up-and-comers this weekend. Tonight it’s Laura Mvula, a classically trained R&B singer from Birmingham in the UK. Her debut e album, Sing To The Moon was released just a few...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Free – In Concert It’s always something of a mixed blessing to run across a concert by a band who were well known, but very little existing of them recorded in concert under decent conditions. In this case, it’s a good sounding...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jessie Ware – Live at Sveriges Radio P3 – February 28, 2013 Staying in Stockholm tonight for a concert by Singer-Songwriter Jessie Ware, in concert at Sveriges Radio P3 Studios, recorded this past February 28th. Ware is one of those amazing...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Washington Straight Talk With Barbara Jordan – March 24, 1975 Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan shot to fame in the 1970s as part of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate Hearings. She was also the first Black Woman elected to Congress from...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 29, 1942 The really interesting, and somewhat prophetic, news on this March 29th in 1942, was buried towards the end of what were daily reports from the Front. The war was dragging on. Britain was staging a series of...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Shout Out Louds – In Session – Sveriges Radio – March 6, 2013 Over to Stockholm tonight for an in-studio session by Swedish alt/indie band Shout Out Louds, who are currently on tour and will be hitting the West Coast of the U.S....
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Second Sunday – The American Scene – A Re- Assessment – 1971 No getting around it, the 70s were something of a mess. Recovering from the massive hangover of the 60s – the Woodstock generation running smack into the Altamont generation. Vietnam...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 28, 1979 The true seriousness of the day wasn’t really known for almost 24 hours after the initial event occurred. The Nuclear Power Plant accident at 3-Mile Island on March 28, 1979 began at 4:00 in the morning and...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1: Finnish Radio Symphony – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player -Part 2: Finnish Radio Symphony – Part 2 Over to Helsinki, Finland this week for a concert by The Finnish Radio Symphony, guest conducted by Francois-Xavier Roth...
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