Dorothy Thompson – Radio Address FDR For President Committee – October 29, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dorothy Thompson was one of the most respected journalists working in Radio as well as print in the 1930s. She was second (only to Eleanor Roosevelt) as Most Trusted Woman In
Toy – Clouds That Cover The Sun – from the lp, Clear Shot – Heavenly Recordings– released October 28, 2016 – Toy. A band I hadn’t heard from in a while and was actually thinking about them today before I heard they have a new album, their third, released today.
Doves – In concert from Rock City, Nottingham – 2002 – BBC In Concert Series – Doves to end the week. The popular Alt/Indie band who got started in 1991 as a school dance band known as Sub Sub and graduated to more serious endeavors as Doves in 1998, have
Pamela Hute – I Know – My Dear Recordings – 2016 French singer/songwriter/guitarist/Rocker Pamela Hute was one of the first artists I played when I began my initial incarnation of the Nights At The Round Table series over 8 years ago. I had been a fan ever since first
Low – in session for John Peel – November 8, 2000 – BBC Radio 1 – Masters of slowcore, Duluth‘s own Low, in session for John Peel and recorded on November 8, 2000. A band who pioneered minimalist music in Pop, they have been around since 1993. But it wasn’t
Hungarian State Symphony – Janos Ferencsik and Zoltan Kocsis – September 25, 1981 – Part 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Hungarian State Symphony – Janos Ferencsik and Zoltan Kocsis – September 25, 1981 – Part 2 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic concert this week. This time from
Scarlet Rascal – Strange – from their forthcoming self-titled album – Bringing back an old series tonight. We decided to retire Nights At The Roundtable for a while some months back, because the title no longer fit what we were doing; sessions and concerts, having nothing to do with
Sky Larkin – 6 Music Session – October 22, 2013 – BBC 6 Music – Sky Larkin in session from 2013 tonight. They’ve been around since 2005 and were part of that flood of bands coming out of the Leeds area of Britain that year. Got their breakthrough at the
Manic Street Preachers – Live At the Astoria, London – December 1994 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Manic Street Preachers to start off the week. From a concert given at the Astoria in London on December 1994, during a period of considerable upset within the band, and
César Franck – Les Eolides – ORTF Opera Orchestra – Jesus Etcheverry, cond. – ORTf – circa 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- César Franck this weekend – by no means an obscure name, and in fact one of the most popular French composers of the 19th century. Beginning his
