
Year: 2023


A Week Of Violence: Shootout On East 54th Street – Explosions In Dublin – Hostages In Ma’aLot – Week Of May 19, 1974
– CBS Radio – The World This Week – Week ending May 19, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A rather violent week, the one ending May 19th, 1974. Capturing the majority of attention (at least in the U.S.) was the shootout taking place at an otherwise anonymous looking

Wesley Gonzalez & Wild Garlic In Session – 2023 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Wesley Gonzalez & Wild Garlic – in session for Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – May 18, 2023 – BBC Radio – Wesley Gonzalez in session for Marc Riley tonight – backed by Wild Garlic and broadcast live hours ago via BBC 6 Music. Bekki Bemrose over at Allmusic

German Push To Slow Red Army – Wolf At Australia’s Front Door – Springtime In Moscow – May 18, 1942
News Of The World – May 18, 1942 – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As news came in regarding reports over the showdown between British sea and air forces and the German Navy over the Prinz Eugen, the badly damaged cruiser off the Norwegian coast, other

Roman Holliday – In Concert – 1985 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Roman Holliday was established in November 1980 by Brian Bonhomme, Steve Lambert, Simon Cohen and Peter Noone (the latter of whom left shortly after the band’s formation). Later on, Rob Lambert and Jon Durno joined, followed by Soho Square busker, John Eacott. At the end of 1982, Adrian York joined

Liviu Prunaru With Eivind Aadland And l’Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne – In Concert – 2012 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Liviu Prunaru, violin – Eivind Aadland, cond. – l’Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne – Live – May 22, 2012 – RTS Espace 2 – Over to Lausanne this week for a concert by the celebrated Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, led this week by one of Norway’s most prominent conductors, Eivin Aadland

MacArthur Firing: The Gift That Keeps On Giving – Word From The Front – Anticipating 1952 – May 18, 1951
Hear It Now – Edward R. Murrow and CBS Radio – Week of May 18, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for the week ending May 18, 1951 as presented by Edward R. Murrow and CBS Radio News Program Hear It Now. The news this week, like the

Okinawa: Seconds And Inches – Celebrating In Norway – Manhunt In Germany – May 17, 1945
May 17, 1945 – News From NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Despite celebrations in Europe, fighting continued in the Pacific. U.S. Army and Marines, having landed on Okinawa were in the slow and bloody process of Capturing the strategic island. As of this day, Marines were approaching the

Pale Blue Eyes In Session – 2023 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Pale Blue Eyes – In Session for Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – May 16, 2023 – BBC 6 – Pale Blue Eyes in session for Marc Riley at BBC6 Music, broadcast live just a few hours ago. It occurred to me, as I was putting this post together

Squabbles, Budgets And Blame Games – May 16, 1983
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