Over to Belfast this week for a set by Polar Bolero from the 2024 Output Belfast Festival this past November. Polar Bolero, is a very new Alt Folk band led by multi-instrumentalists and songwriting duo Cahir McLaughlin and Pearse Donaghy, released their debut single, “Portrait.” earlier this year. It’s projected
During the Last week of December 1956, as the 85th Congress took up President resolution authorizing the use of force to keep the Communists out of the Middle East, the U.S. was fronted by an urgent world that was increasingly apparent the greater the distance from Capitol Hill. One sure
– CBS Hourly News – December 10, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News regarding the continuing odyssey of Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov and the tribulations and drama surrounding him. On this December 10th in 1981 it was news from Sakharov’s daughter-in-law Liza Alexeyeva, who said the KGB summoned
Continuing our quasi-mind melting morning calisthenics with a Route du Rock performance by Ratatat from 2015. In case you’ve been (like me) overwhelmed with the sheer deluge of music coming in every direction for the past 15 or so years, there’s a chance Ratatat might have slipped under your radar.
