New Music on the horizon tonight. The Orchestra (For Now) is a seven-piece band (with strings), together since 2023 and have (or are about to) issue their debut EP, Plan 75. They did a session at BBC 6 Music as part of New Music Fix, broadcast earlier today. NME are
Much going on in the world this March 25th, 1997. The big news was coming from Africa where Zaire’s Parliament voted to unseat the country’s unpopular Prime Minister, Mr Leon Kengo wa Dondo, just hours after he left the capital to attend a regional meeting on the nation’s civil war.
– CBS Radio – The World Tonight – March 25, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – And on this day in 1976, warnings from Secretary of State Henry Kissinger over Cuban military interventions abroad brought a not-so-thinly-veiled threat of U.S. military involvement and the very real possibility of air-strikes
– Dexy’s Midnight Runners – live in Essen, Germany – April 17, 1983 – WDR – Dexy’s Midnight Runner’s are probably best known for their milestone 80s hit and landmark MTV video Come On Eileen. But that was the tip of the musical iceberg for this band. Guided by the
