In 1949, as The Red Scare was grabbing the minds and nerves of the American people, a concerted effort was taking place to give explanation as to what Soviet Russia was all about and how formidable an enemy the Russian people actually were. Among all the people who sought to
Over to the 2012 Salzburg Festival for a concert featuring the Vienna Philharmonic, led by Valery Gergiev with tenor Sergei Semishkur in Moussorgsky’s Chant ed danses de la mort (Songs and Dances Of Death). Beginning the concert with Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms with the Vienna State Opera Chorus – followed
Three major parties tonight were running a close race for membership of Japan’s 468-seat House of Representatives trailing far behind. Nine women appeared certain of election. Scattered nation-wide results from the first postwar election gave the Social Democratic Party in Japan, 25 seats, the Progressives 24 and the Liberals 23.
Parliament/Funkadelic to get your blood circulating on a Wednesday morning. In concert at the Convention Center in Dallas on November 5, 1976. I cannot imagine anyone who has not seen, heard or experienced Parliament-Funkadelic in all these years. They were (and still are) a genre unto themselves, wildly innovative, totally
– Procol Harum – In Session – BBC 1967 – More familiar territory tonight. Procol Harum is no stranger to these pages, but the session recordings haven’t gotten around much and they did several for the BBC between 1967 and 1970. Tonight it’s from their first group of BBC sessions,
