Over to Berlin this week for a concert by the Staatskapelle-Berlin led by Daniel Barenboim, recorded September 11, 2020 by RBB Berlin. The concert opens with a performance of Initiale by Pierre Boulez – it’s followed by the Prelude from Die Meistersinger by Wagner. And then Jörg Widmann’s Zeitensprünge: 450
Making a brief stop at Roskilde Festival in Denmark for a set by The Minds Of 99 – Recorded on July 6, 2018 and preserved for posterity by Radio Dansk DK-3. The smaller the world seems to be getting the more difficult it is to figure out if many non-Europeans
– MBS – Paul Manning News and Comment – May 6, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the world waited for news that Germany had finally, unconditionally surrendered, news was filtering in of mass surrenders, and how pockets of resistance were only going on in two places. How it
Amon Düül II for a Tuesday lunch, from a small, intimate concert in Dillingen Germany on January 18, 1975 and broadcast via NDR. Considered one of the pioneers of the German Prog movement (labeled Krautrock here), Amon Düül II (there was, believe it or not, an Amon Düül I ,
– CBS World News Roundup – May 5, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Not an earth-shattering news day, this May 5th in 2000 (let’s face it; not every day in history is earth-shattering), but one with some good news going for it. It was revealed the Unemployment rate was
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver – Trying to stay low-key, but . . . Bon Iver for this Monday Lunch – recorded live at the Northside Festival in Aarhus, Denmark on June 8, 2019 and preserved for posterity by Denmark Radio DR P3. Bon Iver was founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin
Hard to imagine 56 years ago the conversation regarding the Vietnam War took an abrupt turn – but the abrupt turn was in a violent way. Prior to this, the Anti-War movement had been largely peaceful, and growing in numbers. The straw came in the form of a U.S. led
– NBC Radio – Pioneers Of Music – Indianapolis Symphony – Fabien Sevitsky, Cond. – March 19, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No obscurities this week; no overlooked masterpieces or performers. A concert from one of your typical American symphony orchestras during a time when America was awash
The Debate Team – the second they told you it was Live TV. Color you confused. Your head is splitting – your breath is awful – your tongue could do pushups in the Mojave. Somebody left a radio on. You have no idea where you are – you have no
– Clifford Brown/Max Roach and Erroll Garner Trio – Live At Basin Street – CBS Radio – May 6, 1956 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection A repost from several years ago. A significant and historic club date by a Jazz legend, gone way too soon before his time. Recognized early-on for
