The Flaming Lips – live at Phoenix Festival 1996 – BBC 6 Music – The Flaming Lips to end the week, enthusiastically deemed by Q Magazine as one of “the 50 bands you need to see before you die”. And they say that without one scintilla of bullshit. The Flaming
Taking a brief detour to Paris tonight for a set by Hoshi, recorded for RTL2 Private Private Concert series on January 27, 2022. Hoshi, whose real name is Mathilde Gerner adopted the name mostly out of love for Japanese culture – initially she went by Hoshi Hideko but dropped it
– June 26, 1997 – BBC World Service News Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 26, 1997 – a nail biting day for the crew of MIR Space Station, recovering from a collision with a cargo ship the day before, the crew were working in the dark to
Mabel at the BBC’s Biggest Weekend in Swansea on May 26, 2018 and broadcast on BBC Radio 1. Diving into Pop/R&B this morning – Mabel comes from a long line of musical talents, starting off with her grandfather, the legendary Don Cherry, her uncle Eagle-Eye Cherry and her mom
Staying in Spain this week, as promised. Again, from Al Radio Encendida 2025 – the 11 hour extravaganza of Contemporary Spanish music, bringing in a sampling of Indie, Singer-Songwriter – Hip-Hop and New Folk under one roof and broadcasting it all live from the stage by RNE Radio 3.
– L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Neeme Järvi, Cond – Patricia Kopatchinskaya, violin – April 19, 2013 – RTS Espace 2/Radio France Musique – Over to Geneva by way of Paris this week for a concert by the legendary Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Neeme Järvi and
– CBS Radio News – Johnson Addresses United Nations – June 25, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In what is shaping up to being a very busy week in history, June 26th marks the anniversary of the first meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco. June 26th
The legendary Tina Turner in concert from Amsterdam to get this Hump Day rolling. Recorded on April 22, 1979 by the venerable VPRO in The Netherlands and broadcast over 3VOOR12 in Amsterdam. This concert comes right around the time of her separation and divorce from Ike Turner (1978), the
Sticking close to Spain tonight with a set by Victorias at the 21st annual La Radio Encendida Festival sponsored by RNE Radio 3 on March 23, 2025. Victorias (Victories in English), are from Seville, have been around since 1985 and at the time of this concert (in March of this
– Student Activism – Tension In Modern Living – July 2, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Student Activism. It was everywhere; on every College and high school campus. The protests were mostly about the War in Vietnam, but they ultimately ran the gamut – from free speech to
