Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBC Radio – Cesar Chavez: The California Grape Boycott – 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of those names certainly synonymous with political and human rights movements of the 1960s, I was reminded that 2015 will mark the 50th year
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – January 15, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Gearing up for a second day of political rock-throwing in the Impeachment trial of President Clinton, this January 15th in 1999. In what was viewed by many as
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Cars, in concert at Sussex University – 1979 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Some early New Wave tonight, courtesy of The Cars, who were at the forefront in merging guitar-rock with Synth-Pop in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Tonight’s concert
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Feeling – live at Bournemouth Air Festival – August 30, 2013 From the Bournemouth Air Festival last year, a set by BRIT Award nominees The Feeling, in a set recorded on August 30th. Together since the mid-90s, The Feeling have been getting
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Blue Network – The Magic Key – Cincinnati Symphony, Eugene Goosens – April 24, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A rare concert from the 1930s this weekend. From the radio series The Magic Key, the program devoted the whole
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Duke Ellington – 25th Anniversary concert – Birdland, New York – November 25, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another classic this weekend. Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, celebrating 25 years on this anniversary broadcast, live from The Birdland on
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Newsmark – Arthur Ashe, Roberston Davies, Sen. John Tower – May 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Two interesting and diverse interviews this weekend, and something political to keep it all strange and current. An episode from the
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Van Morrison – In Concert at Glastonbury – 1987 – BBC 6 Music Familiar names and familiar territory tonight. Van Morrison in concert at the Glastonbury Festival in 1987.’ Certainly one of the mainstays in popular music, Van Morrison has always
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe – Live At Birmingham N.E.C. – 1989 – BBC 6 Music Yes were one of those bands who clearly shaped much of the diversity that defined the early 70s in music. Taking the Progressive form and
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Al Stewart – live at the Cambridge Folk Festival – 1989 – BBC 6 Music Most people think of Al Stewart and Year Of The Cat comes to mind. That was his huge hit in 1976. But what a lot of
