– CBS Radio News – ABC Radio News – June 12, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With reports estimating upwards of a half-million, a massive demonstration was being held in New York’s Central Park, calling for an end to war and an end to Nuclear weapons. And while
L.A. Funk Orchestra The Breakestra, live at 2001 Hultsfred Festival in Sweden from 2001 – preserved for posterity by Swedish Radio (Sveriges Radio) Funny, we have to go all the way across the Atlantic to hear a local Los Angeles band. Happens all the time. But in this case, the
– Superchunk – in session for John Peel – April 14, 1992 – broadcast May 30, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – Superchunk tonight. A blast of hardcore Indie from Chapel Hill, North Carolina fills the bill out quite nicely. Superchunk have been around a while. And in that time
– Guillaume Vincent In Recital – Erik Satie – Musée d’Orsay – February 16, 2016 – Radio France Musique – The Music of Erik Satie this week, with Guillaume Vincent in recital at Musée d’Orsay, recorded on February 16 of this year by the venerable Radio France Musique. A program
Sixty-two years ago today, the Civil Rights struggle had gathered steam, but it was still a struggle with bitter and violent opposition every step of the way. On this day in 1963, the infamous showdown between Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and Alabama Governor George Wallace typified just how deep
In a year already overflowing with sadness and loss – during a week where we lost one musical genius and visionary, we now lose another. Losing Sly Stone was a body blow – losing Brian Wilson was a knock-out punch. Although it wasn’t a prerequisite, living in Southern California in
Okay – odds are you have no idea who this band is. The Ark is a Swedish neo-Glam band who were hugely popular in their hometown of Växjö. They got started in 1991 – had a slow start but managed to get a following around Sweden, but nowhere else. They
Band of Susans tonight. In session for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 on October 10, 1988. As lifespans of bands go, Band Of Susans wasn’t around relatively that long – active from 1986 to 1996 before pulling up stakes and calling it a day. But in that short period
– June 10, 1940 – British Minister of Information Alfred Duff Cooper address – BBC World Service/CBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 10, 1940 – news for this day was about the sudden declaration of war against Britain and France, just as German troops were headed to Paris.
Moby for Tuesday morning. Recorded live in Dublin on June 16, 1999 and broadcast via RTÉ-FM. Moby; Producer, DJ, activist, Singer-Songwriter, entrepreneur and podcaster is one of those artists who have achieved a certain everywhere/all-the-time reputation the past 20 or so years. It wasn’t always that way. There were fits
