Click on the link here for Audio Player: Perennial favorites Ride tonight. One of the memorable bands of the 90s (for me anyway), they were at the forefront of the “wall of guitars” sound that started up in the late 80s. Sadly, they never really caught on in
Click on the link here for Audio Player: And now for something a little different tonight – Frida Sundemo is a Swedish indie/alt/Pop artist currently touring around Sweden and hitting London later on this month with her new ep Indigo, which has been getting a lot of attention
Click on the link here for Audio Player: A day of ironies, this June 12th 13 years ago. On this day in 2000 gas was inching towards the unheard-of $2.00 a gallon, the Judicial system regarding the Death Penalty was broken and Syria was outwardly mourning-but-inwardly breathing a
Click on the link here for Audio Player: With news the legendary Neville Brothers are on their farewell tour this year, I thought I would add something as a preview of coming attractions if you happen to be in a city they’re heading to and have tickets, that
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Back over to Wurzburg tonight for another wonderful entry in the 2013 Africa Festival. This time with the radiant Nancy Vieira from Cape Verde. Vieira’s music is as much a melting pot of styles as the country she comes from.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Something rather short and rare tonight. From a broadcast recital from Paris Radio (ORTF) given by the legendary French Soprano Ninon Vallin in 1952 are two songs (sorry): Debussy: Les Cloches and Faurè: Soir. According to the notes, this recital
Click on the link here for Audio Player: As much as I like to run concerts from the past on Downbeat, I am always reminded that Jazz (or Modern American Music) is as vital today as ever. Certainly with respect to Gary Burton, whose pioneering virtuosity has been
Click on the link here for Audio Player: I originally ran this story in 2013, when the legendary Fats Domino turned 85. Today, with the sad news of his passing, it’s not only a reminder of the giant we lost, but to also give those of you who
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Over to Madrid tonight for a studio session by Catalan quintet Ruidoblanco, recorded on May 14th by RNE Radio 3. Touring Spain to promote their new ep El Hombre que Habita el Mundo (The Man who inhabits The World), Ruidoblano
Click on the link here for Audio Player: For the week ending on June 7th in 1976 the world was witness to seemingly more than its fair of drama and strife. But in reality, it was just another seven days on Planet Earth, and we were stuck in
