Click on the link here for Audio Player:Orquesta Sinfonica de Asturias Back after a two week hiatus, this week it’s back to Spain with a concert by Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, led by Yves Abel and featuring Basque-born cellist Asier Polo in music of Dutilleux, Rosini-Respighi and Liszt.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jacqueline Taieb – 7 Heures du Matin – 1967 Another sampling of some classic French “Yè-Yè” of the 60’s. This time from one of the lesser luminaries, Jaqueline Taieb, a French singer born in Tunis who had a string of hit singles
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Bryan Ferry – If There Is Something 1972 The Inimitable Bryan Ferry tonight. From a 1972 session at The BBC, and assisted by Roxy Music bandmates, Eno and Phil Manzanera, Ferry does an eleven minute rendition of If There Is Something. A
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Voices of World War 1 Originally known as Armistice Day, and in England it’s still known as Remembrance Day, Veteran’s Day (as it’s now known here) came about as the result of the end of World War 1, The War To End
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Kik – Live At Lowlands Fest. 2012 Some Nederbeat this weekend – Dutch Retro, in case you hadn’t heard of it. The Kik have only been together a short time and have released their first album in May of this year.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: John Lewis – Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 1 – 1984 Taking it down several notches tonight with something completely different, but somehow totally appropriate to end this insane week with. John Lewis, founder of the Legendary Modern Jazz Quartet, also recorded
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The mickey finn – garden of my mind Had it not been for the inclusion of a very young Jimmy Page (who left, incidentally before tonight’s single came out), The Mickey Finn may have languished in obscurity for a very long time.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: 1964 Election Night Another election night – this one from 1964. Another election with surprises and another election that repudiated a hijacked political party. Barry Goldwater went down to a resounding defeat and, like this recent election, had caused an enormous amount
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Soft Machine – We Did It Again – 1968 My first exposure to The Soft Machine came in 1968 when they opened for Jimi Hendrix – it was a turning point in my musical journey (yep, it was a journey – there
Click on the link here for Audio Player:Post-Election 1956 The 1956 Presidential election was interesting in that Eisenhower won a landslide victory, yet both the House and Senate remained in control of the Democrats and that left the Republicans scratching their collective heads. It’s been said that it was the
