Paramore to get the week rolling – recorded live at the Hultsfred Festival by Sveriges Radio P3 on June 12, 2008. Paramore’s music style has generally been regarded as pop-punk, emo, pop rock, alternative rock, power pop, emo pop, new wave, punk rock, pop, grunge, electropop, and synth-pop. Joshua Martin
Split Enz to close out the weekend – recorded for John Peel on September 26, 1978 and broadcast on October 18th. Split Enz were a New Zealand band formed in 1972. Regarded as the first New Zealand band to gain significant recognition outside of Australasia, they were initially noted for
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NET: The Great Society Program – June 29, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When President Johnson swept to victory in 1964, his goal was to create The Great Society. An update of FDR’s New Deal of the 1930s. Sweeping plans were in the works, covering a vast array
Monty Alexander Trio for this first Sunday in June – Recorded at Festival de Chåteauvallon on November 7, 1978 and broadcast by Radio France. Monty Alexander is joined by Reggie Johnson on bass and Frant Gant on drums. From Monty Alexander’s Website: Sixty years after he moved to the United
In retrospect, they just had a strange way of showing they liked you – a strange way of letting you know they were fans of yours – a really odd way of letting you know each of them had a crush on you – a bizarre way of letting you
Teenage Fanclub for a Saturday – recorded at The International in Manchester on July 12, 1991. Teenage Fanclub emerged from the Glasgow C86 scene. They formed following the break-up of The Boy Hairdressers, a band featuring Raymond McGinley, Norman Blake and Francis Macdonald. Following a brief period in which Blake
May 30, 1983 – a day with more questions than answers. Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasser Arafat narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as he was driving to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley from Syria the Christian Phalange radio said The radio report which could not be independently confirmed came amid a widening
Massive Attack this morning. Recorded at Volkshaus, Zurich Switzerland on May 29, 1998 by RTS Radio in Zurich. I can’t think of a better way to end a week of incredulity and division than to get a much needed dose of Massive Attack to put everything in perspective. One of
Bambara in session for Steve Lamacq at BBC 6 Music – recorded at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios on October 28, 2019 Bambara formed in 2007 in Athens, Georgia, and are currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The trio consists of twin brothers Reid Bateh (lead vocals, guitar) and Blaze
