Click on the link here for Audio player: Vilde Frang Recital – June 24, 2012 Over to Bad Kissinger in Germany this week for a concert recital from the Kissinger Sommer Festival by rising-young-star-wunderkind Vilde Frang in a program of music by Mozart, Brahms and Prokofiev. The concert was recorded
Click on the link here for Audio player: Jackie Lomax – Sour Milk Sea – 1969 One of the most distinctive voices in Rock tonight. Jackie Lomax is probably best remembered for his brief stay at Apple Records, and the heavyweight session folks joining in on his maiden effort with
Click on the link here for audio player: VJ Day – Aug. 14, 1945 A very busy day in history, August 14th. In 1935 there was the signing of the Social Security Act and in 1945 it was the end of World War 2. Here is a one-hour extract from
Click on the link here for audio player: FDR Signs Social Security Act – Aug. 14, 1935 Today marks the seventy-seventh birthday of The Social Security Act. FDR: “The civilization of the past hundred years, with its startling industrial changes, has tended more and more to make life insecure. Young
Click on the link here for audio player: Ashton, Gardner & Dyke – It’s gonna be high tonight/It’s A Drag – 1972 To call Ashton, Gardner & Dyke one hit wonders is something of a cheat. They were a short-lived power-trio (augmented by a horn section) that had largely come
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jacque-Dupont – Divertissement for Piano And Orch. 1948 Sometimes history can be frustrating. In the case of this recording, it’s a matter of damaged discs coupled with not the best recording at the time. A world premier performance of the Divertissement For
Click on the link here for audio player: FDR Democratic Convention – 1940 After much consideration and speculation, President Roosevelt decided to run for a third term in 1940. Addressing the convention via radio from the White House, Roosevelt outlined his goals for a third term and spoke of a
Click on the link here for audio player: Brigitte Bardot – Contact – 1967 Yes, Brigitte Bardot. Probably one of the most recognizable sex symbols to come out of France in the 1950’s and 60’s, Bardot also tried her hand at being a Popstar as well. And tonight’s track is
Grateful Dead – High Time – 1970 Since we’re spending some time today remembering the contributions to music by Jerry Garcia, I thought I would toss in my two cents and offer a track tonight from one of my favorite Grateful Dead albums. Tonight it’s High Time from Workingman’s Dead,
Click on the link here for audio player: News for August 9, 1995 There was a lot of news going on in the rest of the world, this Wednesday August 9th in 1995, but it was overshadowed by the sad and shocking news that Grateful Dead founder, legend and icon
