Part 1: Part 2: Editors note: This was originally posted on August 9, 2012, a few days after the death of Ruggiero Ricci. It was with a great sense of sadness that I heard about the passing of the legendary violinist Ruggiero Ricci this past Monday (August 6th). A musician
Clink on the link here for Audio player: News for August 8, 1941 News for August 8, 1941 focused on the War in East with reports of German advances 130 miles into The Ukraine. Depending on who gave the accounts, the casualties were staggering. Germany claimed 200,000 Russian losses with
Click on the link here for the audio player: Mel Carter – The Richest Man Alive – 1964 Sometimes an artist will be known for one song, and the rest of his output gets largely ignored. In the case of tonight’s track, not only has it been ignored, it hasn’t
Even though the most horrific event of the 20th Century had taken place many hours earlier, no word of it having taken place was mentioned. August 6th, 1945 was seemingly just another day in World War 2 as far as this newscast was concerned. With that in mind, the news
I originally posted this in 2009 on the now-defunct Newstalgia site. It’s such a good and historic recording that it would be a shame not to include here on Past Daily. One of his most popular Chamber pieces, the op. 57 Piano Quintet had its premier in Moscow in November
Click on the Link here for the player: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – Live In Zurich – 1958 – 1 Click on the Link here for the player: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – Live In Zurich 1958 – 2 A classic concert this weekend. Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, featuring Lee
August 5th will mark the 58th anniversary since the passing of Marilyn Monroe. August 5, 1962, actress/icon/sex symbol/misunderstood/exploited artist checked out via overdose. Conspiracies persist, but the fact of the matter is – Marilyn Monroe was dead and that was sadness enough for a lot of people. Monroe’s sudden death
Click on the link here for audio player: News for August 3, 1994 News for this August 3rd in 1994 began with word of an overnight derailment of Amtrak’s Lakeshore Limited, bound for Chicago from New York just outside Buffalo New York, with initial estimates at over 125 injured, many
Clink on the link here for Audio: Radiohead In Session at The BBC – June 13, 1992 Radiohead have become, without a doubt, one of the most innovative, influential and highly respected bands of the past twenty years. Tonight’s Roundtable features the band just around the time of their first
Click on the link here for audio: Steve Biko Interview – August 1977 Although it hasn’t been that long since the end of brutal and repressive Apartheid policies in South Africa, some of the voices most closely associated with the movement and the struggle are fading from view. One of
