JFK – Dedication of Memorial To The Missing – Battery Park – May 23, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Since it’s Memorial Day weekend; amid traditional barbecues, days off and celebrating – a reminder it’s a day of reflection and solemn remembrance of those who never got to celebrate,
Grizzly Bear to end up the week. Recorded by the venerable Triple J in Australia in 2014 at the last concert of the 2014 tour. *Grizzly Bear formed in 2002. For most of its tenure, the band has consisted of Edward Droste (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Daniel Rossen (vocals, guitar, banjo,
– Bantu Light Music – South African Broadcasting Co. circa 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since we’ve been focusing on South Africa these past few weeks, I ran across this set of transcription discs from Radio South Africa, recorded in the early 1960s and available via their Overseas
As a reminder of the ongoing and seemingly endless battle over the Budget, here is an address given by President Roosevelt to the American Retailers Federation in Washington D.C. on May 22, 1939. It appears the issues were the same then as they are now. Pres. Roosevelt: “I wonder if
– Jacco Gardner – In Concert At Rock en Seine – August 28, 2015 – Starting off Thursday with a set from Jacco Gardner at Rock en Seine in France, part of the lineup for the first day of that Festival. Gardner is no stranger to these pages. I am
Multi-faceted Experimental/Alternative band Tortoise tonight, recorded for John Peel and BBC Radio 1 on March 29, 1998. Tortoise formed in Chicago in 1990. The band incorporates krautrock, dub, minimal music, electronica and jazz into their music, and their eclectic style has left a great influence on the post-rock genre. Tortoise
– Los Angeles Philharmonic in Concert – Lawrence Foster, guest Cond. – Jacqueline Du Prè, cello – Feb. 16, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another long-thought lost concert this week, and another extreme rarity. The legendary Cellist Jacqueline Du Pre in concert with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest
You can’t really talk about the Reagan Years without talking about the Reagan Tax Cuts. And in July of 1981, President Reagan went before the American people to pitch his plan – a plan that remains controversial to this day and has an equal number of supporter and detractors. In
A day where things looked particularly grim, this May 21st, 85 years ago. With the German Army advancing into Belgium and crossing into France, and with the French Army in a state of disarray and chaos, the situation was looking bleaker by the hour. The British Army, now heading to
The Wonder Stuff – In concert at G-Mex, Manchester – 1991 – BBC 6 Music – The Wonder Stuff this Hump Day morning. A band who were a huge success almost from the get-go. Starting in 1986, the band which originally consisted of Miles Hunt, vocals and guitar, Malcolm Treece
