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
Getting a late start on Thursday with Wolf Alice – recorded live at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Sefton Park in Liverpool and broadcast on May 24. When I first ran across Wolf Alice, they were an acoustic Duo (Ellie Rowsell and Joff Oddie) and they didn’t seem like
This day in 1957 we were, not only in the midst of a Cold War with the Soviet Union, we were anxiously looking at the coming elections in West Germany to see where this lynchpin in the East-West powerplay would go. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer paid a state visit
– Hélène Grimaud, Piano – The Philadelphia Orchestra – Yannick Nèzet Sèguin, cond. March 3, 2016 – The brilliant French pianist Hélène Grimaud this week, accompanied by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in a program of only two works – Brahms venerable Piano Concerto Number 2
When we look at our current state of Technology – how it changes every few months or so, the concept of a Home Computer, the Internet, or even wireless technology was something that belonged only in Science Fiction, and had nothing to do with real life. In 1938, a serious
