– Stereophonics – Live At T In The Park – July 12, 2015 – BBC 6 Music – Stereophonics to help get your Thursday seatbelts fastened, broadcast live by the venerable BBC 6 Music on July 12, 2015. They came on just ahead of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, so
– The Lamoureux Orchestra, Cond. Faisal Karoui with Beatrice Rana, Piano – Rec. Jan 26, 2014 – Radio France Musique – Over to Paris this week for a concert featuring the legendary Lamoureux Orchestra, recorded in concert at the Champs-Elyseè on January 26th featuring Tunisian–French Faisal Karoui conducting with Italian
– NBC News Of The World/World News Roundup – April 30, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1945 was about the continuing war in Europe, despite an almost constant flood of rumors to the contrary. The latest report disclosed the role of Count Bernadotte
Chvrches at the Biggest Weekend Festival in Swansea on May 26, 2018 and captured for posterity by BBC6 Music CHVRCHES are from Glasgow, they formed in September 2011.The band consists of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and, unofficially since 2018, Jonny Scott. Mostly deriving from the synth-pop genre, CHVRCHES
– Band of Susans – in session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – October 10, 1988 They had a good ten-year run, going from 1986-1996. One of the premier Noise Rock bands out of New York, Band of Susans garnered a lot of attention during their lifespan. By
– Vice-President Spiro Agnew – Address in Montgomery Alabama – Nov. 10, 1969 – Gordon Skene Collection The name Spiro Agnew may have faded into the deeper recesses of memory, but from the late 1960s all the way to his resignation from the office of vice-President, Spiro Agnew happily accepted
One of the most costly and destructive riots in history. The beating trial of Rodney King by four Los Angeles Police Offers, who were handed not-guilty verdicts on this day in 1992. Within minutes of the verdict‘s reading, disturbances erupted all over the city, culminating in the Flashpoint at Normandie
– The Boomtown Rats – Live At Hammersmith Odeon – 1982 – BBC 6 Music – If the Boomtown Rats did nothing else in their careers, being the purveyors of the 80s anthem I Don’t Like Mondays would assure them a place in the New Wave hall of fame. But
BMX Bandits tonight – in session for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music on April 15, 2024. BMX Banditsformed in Bellshill Scotland in 1985. Led by songwriter and lead vocalist Duglas T. Stewart, their music is heavily influenced by 1960s pop. They have shared members with numerous other local bands,
– WBAI: The Turbulent Sixties – Democracy and Militarism – July 7, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No shortage of similarities between the decade of the 1960s and the decade we’re in right now. Repeated assessments from many corners, calling ours a Police State; a Militarized Society, where
