Foo Fighters this morning, recorded at the Lollapalooza festival on March 20,2022. A bitter-sweet concert to say the least. Non-stop energy and brilliance for over 2 hours – but the last concert with drummer Taylor Hawkins before his shocking and sudden death. I hesitated putting this concert up the past
– Jeff Beck Group – BBC Sessions 1967-1968 – Since I ran one of the last Yardbirds sessions for the BBC last night, I thought I would toss in a Yardbirds alumnus, who was on the rise around the time of those last Yardbirds sessions. The Jeff Beck Group also
Over to Amsterdam this week for a concert by the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, led by Vassily Sinaisky and featuring Pekka Kuusisto, violin. The concert was recorded live during the Robeco Summer Series July 29, 2012 Three works on the program – opening with Edward Elgar’s Alassio (In The South) –
News for this April 23rd in 1942 was truly about a World consumed by war. From Russia came word that one of the B-25 bombers involved in the raid over Tokyo had been force-landed near Siberia and was being held by the Soviets (Russia hadn’t declared war on Japan yet,
Fat Dog from the 6 Music Festival in Manchester a few weeks ago. Anybody looking for a triple-shot of espresso this morning need look no further – Fat Dog is not one of those “laid-back” bands guaranteed to lull you to sleep – they are high-octane, immediate and uncompromising. Just
Yardbirds – BBC Sessions – 1967-1968 – One of the favorites tonight. The Yardbirds with a group of sessions they recorded between 1967 and 1968. By the middle of 1968 the band had pretty much ceased to exist, with a steady defection of founding members off to other groups, or
– KNX-Los Angeles: The Minority Report: The Exile Returns – July 1, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Long considered one of the ugly blotches on the tapestry of Americana, the internment of Japanese-Americans, no matter how long they lived in the U.S. or how many generations were born
Radio Moscow for this April 22, 1947 – News from the English Service of the shortwave station. Most of the news was in celebration of the 77th birthday of Vladimir Lenin, who was born on this day. Most of the broadcasts were devoted to programs on the life of the
Perfume Genius to help kickstart your Tuesday morning. Recorded live at the BBC 6 Music Festival in Manchester on March 27th of this year. Much acclaim – a lot of positive word-of-mouth and a very busy tour schedule (which goes from this week all the way to November), Mike Hadreas
– Lene Lovich – in session for John Peel – December 12, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This one should test a few memory banks tonight. The inimitable Lene Lovich, in session for the equally inimitable John Peel from December 1979. Sadly, the sound
