News from the rest of the world, this February 18, 1998 as presented by the BBC World Service Newshour Program. Starting with Iraq. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Anan said he was reasonably optimistic Friday that 11th-hour meetings with Iraqi officials this weekend could derail the threat of U.S.-led military action. Annan
– CBS Radio – The World This Week – Feb. 18, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- Not a particularly good week for U.S. Foreign Policy – this week, ending this day in 1979. From anti-U.S. riots in Tehran, the murder of the U.S.Ambassador to Afghanistan murdered in Kabul. Mexico
Little Feat – In Concert from Ebbets Field, Denver Colorado – Late Show – July 19, 1973 – I can’t believe this concert is 52 years old. Perennial, desert-island favorites Little Feat this morning, in concert from Ebbets Field in Denver – recorded on July 19, 1973. For fans, it’s
Over to Groningen in The Netherlands by way of Reykjavik for a set by Supersport on January 17th at this year’s Eurosonic Festival. Supersport! was formed in manic excitement on the dancefloor of a now-vanished Reykjavík bar on a late night a few summers ago. The artsy indie pop of
February 17, 2005 – a moderately busy news day twenty years ago. Starting with news that President Bush named John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, as the government’s first national intelligence director Thursday, turning to a veteran diplomat to revive a spy community besieged by criticism after the Sept.
– President Clinton – Address to Joint Session of Congress – Feb. 17, 1993 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A wave of optimism, this February 17th in 1993. President Clinton, addressing a Joint Session of Congress, presented his plan for building the economy, cutting waste and bringing
– The Four Tops – in Concert from London – Live at The Hammersmith Odeon, London – 1989 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – The Four Tops for a Monday morning. One of the cornerstones of Soul throughout the 1960s and 70s, and continuing uninterrupted all the way to
Another rarity from Swiss Radio this week. Another work by the Contemporary composer Peter Meig. His Rondeau Symphonique, composed in 1964 featuring the Berne Symphony conducted by Paul Kletzki. The concert was broadcast live by RTS on May 8, 1965. During his school years, Perter Mieg took piano lessons from
Names which may not ring many bells (unless you are a film buff), but names which were synonymous with French Film (and in the case of Singer-Actor Yves Montand; Music) in the 1960s. They are all interviewed by Charles Collingwood for the series Person To Person from April 8, 1960.
Oscar Peterson this weekend. Recorded in concert at North German Radio’s Funkhaus on May 1, 1965. Joining Oscar Peterson are Ray Brown, bass and Ed Thigpen, drums. Oscar Peterson was influenced by Teddy Wilson, Nat King Cole, James P. Johnson, and Art Tatum, to whom many compared Peterson in later
