Over to the Royal Albert Hall in London this week (by way of Swiss Radio) for a concert by the BBC Symphony, led by Sakari Oramo and featuring Kirill Gerstein in music of Fung Lam, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. It was recorded and broadcast live on July 18, 2012. The concert
Since we are now embarking on uncharted territory, looking back on another time where we feared we were heading into the unknown caused as much anxiety in the 1950s as it does now. But it was a different time then and perhaps we were different people. In the 1950s we
– CBS World News Roundup – February 5, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – And things were heating up in the Middle East, this day 46 years ago. Ayatollah Khomeini appointed Scholar and pro-democracy advocate Mehdi Bazargan as head of the provisional government in Iran. It was an escalation
Something special this morning. The legendary Curtis Mayfield in Concert at The Marcus Garvey Centre in London, recorded by the BBC in June of 1984. As a powerful force in the world of Music, Mayfield was a catalyst in the raising of social consciousness in the 1960s and 70s. Beyond
– Procol Harum in Session – raw session tracks – 1974 – BBC Radio 1 – I was watching an excellent BBC Documentary on the birth and life of the Progressive Rock Movement in Britain from 1966-2004. And even though it could be disputed, Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker
1969, not that long ago considering the area of Psychiatry and the general emotional well-being of the average human in America. By 1969 we were becoming more and more aware that mental illness was much more widespread than we originally thought. But like most everything – Psychotherapy wasn’t one-size-fits-all, and
Unemployment nationwide declined to 10.2 percent last month because military personnel were included in the computation for the first time and President Reagan proclaimed the economy is “on the move.” Reagan, citing the new report and a brighter retail sales picture, told reporters he did not expect to see’ joblessness
Depeche Mode this morning – from their concert in Paris at Les Bains Douche on September 21, 1981 and broadcast by Radio France International. Depeche Mode released their debut album Speak & Spell in 1981 amid the British new wave scene. Keyboard and songwriter Vince Clarke left the band at
– The Mighty Lemon Drops – In Session for John Peel – January 3, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 Early snippets of the New Psychedelia, compliments of The Mighty Lemon Drops tonight. Sadly, a short lived band (1986-1992) who came along around right around the time Echo and The Bunnymen
– CBS Radio: The World This Week – February 3, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big news for the week which ended on this February 3rd in 1980 was the successful escape of 6 Americans who had barely avoided being part of the 50 other Americans held
