– Ben Webster Quartet with Don Byas – Karlsruhe, Germany – 1968 – RBB Berlin – Heading into Mellow territory this weekend with a concert by Ben Webster, along with Don Byas, Tete Montoliu on piano, Peter Trunk on Bass and Albert Heath on Drums. Webster migrated to Europe in
It hit you, just like that. You have turned into a box of live wires. It’s raining buckets. You’re trapped at home. If you took your bike anywhere you’d be drenched. You don’t like your bike anymore – that was grade school – that was playing cards with clothespins attached
Patti Smith – in concert, Hamburg Germany – August 1, 1996 – NDR (North German Radio) – Patti Smith in concert this weekend – from a North German Radio broadcast of August 1, 1996 – it only seems fitting and appropriate that, on this of all days, Patti Smith, a
Over to Madrid tonight for a 2012 session featuring Zahara, recorded at Radio Nacional España on April 12, 2012. Zahara is a prominent artistic personality from Spain, who has shown her skills and virtuosity from a very young age. She stands out as a Spanish singer, songwriter, actress, television presenter,
Britain’s case for additional U. S. aid had been presented to the United States by the man who could do it best, Winston Churchill. The British prime minister addressed the houses of the U. S.congress jointly assembled. He spoke with faith and hope of the future of the British commonwealth
A busy news day, this January 17, 2001. California declared another electricity emergency Tuesday as some plants fell short of natural gas and its two largest utilities edged perilously close to insolvency. State power regulators declared a Stage 3 power alert, anticipating electricity reserves below 1.5 percent for the second
Aztec Camera – in Concert from Madrid – September 9, 1984 – Radio Nacional España – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Aztec Camera, fronted by the inimitable Roddy Frame, whose razor-sharp songwriting skills added a whole new dimension to the New Wave scene in the early 1980s. The Glasgow-based band
Anna B Savage in session for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music on September 20, 2021. In case you don’t already know, Anna B Savage is a London singer-songwriter and musician. Her songs are stark, skeletal paintings of moods and reflection, using a palette of mainly voice and guitar. Most
With the sad news of the sudden death of film icon David Lynch earlier today, media has been flooded with tributes and reminiscences. Here is an excerpt from the obituary at Daily Variety by Chris Morris*: Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision
– ABC Radio – Voices In The Headlines – January 16, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No doubt about it, on this January 16th in 1966 we were slipping further and further into an abyss known as the Vietnam War. To a joint session of Congress, President Johnson
