– CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak + Hourly News – Feb. 27, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – News for this February 27th in 1981 had much to do with the visit of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Washington and the veritable love-fest that blossomed between The
Jagwar Ma – live at Bråvalla Festival, Norrköping Festival – June 26, 2014 – Sveriges Radio P3 – Jagwar Ma to get Thursday rolling up to speed. Jagwar Ma made their presence known all over the place in 2014. Hitting the road in what was shaping up to be a
Pierre Boulez leads Orchestre National de France – October 29, 1981 – Radio France Musique Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) – When the world learned of the passing of legendary composer-conductor Pierre Boulez, at the age of 90, the airwaves and the internet filled with tributes and remembrances of one of the
News of the War on this February 26, 1943: Combined British and American forces threw Field Marshal Rommel’s tank columns into full retreat from the outskirts of Thala today, handing them their first defeat in Tunisia, and tonight Allied artillery lobbed tons of explosive steel Into German positions in the
February 26, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 26, 1979 – An uneasy day during an uneasy week. The Middle East Peace negotiations were faltering, moving ahead, faltering, balking and inching forward. On this day, it was Israeli Prime
– Hinds – live at Festival SOS 4.8, Murcia, Spain – May 1, 2015 – RNE Radio 3 – Since we ran Melenas last night, a band who have cited Hinds as major influences, here’s a chance to check out Hinds themselves as they were during the SOS 4.8 festival in
Over to France tonight for a set by Spain’s very own Melenas – recorded on March 30, 2024 at Les Vinzelles festival by Fait-Divers, a new film/audio collective out of France who have been doing some very forward-thinking concerts by some great new, emerging talent. Melenas have been around a
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The American
– CBS World News Roundup – February 25, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another day in history where the cautious, fragile nature of things is upset by one senseless act. In this case, it was February 25, 1994 where a extremist-militant Jewish settler walked into an Arab Mosque
Over to Glasgow tonight for a session by the Celtic Alt/new Folk phenomenon Elephant Sessions – recorded at BBC Scotlands studios for the Quay Sessions on January 22nd of this year. Elephant Sessions formed in 2012. They are comprised of Euan Smillie (fiddle), Alasdair Taylor (mandolin), Calum MacQuarrie (bass) and
