Back over to Switzerland this weekend for music of Walther Geiser – his Fantasie Number 1 for String Orchestra, performed in this May 23, 1964 Radio Studio recording by The Radio Bern String Orchestra, Thjeo Hug, conductor and featuring Eberhard Glamsch and Eugen Huber, pianos. Wather Geiser was a violist,
– Sum and Substance – Interview with Jacques Lipchitz – March 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. An interview this week with legendary sculptor/painter Jacques Lipchitz. At the vanguard of the Cubist movement in the early part of the 20th century Lipchitz, along with colleagues Modigliani, Picasso and
What was it, thirty years? The waitress at Hal’s must’ve passed your table five or six times before she stopped and asked. You knew each other – more than that, you made promises – a long time ago. Same eyes – same ones you swore you’d never forget – same
– Bill Evans and Lee Konitz – Live at Philharmonie Hall, Berlin – October 29, 1965 A rather short one this week, but essential. Jazz legends Bill Evans and Lee Konitz, trading views on stage at Philharmonie Hall in Berlin on October 29, 1965. With drummer Alan Dawson and
Queens Of The Stone Age – Reading 2000 – BBC 6 Music – Queens Of The Stone Age, in concert at The Reading Festival in 2000 (are you joking? Twenty-six YEARS AGO??). The Palm Desert California band were one of the highlights of a festival that included headliners Oasis
Sylvie Kreusch tonight – recorded at the 2025 Lowlands Festival by VPRO in The Netherlands. A mashup of Fashion and Sonority with Sylvie Kreusch giving a stellar performance at last years Lowlands Festival. The Belgian singer/songwriter has been grabbing much attention all over Europe since 2024, and from the sounds
– Chicago University Roundtable of The Air – Emotions And World Problems – Oct. 31, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One gets the impression the latest round of violence gripping seemingly everywhere around the world is part of a new phenomenon – the issues and the political climate
Yard Act for your Friday lunch concert – recorded at Albert Hall in Manchester on May 23, 2023 by the soundcrew. A band who have been catagorized as Post-punk/nu-Punk – Indie with an homage to 90s Italo Disco tossed in for good measure, Yard Act have been one of the
– NBC Radio – Life And The World – Hot Spots in North Africa – February 13, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the movements for independence from European powers gained momentum in the 1950s, so did the violence. Few places were more apparent than the region of North
The Fae tonight – in session for the RTÈ2 program Sessions From Oblivion and recorded on June 12, 2025. Changeling-Core from Dublin, Ireland.Formed in January 2022, The Fae play loud faerie music inspired by Alt-Rock, power-pop, and Goth rock modalities. Debut EP ”Bloodrush” was released in September 2023, and saw
