Back over to the Leeds Festival this past October for an excerpt from a show-stopping set by Eades. One of the new bright lights on the horizon, Eades has been getting a lot of positive press and word of mouth, including this live gig from the Leeds Festival which was
– NBC News Of The World – Lowell Thomas And The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 19, 1946 – Six days to Christmas and the world was anything but peaceful. Labor strikes in Naples Italy were threatening to paralyze the city and bring down the fragile Italian
Brewer & Shipley this morning – recorded at A&R Recording Studios and broadcast live over WPLJ in New York on December 9, 1971. You may be asking yourself; how do you know these guys and what’s the significance of this gig this morning? Well – for those of you who
– The French National Orchestra – Tadaaki Otaka, guest Cond -Romain Descharmes, piano – May 18, 2014 – Radio France Musique Over to Paris this week for a look back at Spring 2014 with a concert featuring the French National Orchestra, guest conducted by Tadaaki Otaka and featuring pianist Romain
We’re trying something new today – if it works it will mark a significant change in how Past Daily covers history. As you know, Past Daily doesn’t just cover history that has involved America – it’s what has happened all over the world. But unless those events were covered in
– War News – December 18, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the fever of War swept over most of the world on this December 18th in 1941, the reporting of it settled into a certain rhythm, a kind of endless repetition of hot-spots and casualty counts. America
Chicago (CTA) – live at Fillmore West – August 15, 1969 – Band soundboard Chicago Transit Authority, or CTA, or eventually just Chicago, were one of those bands more closely associated with Chicago blues outfits like Electric Flag than horn-based Pop in the beginning. The only bands with as many
Over to BBC 6 Music for a session by New York Multi-Media Collective Cumgirl8 (or CG8 in the UK) – recorded and broadcast live on December 10th for New Music Fix. Marcy Donaldson at AllMusic put this little blurb together to get you acquainted (if you aren’t already): The spacy,
It would not, in all likelihood, create the same aura of suspense and drama in 2024 that it did in 1936. The abdication of King Edward VIII on December 11, 1936 in order to marry Wallis Simpson, and American divorcee and “commoner” created such a massive uproar throughout the British
– Foreign Policy Association – December 17, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In what was considered a strange move and unholy alliance, Germany and Russia signed a non-aggression Pact in 1939, shortly after Germany’s invasion of Poland. The Nazis teaming up with the Communists – an idea that
