Kenny Barron this weekend. Recorded at the Cully Jazz Festival in Switzerland in March of 1991. Joining him are Wayne Dockery, bass and Victor Lewis, drums. For those of you just discovering Kenny Barron, here is a taste of his bio via his website: Honored by The National Endowment for
Can’t believe Juniore are celebrating 10 years together. Seems like a few days ago they were gigging around, getting a name for themselves and winning fans in the process. Still fresh as ever – still embracing the Yeh-Yeh movement of the 60s with hints of Ennio Morricone, surf, some early
You shudder when you think about it – you wish it wasn’t stuck in your memory like the song you heard when you had the flu. It was a big deal. You met over Summer – You declared yourselves soul mates – you got an apartment together. This was it.
Quicksilver Messenger Service got off to an early start, and were one of the first bands to capitalize on interest in all things musical and chemical in San Francisco. Fueled by the unmistakable sound of John Cipollina on lead guitar, Quicksilver became one of the leading lights in a movement
A band more people have probably heard about than actually heard, John’s Children were one of those fabled “you-had-to-be-there” bands that loomed high in the pantheon of Psychedelia, but in fact released only one (sort of) album and a string of singles and became largely known as the band that
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– The Cure – In Session for John Peel – March 3, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Ending up the week with The Cure from 1980, in session for John Peel on March 3, 1980. Jumping into what would be generally considered their Goth phase, The Cure were on
A little over five minutes worth, but any Ruby J performance is a magical experience – whether it’s five minutes or five hours. Happened across her quite by accident while combing through all the recent BBC Introducing entries the past few weeks. It took all of maybe 5 seconds to
How much the Press and media have changed in 74 years. Not only has style and content changed dramatically in that time, it’s method of delivery has made it unrecognizable between today and the way we took it for granted in 1950. It would seem in 1950 there were infinitely
NPR – Morning Edition + new reports – November 21, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this November 21st in 1995 was hopeful. In what had been described as the worst conflict in Europe since World War 2, a settlement had been reached in Dayton, Ohio where
