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
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Muddy Waters – Live at CW Post College – October 18, 1977 -WLIR-FM Classic concerts for a Thursday. This time it’s Muddy Waters, in concert from CW Post College in New York. Recorded by WLIR-FM on October
New faces tonight – Our Royal Displeasure is a band from Hastings in the UK – have just released their debut album, Salt and have made a brief appearance at BBC Introducing on November 14th with a session via the Live Lounge. According to their Bandcamp page: “Sticky melodies, smart
Over to Paris this week for a concert by Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducted by Myung-whun Chung and featuring Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos in music by Dusapin and Brahms. It was broadcast live on June 23, 2011 from Salle Pleyel in Paris. Beginning the concert with the world premier
November 20, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 20, 1942 – News for this November 20th in 1942 was hopeful and optimistic. News reached London that a British Military observer confirmed that British and American forces had claimed victories in Tunisia. The German
Mike Oldfield In Concert from Queen Elizabeth Hall – June 25, 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert series – For years, the name Mike Oldfield was synonymous with the movie The Exorcist. The landmark debut album, became the score to one of the most popular horror films of the
Funboy Five – In Session For John Peel – September 1979 – BBC Radio 1 When I first ran across Funboy Five, I thought it was a misprint and what it really meant was Funboy 3. Different band entirely – in fact, different years. Funboy Five were a post-punk band
A day in 2012 not all that much different than other days. An Israeli missile ripped through a two-story home in a residential area of Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 11 civilians, including four young children and an 81-year-old woman, in the single deadliest attack of Israel’s offensive
– NBC Nightly News (Audio version) – November 19, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In Pakistan – In Vietnam – A horrific day in history, by most accounts. November 19th 1970 brought with it reports of some 150,000 dead, over a million refugees and untold numbers left homeless,
Kim Gordon to get your Tuesday morning rolling on no uncertain terms. Recorded at this years Glastonbury Festival (June 30) by the venerable BBC 6 Music. Since this Glastonbury appearance coincides with the release of The Collective (which came out earlier this year) – I thought I would put up
