More rarities from the vaults of Italian-Swiss Radio. This week it’s a performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto op 104 featuring cellist Pierre Fournier and the Orchestra of Radio Suisse Italienne, conducted by Hermann Scherchen, from a concert given on April 25, 1962. Pierre Fournier received early training from Odette Krettly,
– Bud Powell – live at The Blue Note, Geneva, Switzerland – Feb.1, 1962 – RTS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to Switzerland this weekend for a performance at The Blue Note in Geneva from February 1, 1962. One of the leading figures in the development of Bebop,
Caravan – Live at Paris Theatre, London – March 21, 1975 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Prog-Rock legends Caravan to start the week. In a concert recorded at the BBC’s Paris Theatre in London on March 21, 1975. Caravan were one of the most influential bands of the Progressive
Adore at the 2024 BBC Radio Ulster Introducing Festival earlier this year. Adore are an Irish trio making waves and bringing their raucous, garage punk to a gig near you soon. The lineup is frontwoman Lara Minchin on guitar and vocals, Lachlann Ó Fionnáin on bass and vocals, Naoise Jordan
– 20th Century Nomads – CBS Radio: The Hidden Revolution – January 4,1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection There was a time, if you lived in Los Angeles, that you would invariably say you actually weren’t born in Los Angeles, but born somewhere, most likely the East Coast. The Great
You’ve been that way forever – you will be that way forever. And knowing you, you’ll probably stop tomorrow because that’s just the way you are. You’re a cottage industry – you’re a way of life – you are the picture people stick pins in. You are a Contrarian. You
Tangerine Dream – live in Berlin – November 15, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Tangerine Dream this weekend. They were probably the first purely electronic bands to appear on the World Stage in the late 1960s. Prior to that, it was all experimenting and pretty much the exclusive domain
Something wonderful to end a completely out-of-control/beyond strange week. The new (debut) single by Georgian. A band that has grabbed, not only my attention but just about everyone the band has come in contact with in recent weeks. Here’s a few words via Oculate, which sums up just about everything
In 1946, when this broadcast discussion from The Northwestern Reviewing Stand first broadcast, Mental Health was still considered mysterious and an abstract concept. Great strides had been made in Psychiatry since the beginning of the 20th century. Psychiatric therapies, beginning with treatments used in the 1920s to the 1940s that
As the War went into its second month, and the situation in Poland continued, the rest of Europe was preparing for a conflict no one was sure how or where it was going to start. Aside from referring to the current state as Sitzkrieg, it was also described by many
