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
If it worked for Coca-Cola it would work for Wal-Mart, right? Further evidence the world has been shrinking for quite some time, though not in ways we had imagined – in this documentary broadcast by ABC Radio National on February 26, 2006, a look at what influence Wal-Mart was having,
Parquet Courts – Live At Fuji Rock Festival 2018 – July 27, 2018 – NHK-FM, Tokyo – Parquet Courts in concert for a Friday Jr. Lunchroom. Parquet Courts are an American Indie band from New York. Together since 2010 and have 7 albums out. Band members Andrew Savage and Austin
February 12, 1976 – The World Tonight – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 12, 1976 and another day where secret documents found their way into mass circulation. This time, it was the findings by the Pike Committee on Capitol Hill, investigating the CIA. The documents revealing
Nelson Friere (L) – Ingo Metzmacher (R) Nelson Friere: One of the most well-known Pianists of his generation. Over to Berlin this week for a concert by the Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, led by Ingo Metzmacher and featuring the late Nelson Friere in music of Beethoven and Shostakovich, recorded on May
Injecting some calm and peace this mid-week Lunchroom with a concert by ÃO (pronounced like Meow but without the M) from the 2024 Europavox festival in Clermont-Ferrand, France on June 29, 2024 and broadcast by RFI in Paris. ÃO is this lovely and ethereal mashup of Electronica, Folk by way
February 11, 1990 – ABC Radio News On The Hour – CBS Radio Special Report – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 11, 1990 – The day Nelson Mandela was released unconditionally from prison prison after 27 years. Accompanied by his then-wife Winnie, he left the Victor Verster prison (later
Florence Road tonight – recorded on January 15th of this year at the 2026 Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival and broadcast by VPRO. A lot of substantial and impressive talent coming out of Ireland, these past several years – recent additions to the lexicon are Florence Road, four women from County Wicklow
