– Mogwai – Live In Glasgow – Jan. 20, 2014 – BBC Scotland – Mogwai this Election Day morning. As one of those post-rock bands who have plumbed the vast reaches of dreamscape, Mogwai have created a heady mixture of noise, shoegaze, a bit of Art Rock with a dash of
Fan Girl to start the weeknight. In session for BBC 6 New Music Fix program – recorded on October 15, 2024 at Salford studios. Fan Girl started as a concept in the minds of Melbourne musician Vincent McIntyre and spiritual wunderkind Jack Wood. Together they began to craft a collection
Until his death in 2004, commentator Alistair Cooke was as much a fixture on American television as he was on BBC Radio. Having moved to the U.S. early in 1941 where he began reporting the day to day of American life via the BBC World Service as only seen by
CBS World News Roundup – November 4, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On November 4th 1989 the grumblings began to roar and the ripple became a Tsunami of people as hundreds of thousands in East Berlin took to the streets, pressing their demands for political freedom. It was the
– Two Door Cinema Club – Live at Pinkpop Festival – June 13, 2011 – VPRO-Netherlands Two Door Cinema Club to get Monday up and rolling. Two Door Cinema Club formed in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland in 2007. The band is composed of three members: Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm
Before Rosemary Clooney embarked on a solo career that firmly established her as a household name to millions of Americans, she, along with her sister Betty, were singers during the Big Band era throughout the later 1940s. Rosemary and Betty Clooney were a close sister act, and sang together. The
Another historic concert this weekend – the legendary French violinist Christian Ferras joining Eugen Jochum and Orchestre National de Radio France in a concert from Théåtre des Champs-Élysées on April 9, 1964 and broadcast live by ORTF in Paris and performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin concerto op. 35. Christian Ferras was born
Pacific Ocean Blue has been regarded as former Beach Boy Dennis Wilson’s masterpiece. When it came out in August of 1977 it was met with enthusiasm by everyone but the Beach Boys themselves. It signaled the start of what could have been an amazing solo career. But it wasn’t. Chalk
– Duke Ellington – In Concert from Zurich – September 10, 1959 – DRS-Radio Zurich – Over to Zurich this week for a classic concert by Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, featuring Ray Nance, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, with vocals by Lil Greenwood. It was
Heading into some uncharted territory (for us, anyway) by way of Absnt Mind in session for BBC Introducing East Midlands, recorded earlier in the day today. Initial impression was being struck by the immaculate vocal harmonies and then realizing Absnt Mind is a new entry in the UK Boy Band
