– The Clash – Live At The Palladium – September 21, 1979 – Radio Broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Clash for the morning after. The legendary New York Palladium concert, the one in which the cover photo for London Calling was taken. Yeah, that one. Remember? London
As American votes and waits, this Election day 2024, the conversation invariably drifts to polls and all the various ways to gauge voter responses. Prior to the arrival of George Gallup and his Gallup Poll, getting a picture of the average American voter ran the gamut. In 1936, before George
– Arthur Mann Reporting from London – November 5, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – During that period of time, between September of 1939 and May of 1940, known as The Phony War. Preparations were being made in anticipation of another long series of trench battles – just as
– 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
