Fontaines D.C. to kick your week into high gear. Recorded from the stage at Glastonbury 2024 on June 28th and preserved for posterity by BBC 6 Music. 2024 marks ten years since Fontaines D.C. got things rolling. During that time they’ve gained a massive reputation as intense and musically adventurous
Naima Bock to end the weekend and get you ready for Monday – recorded in session at BBC 6 Music for Marc Riley on October 7th of this year. Bandcamp has a slew of nice words to say about her – and I will share some of them with you
From the astonishing Archives of RTS, a live performance broadcast and recorded on March 17, 1941 featuring violinist Jacques Thibaud and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet of Ernest Chausson’s Poeme for Violin and Orchestra. For the first half of the twentieth century Jacques Thibaud (1880-1953) was
It’s hard to imagine something seemingly so logical was so vehemently opposed at the time, and still is for the most part. With the current state of things; the repeal of Roe v. Wade and all the implications that went with it. The looming presence of Project 2025 and the
Wes Montgomery Group – Funkhaus Studio 10, Hamburg Germany – April 30, 1965 – NDR The legendary Wes Montomgery Group this weekend. It occurred to me that I hadn’t run any Montgomery on Past Daily since we got started. No good reason. Digging through the avalanche of history, mostly. So
More new faces tonight – Marcel Wave in session for Marc Riley/Gideon Coe at BBC 6 Music from September 17th of this year. Marcel Wave are Maike Hale Jones (wind-pipes), Lindsay Corstorphine (ivories), Oliver Fisher (axe), Christopher Murphy (throbs) and Patrick Fisher (pots ‘n’ pans). Bandcamp have a few words
You wouldn’t want to go through that again in a million years. All those feelings – all those situations. Your brain; scrambled. She went on record as the first – the VERY first as far as “funny feelings” go. Started somewhere around sixth grade. They call it “staring” – you
Alex Henry Foster and the Long Shadows – recorded at the Freak Valley Festival in Netphen, Germany on July 15th of this year and broadcast via West German Radio and Rockpalast. New music from Montreal this weekend. From what I gather, Alex Henry Foster is the main focus while The
Starting something new tonight – christening a new series, Night Session which will feature primarily new or recent additions to the music scene – helping get the word out, keeping you plugged into what is currently happening in this rather skewed world of ours. Tonight a solo appearance on Radio
Unless you’re a current collector of Old Time Radio whose interest extends to the early days of the BBC or are researching the Homefront in the UK during the years of World War 2, the name Tommy Handley won’t ring any bells of recognition. But Tommy Handley was one of
