– BBC/WRUL-Radio New York Worldwide – British Election Results (excerpt) – October 15, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Sixty years ago it was an election year in more places than the U.S. – Britain was in the midst of having their own, and it was looking to be a
Calcutta in concert from Via Asagio in Rome and broadcast live by RAI Radio 2 on November 3, 2023. Lest you think: “what? Italian Pop? Mainstream?” – it’s part of the Bigger Plan. There’s music happening all over the world, every minute of every hour of the day. Some of
Old favorites Crack Cloud in session for Marc Riley tonight. Recorded and broadcast on September 23, 2024 at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios. Formed in 2015, Crack Cloud started as the solo project of lead vocalist and drummer Zach Choy while he was living in Calgary, Alberta. Soon after, the
[/caption] – CBS Radio: Washington Week – Week ending October 13, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Watergate. Not quite one of the calm weeks, this week of October 14th in 1973, but a somewhat bloodless one – at least as far as the White House was concerned. In
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
