Genesis for Lunch today – recorded at Wembley Stadium on July 3, 1987, at the end of what became known as The Invisible Touch Tour. I admit to not having run any post-Peter Gabriel Genesis concerts or sessions on Past Daily at all. The reason was simple: I felt that
April 21, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 21, 1994 – the civil war that raged in the former Yugoslavia was now making a living hell out of the Muslim enclave of Gorazde, as Bosnian Serbs continued a relentless barrage of shelling and
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Berlin – cleaning up the mess took time. A discussion on Foreign Policy and decisions made at the close of World War 2, looked at and analyzed 20 years later during the program the Open Mind, broadcast in 1965. At the heart of the discussion was the lingering shadow of
Ian Curtis of Joy Division – Cultural icon. Joy Division in concert for this Monday lunch – recorded at Les Bains Douches in Paris on December 18, 1979 for RFI – The Black Sessions. One of the pioneering bands of the Post-Punk era, Joy Division consisted of vocalist, guitarist and
April 20, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day of sweeping changes, April 20th, 1979 – although at the time it didn’t seem that way. The free elections in Rhodesia were regarded as a footnote, almost an afterthought on many news programs. But
– The Alec Wilder Octet – Walking Home In Spring – March 30, 1939 – Brunswick Records Taking it down several notches tonight. One of the most widely admired, but little known American Music composers of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Alec Wilder was very difficult to pin down as
2. Sermon. “Des femmes en noir”, pour chœur de femmes (1968) Music of Swiss composer Jean Binet this Sunday – two works (both short) – the first; performed by Hans Rudolf Stalder, clarinet with Hermann Müller leading the Bern Kammerorchester – and the second; Arthur Furer leading the Chor des Lehrerinnen-Seminar Marzili, Bern
From the BBC’s Jazz 625 program on June 1964, the Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall, guitar – Steve Swallow, bass and Pete LaRoca, drums. Here is a rundown on Art Farmer via his Tribute Website: Art Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) Certainly one of the most respected
You could light a twelve story building with a look like that. You were convinced. You did something right – maybe your last life. You couldn’t believe your luck. You had dreams and she was in them. You didn’t know her name – you didn’t need to. Okay – she
