Taking a slight detour this week and sampling some music by the legendary Doris Day via her radio show for CBS in 1952. The half-hour show ran for a little over a year and primarily showcased her singing, but also featured guests – this episode, from May 16, 1952 features
You always forget. It happens every year – it’s happened every year since you can remember. Summer – hot – sticky – steaming – miserable = You. You had an air-conditioner, you used to sit in front of it all day – you loved frozen breeze on your face. Your
– Siouxsie and The Banshees – live at Tiel, Holland – July 7, 1981 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – One of THE truly iconic names in the pantheon of 80s Music this weekend – the inimitable Siouxsie And The Banshees, recording in concert in Tiel, Holland on July 7, 1981 – by
One of NME’s 100 Bands To Watch for 2017 from Oslo, Pom Poko in session on August 13th for Riley and Coe at BBC 6 Music and recorded at Maida Vale studios. Pom Poko was formed in 2017 and quickly gained a reputation for their live shows, earning them a
– Will Rogers – Wiley Post – Memorial Program – August 16, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Will Rogers was one of early 20th Century Americas greatest personalities. He was a stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma.
The Cars – In Concert at Old Waldorf, San Francisco – August 19, 1978 – KSAN-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Cars for a Friday. Via their Wikipedia page: The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the new wave scene in the late 1970s. The
Hollywood Bowl – Film Composer’s Night – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra – Sept. 25, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Part 1 Hollywood Bowl – Film Composer’s Night – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra – Sept. 25, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Part 2 In what was the first of
Become a Patron! While the much-fabled Woodstock Festival was getting underway for its first day, the world was spinning wildly away as usual on this August 15th in 1969. From Northern Ireland, Catholic and Protestant rioting was raging on. British troops were being reinforced and rioting was spreading rapidly. It
– The Rolling Stones – in concert at International Center, Honolulu Hawaii – July 28, 1966 – KPOI Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not to be the dispenser of Reality checks, but this concert from the Rolling Stones 1966 tour took place 58 years ago. And no doubt,
Over to Madrid this week for a concert by Orquesta Nacional de España conducted by Ernest Martinez-Izquierdo and featuring the Spanish cellist Lluis Claret in music of Ravel, Guinjoan and Stravinsky. Beginning with Ravel’s Alborada del Gracioso. Lluis Claret joins the orchestra in a performance of Music for Cello and
