– July 9, 1951 – Edward Murrow and The News – This day in 1951 started off optimistically with the arrival of a UN negotiation team to Kaesong in Korea to begin Peace Talks aimed at ending the war. No easy feat, it seemed. As the road to Kaesong was
– Pharrell Williams – Live at Pinkpop 2015 – June 14, 2015 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – The Netherlands – A nod to Pop this morning, and one of its most successful practitioners in recent years, Pharrell Williams. Pharrell Williams is probably one of the most visible and known figures in the
– Discussion Regarding Broadcasting And The First Amendment – Jan. 30, 1973 – National Public Radio – Gordon Sound Sound Collection Coming during the time of the Supreme Court case known as The Seven Filthy Words, the issue of TV censorship in the area of news, the testing of boundaries
A busy and manic news day, this July 8, 1983. An 11-year-old American girl who worried that the Soviet Union might «art a ‘nuclear war arrived in Moscow today with suitcases of souvenirs and a “secret” present for the man who invited her, Soviet President Yuri V. Andropov. If Samantha
– July 8, 1948 – News Of The World – Palestine Crisis and more – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1948 had much to do with the crisis in Palestine, which had now blown up into full-scale war. UN mediators were scrambling for negotiations to
Pink Floyd In Session For Top Gear – December 19, 1967 – John Peel – BBC Radio 1 It’s hard to convey, some 57 years later, just how much of a revelation it was, listening to Pink Floyd for the first time. In 1967 they were bending ears and blowing
Another historic concert this weekend. The legendary French cellist Pierre Fournier with the Orchestra of Swiss Italian Radio conducted by the equally legendary Herman Scherchen in a performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto – recorded at Teatro Apollo in Lugano, Switzerland on April 25, 1962. Sasha Margolis of the magazine Strings
– Press Conference featuring Dimitri Shostakovich, Tikhon Khrenikov and Dimitri Kabalevsky – Philadelphia – November 6, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As part of the Cold War thaw, the Cultural Exchange Program was an idea brought about to bring understanding of all aspects of Soviet life to America
Confessions of A Rock n’ Roll Namedropper is part-memoir/part history-book by Radio producer/personality/writer/journalist Laurie Kaye. Against the backdrop of the last interview she conducted with John Lennon before his tragic murder, it paints a thoroughly delightful (as well as factual) picture of Rock and Radio in the 1970s as well
Mulgrew Miller this holiday weekend. Accompanied by bassist Rodney Whitaker and recorded in concert at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center on April 21, 2001 by Jazz At Lincoln Center. *Ben Ratliff, writing for The New York Times, commented that, “As a composer, Mulgrew Miller is difficult to peg;
