Tracyanne & Danny in session at BBC Scotland on September 19, 2018 for Roddy Hart’s Quay Sessions. With the sad news that singer-songwriter Danny Coughlan passed on January 26th, it was heartbreaking for many that this talented and essential artist was gone. In a year that’s barely just started, hearing
Another historic concert this week. Famed Czech pianist Rudolf Firkusny joins guest conductor Gyorgy Lehel and Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal in a program of music by Carl Maria von Weber, Beethoven and Bela Bartok. Starting with the overture to Der Freischutz by Weber. Firkusny joins the orchestra in a performance
Saturday Night Massacre – CBS Radio News Bulletins – October 19-20, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The infamous Saturday Night Massacre. At the height of the Watergate Scandal and the eventual toppling of the Nixon Presidency, the move to oust Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, which was met by
Duran Duran – Live from Hammersmith Odeon, London – December 17, 1981 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Duran Duran this Lunch Hour. A band that, for all intents and purposes, was made for MTV. This concert, recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon in London on December
January 28, 1981 – CBS Radio News + The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 28, 1981 -A busy news day and much of it coming from Washington. Starting with news that Price controls on gas and oil and petroleum were to be removed. Keeping a campaign
Fischer Z – Recorded at The Paris Theatre in London on July 28, 1979 by BBC Radio 1 for In Concert. While studying clinical psychology and working in psychiatric clinics, John Watts formed Fischer-Z with Stephen Skolnik in 1977. The first performances took place in English punk clubs and the
A NASA official said today that one of the three astronauts | trapped aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft was able to report the disastrous flash fire an instant before the three men perished. “One of the astronauts said the spacecraft’,” Apollo program, Phillips manager told Maj. a news Gen. conference.
Magazine in concert for the Lunchroom today – recorded at Melbourne Festival Hall on September 9, 1980 and issued as a limited edition promo-only lp by Virgin shortly after. It’s too bad Magazine broke up as early as they did. Founder and lead-singer Howard Devoto leaving Buzzcocks early on in
January 27, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 27, 1988. Another kidnapping in Beirut and more testimony in the John “Ivan The Terrible” Demjanjuk trial. Word on this morning from Beirut that another German businessman had been kidnapped. This one, a West German
Jale in session tonight – recorded for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 on September 13, 1994. Part of the Halifax Pop Explosion in Canada in the early 1990s, Jale were one of the first two Canadian bands to be signed to SubPop Records in Seattle. Sadly, only together for
