Become a Patron! – The Smiths in Concert from Hamburg, Germany – 1984 – WDR When the Smiths first arrived on the scene, a friend of mine in the UK told me there was a new band getting a lot of attention but, as he was quick to add, “they’re
– Putin’s Russia – 2005 – BBC Documentary – BBC World Service – With all the talk these past several months (years) about Russian President Vladimir Putin, we get snippets of information about this leader; words of warning, rolled eyes and the letters KGB get bandied about quite a lot,
We’re here because you are: Become a Patron! Another day of watching, waiting and listening – President Carter today told the American Legion the United States is capable of responding to a threat to peace in any area of the world. In his prepared speech, Carter also told the Legion’s
Consider: Become a Patron! – February 19, 1940 – NBC Blue Network – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 19, 1940 – Europe at War: A busy day in the North Atlantic with British attacks on German ships countering German attacks on British ships. From
Coffee works too: – Roxy Music – In Concert At Oakland Auditorium – April 20, 1979 – KSAN-FM Live Broadcast – Roxy Music to start the week. One of those pivotal bands which defined much of the 70s and 80s. A band you couldn’t exactly pin down as to what
– New York Philharmonic – Soloists and Chorus conducted by Charles Munch. Artur Honegger: Joan Of Arc At The Stake (U.S. Broadcast premier) – January 4, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I hesitated to run this for several months because of a few glaring problems in the original discs
Become a Patron! NPR – Voices In The Wind – Tribute To Serge Koussevitsky – July 28, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In the early 1970s, when National Public Radio was getting off the ground, getting its feet wet and finding its way, it was an exciting adventure
You can do this – honest, you can do this: Become a Patron! Over to the 1986 Chicago Jazz Festival this week for a set by Spanish Pianist Tete Montoliu and Danish bassist Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen. Notes from Wikipedia: Tete Montoliu was born blind, in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain,
Try 7 days for free!Become a Patron! You had no idea – nobody told you – it seemed like a good idea at the time. First job – Chicken Delight – buck twenty-five an hour – free lunch. You lied – you told them you worked in fast food –
Coffee works wonders: – Bob Dylan – Live At Free Trade Hall, Manchester – May 7, 1965 – Soundboard Recording – Pivotal year, 1965. After the initial wave of bands from Britain had flooded the U.S., and as America jolted itself out of the musical doldrums, the next phase; the
