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Shlomo Mintz – Violinist And Conductor – Orchestre De La Suisse Romande – 2011 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
We can always use a hand: Become a Patron! Over to Valais Switzerland this week for a concert by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Shlomo Mintz who also is soloist in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto – all recorded at the 47th International Music Festival de Sion in Valais
Shifting Arab-Israeli Peace Talks – Protests Continue In Tehran – Here Come The Boat People – February 7, 1979
We’re here because you are: Become a Patron! Busy day in the world, this February 7th. Iran’s turmoil has overshadowed of late the Mideast’s longest-running crisis. What action there has been on the Arab-Israeli conflict has been largely talk and that has been largely in Washington with efforts to get
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds -Live At Best Kept Secret 2015 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
– Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Live At Best Kept Secret Festival 2015 – June 20, 2015 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – The highlight of a great opening day at the Best Kept Secret Festival in Holland in 2015 had to go to Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. A sold out
Politics USA – 1956 – Electing A President – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
With a little help from our friends: Become a Patron! – Politics USA – ABC Radio: Town Hall Meeting – Special program – January 29, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Politics: USA – part ritual, part circus. The heated debates, the outlandish promises, the feel-good slogans the almost
Looking For Bin Laden – Hopes Raised For Kidnapped Journalist – Dealing With Iraq – February 6, 2002
We’re here because you are: Become a Patron! The search for Osama bin Laden may have ended this day when word came that a CIA drone, equipped with missile fired on a group of suspected Al Qaeda officials, “killing them all” according to a CIA spokesperson. There was no confirmation
Capitol Hill: A Question Of Ethics, A Matter Of Morals, A Subject Of Scrutiny – February 6, 1980
We’re here because you are: Become a Patron! CBS World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00 CBS Radio News – February 6, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This February 6th, 1980 came with a veritable file cabinet stuffed with news. A busy day, to say the least. Starting
Big Star Music – Alex Chilton Tribute 2012 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
We’re here because you are: Become a Patron! – Big Star Music – Alex Chilton Tribute with Jody Stephens, Ken Stringfellow, Jon Auer and guests – Nov. 12, 2012 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Netherlands. Big Star Music – a tribute to the music of Alex Chilton, performed at Melkweg in Amsterdam
British Elections – February 1950 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Make a huge difference: Become a Patron! CBS Reports – The British Elections – February 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There was a time, right after World War 2, and well into the 1960s, where America expressed great interest in the political fortunes of other countries, particularly those
Bosnia: Another Day In Hell – February 5, 1994
CBS World News Roundup – February 5, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day, 30 years ago, February 5, 1994 had much to do with the ongoing nightmare called Bosnia where bombing killed some 40 people, with estimates going as high as 51 and dozens wounded when