Horace Silver Quintet – live at The BBC – 1966 – Past Daily Downbeat. The Horace Silver Quintet this weekend, featuring Woody Shaw on Trumpet, Tyrone Washington on Tenor sax, Larry Ridley on bass and Lex Humphries on drums. All recorded in performance at the BBC in 1966. After more
Sonic Youth – In concert at Memorial Auditorium, Portland Oregon – April 9, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sonic Youth this weekend. Perhaps a fitting time to give them a listen, certainly when dramatic reassessments of where music is going appear to be springing up everywhere (i.e.; reactions
Langston Hughes – Lecture and Poetry Reading – Illinois University – March 18, 1957 The voice of Langston Hughes this weekend, recorded at Illinois University on March 18, 1957 where he gave a lecture on the art of Writing and read several examples of his poetry, most notably his Jazz
– KHJ- Frank Terry – September 8, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There are people who love High School – they do homework, they join clubs, they go to pep rallies, they have drivers licenses. You are not one of them. You still take the bus – you
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– FDR Funeral (recap) – April 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 78 years ago, the country was in mourning as it paid its last respects to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died two days earlier of a cerebral hemorrhage while on vacation at “the
Deus – in concert – recorded live at X-TRA, Zurich – April 29, 2019 – RTS Live Act – Deus in concert tonight. Recorded live at X-TRA in Zurich on April 29, 2019 during their 20th anniversary tour, commemorating the release of their breakthrough album, The Ideal Crash. All recorded
Hear It Now – Edward R. Murrow – April 13, 1951 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – An eventful week as far as American history went. General Douglas MacArthur, long regarded as an icon of the Second World War was elevated to Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations
– News for April 13, 1941 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another day inching closer to a World at War. This April 13th in 1941 was filled with stories of the situation in The Balkans, the German action in Greece, the fighting in East
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and give a listen to their first session for John Peel.
