Rodgers & Hammerstein Press Conference – March 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There is no question – the name Rodgers & Hammerstein have become a solid fixture in American culture, and have been that way since Oklahoma premiered and promptly changed the entire nature of American Music Comedy.
– George Shearing – LIve At The Hollywood Bowl – Boys Club Benefit 1961 – Part of a longer concert featuring a wide range of talent as part of a Boys Club benefit in 1961, George Shearing offered up a short but really lovely set to coincide with his newly
Japanese Breakfast – Fuji Rock Festival 2022 – Recorded July 31, 2022 – NHK-FM, Tokyo – Japanese Breakfast this weekend. Recorded at the 2022 Fuji Rock Festival July 31st. Doing our Women In Rock this past week, I couldn’t leave Michelle Zauner out – she’s further evidence Indie as a
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We do this every year. We make the pitch – we make the appeal – we cross our fingers – we hope for the best. I say it all the time and it’s true all the time: it takes a lot of work to run Past Daily – 14 hours
Haley Bonar – in session for 3VOOR12-FM, Amsterdam -October 12, 2016 – VPRO-Radio – Haley Bonar ending up the week with a session recorded in October 2016 by Amsterdam FM station 3VOOR12. Bonar is a familiar face and voice on this side of the Atlantic. The Canadian-born and currently living
– National Town Meeting “Where is American Culture Heading?” August 21, 1974 – In 1974 there were grave doubts as to where we were heading as a cultural society. Although 1974 may seem like a banner year for the arts, compared to where we are today. But the writing was
Eighty-two years ago today, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered the annual State Of The Union Address which has become known as The Four Freedoms Address. FDR: “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is
Julia Holter – in concert at Route du Rock 2016. Recorded August 16, 2016 by Arte Live. I’ve heard bits and pieces of music by Julia Holter the past couple of years – but never really got a chance to sit down and listen to what she was doing. Come
Lora Logic – in session for John Peel – May 26, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Lora Logic tonight. A name synonymous with the Punk/New-Wave scene of the late 70s/early 80s. Her unique and distinctive sax playing, was prevalent in the early days of X-Ray Spex, a band she
