January 11, 1963 – ABC Radio News on The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Congo – A word and a place not many Americans knew about until 1960. But from 1960 on, The Congo was all everyone talked about. Former Belgian colony, The Congo was one of
BBC World Service – London Column – May 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the War in Europe ended, the horrors and atrocities of that war were coming to the surface in grim and graphic detail. Some films taken, when the Allies first liberated the Concentration camps,
– Results of first round of weapons inspections – United Nations – January 27, 2003 – During the inevitable windup to War, the UN sent weapons inspectors to Iraq in search of the much publicized “Weapon of mass destruction”. In what seemed like a fait accompli by the Bush White
First Aid Kit – In Session – Sveriges Radio p3 Session – October 24, 2022 – Sveriges Radio, Stockholm – First Aid Kit tonight – in session for Sveriges Radio in Stockholm on October 24, 2022. Johanna and Klara Söderberg, the nucleus of First Aid Kit, were a band I
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– Haircut 100 – Live in Munich – March 1, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Haircut 100 – recorded live in Munich on March 1, 1983. At a time when Music was going in a million directions at once, Haircut 100 came along and further complicated the situation
Daniel Müller-Schott, cello – Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias – Rossen Milanov, conductor – May 30, 2014 – Radio Nacional España – Over to Spain this week for a performance by Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, led by Bulgarian conductor Rossen Milanov and featuring German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott
– Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact Program – NBC Red Network – January 15, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – An ambitious undertaking, The Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact which made War illegal was signed on August 27, 1928 and put in effect on July 24, 1929. This broadcast, which commemorates the ratification
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Described in the European press as “one of Americas best kept secrets”, Smashing Orange were a band from Wilmington Delaware, who landed in the UK and became part of the wave of Shoegaze bands of the early 1990s. Sadly, the secret was maintained, as audiences back home were less than
