Armies Of the Unemployed – Descending on Capitol Hill American Forum of The Air – The WPA – June 25, 1939. By the summer of 1939, the future of the Works Progress Administration’s cultural programs had become a national controversy, debated not only in Congress but also on radio programs
King Crimson for this New Years Eve Jr. Lunchroom – recorded in Detroit at Eastowne Theatre, Detroit – November 11, 1971. King Crimson represented a monumental change Rock Music was about to undertake. The genre was splintering off in a million different directions. And one of those directions became known
December 30, 1999 – CBS World News Roundup; Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 30, 1999 – lots going on, the day before the last day of 1999. Terrorists on the loose were generating a goodly amount of panic among law enforcement and causing many to consider
Lush – recorded live at The Wiltern Theatre on December 6, 1990 Lush for a Monday night. Recorded during their first American tour, opening for The Cocteau Twins and welcomed with open arms. In the late 1980s, if you kept your ears to the ground and took some time to
Hard to imagine 2005 was twenty years ago – harder too, imagining not that much has changed and in some ways, has gotten much worse. The year 2005 was marked by an intense combination of natural catastrophes, geopolitical struggles, political transitions, and cultural developments that together shaped global consciousness. It
Van Morrison – in concert from Fillmore West on April 26, 1970 and broadcast live by KSAN-FM, San Francisco. Anyone who remembers this phase in the career of Van Morrison will agree his Moondance period was probably the one which got more families started than anything aside from maybe Al
December 29, 1978 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 29, 1978 – Ominous signs from Tehran this day. Although at the time, not many paid attention. But if you lived in Iran, you noticed. And either you took to the streets, or
A very little goes a very long way: Become a Patron! Another historic rehearsal from The Boston Symphony. This week it’s Charles Munch and the BSO rehearsing the first Boston performance of the Symphony Number 6 by Prokofiev. The rehearsal took place on June 16, 1951. The Sixth Symphony dates
– Voices and Events – December 30, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1951. With the end of this year rapidly approaching, maybe it’s a good idea to look at other years, just to get an idea that things have always been just a little crazy, a little harrowing
Diving into some Big Band this weekend, compliments of Woody Herman and His first Herd, recorded by CBS Radio at the College Inn from the Hotel Sherman in Chicago on March 27, 1947. Woody Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called
