Etta James – Queen of Soul Etta James for this Monday Lunchroom – recorded at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival on July 9, 1977 and broadcast by RTS in Switzerland. While we try and figure out which way this week is going, it never hurts to have a few words
January 5, 1983 – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 5, 1983 – The big news was coming from Capitol Hill on this day. President Reagan was preparing to give a news conference, his first since November. The subject was expected to
San Francisco as described by Herb Gold – 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – San Francisco; a city that, anyone who has spent any amount of time visiting or living in comes away with an impression that is unmistakable. San Francisco has always been a city of contrasts and
It’s your mind – and it’s talking to you. It’s not telling you to rob a bank or jump off a cliff. No. It’s telling you the food is terrible and minutes are dragging into hours. It’s telling you it’s May and June will take forever. And maybe that’s good
Hugh Masekela – Father of South African Jazz Hugh Masekela this weekend – recorded in New York, circa 1969 (according to the Hugh Masekela Preservation Project, where this recording comes from). It was Hugh Masekela who pretty much kicked off the interest in South African Jazz. There were hints of
Donovan in concert from The Paris Theatre in London, on November 18, ,1981 and recorded for BBC Radio 2’s In Concert series. Widely regarded as one of the primary artists responsible for ushering the mid-1960s into a period of Psychedelia, Donovan arrived on the scene early in 1965 as a
Speaking of our incursions past, 43 years ago we were busily invading the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada in what has been described as “A lovely little war”. Considered a threat to stability in the region, the small island was at the center of a controversy involving Cuba, a lot
December 20, 1989 – CBS Radio News – reports and bulletins – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 20, 1989 – Shortly after midnight on this day, A U.S. invasion force of some 20,000 troops came ashore in Panama with the objective of removing Panamanian strong-man Manuel Noriega and
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January 2, 1960 – Senator Kennedy Announces His Run for the White House – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 2, 1960 – Sixty-six years ago today the Senator from Massachusetts, a shining prospect in 1956, John F. Kennedy stepped before the microphones and announced he would make a run
