Getting out of the comfort zone this holiday week, and heading over to Paris and Studio 104 at Radio France International for a concert by Feu! Chatterton – recorded on October 16th of this year. If you’re not already familiar with Past Daily’s Lunchroom excursions overseas to hear what other
– BBC World Service News – December 26, 2004 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Twenty-one years ago on December 26, 2004, we were jolted from our Christmas mornings-after to learn an earthquake on the floor of the Indian Ocean measuring 8.9 struck off the island of Sumatra, triggering a Tsunami
Herb Jeffries – The Bronze Buckaroo Taking a brief break from our usual sessions tonight and jumping into something different. Four sides from Herb Jeffries tonight, two featuring a duet with Toni Harper; Peppermint Stick and You’re Too Tall – and two by Jeffries solo; Pagan Love Song and Twilight,
Bob & Ray, the comic duo who came to personify Radio comedy in America from the 1950s to the 2000s began in the 1940s. To quote the USA Radio Museum: ” . . .when voices carried imagination into living rooms across the nation, few performers captured the spirit of wit
Somewhere in Belgium – Many miles to go. December 25, 1944 – Christmas day – celebrating at home – fighting on the fronts. No holidays where war concerned. Armored and infantry divisions of Lt. Gen. Patton’s Third Army were reported crashing into the southern flank of the German salient in
John Peel – Christmas Show – Dec. 21, 2000 – BBC Radio 1 – For those of you who don’t know, never spent any time in the UK, never heard the BBC or never heard the name John Peel – I am so sorry, my deepest apologies. But – all
Mikko Franck – A festive Concert turned Memorial for Kurt Masur. Over to Paris this Christmas Eve for a concert by The Radio France Philharmonic conducted by Mikko Franck. Mikko Frank decided to dedicate this concert to conductor Kurt Mazur, who died a few hours before the start of this
Tis the season . . .Become a Patron! A Christmas Sing With Bing was something of an institution for decades. First starting on Radio and then switching to Television, the fabled Crooner would put on a festive Christmas show each year, featuring his own inimitable brand of singing, joined by
Often referred to as “Humble Howard”. Howard Cosell for the Holiday season, a broadcast from his long-running ABC Radio series Speaking Of Sports, from December 15, 1974. Continuing our tour around Pop Culture during the holiday season with a quick listen to one of Sportscaster Howard Cosell’s weekly broadcasts for
Elton John et al. Christmas Sessions at BBC 6 Music – Various Dates – BBC 6 Music – A full hour extravaganza of sessions recorded at BBC 6 Music by a veritable galaxy of Rock notables. From Elton John, Nick Lowe, Elastica, Half Man-Half Biscuit, The Decembrists, Frank Turner, Low,
