Warpaint in concert from Paris – part of The Black Sessions from Radio France International and recorded on February 24, 2011. Always happens – you have to travel some 6,000 miles in order to hear a band from your own area code. In this case, this L.A.-based band have been
Since most historic references to Cuba and October refer to the events of October 1962, or The Cuban Missile Crisis of 63 years ago, listening to an address made by UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson to the Inter-American Press Association on October 16, 1961, gives some idea of how the events
Bar Italia tonight – recorded at The BBC’s Maida Vale Studios – October 14th and broadcast on New Music Fix. Bar Italia formed in London in 2020. The band consists of members Nina Cristante (vocals), Sam Fenton (vocals, guitar), and Jezmi Tarik Fehmi (vocals, guitar). Their name is derived from the Soho café Bar Italia. The Italian-born
Over to Brussels this week for a concert by The Accords Guitar Trio and featuring Croatian Guitar virtuoso Ana Vidovic. The concert was recorded by RTBF Musiq 3 in Brussels on April 27th of 2013 and part of the International Guitar Festival in Brussels. A wide-ranging program with music by
During the constitutional upheaval of 1974, as the Watergate scandal reached its climax, Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia emerged as one of the most measured and principled voices in the United States Senate. His reaction to President Richard Nixon’s impending impeachment and ultimate resignation was shaped by a
The Dandy Warhols – live At Bristol Academy 2003 – BBC 6 Music – The Dandy Warhols this lunch hour. Recorded live at Bristol Academy in 2003 by the venerable BBC. With ten albums to their credit and no end in sight, The Dandy Warhols have been swinging away and
– NBC Nightly News – October 15, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 15th, 50 years ago was about yet another mishap/near catastrophe President Ford was involved in. This time the blame was placed squarely on the Police Department in Hartford Connecticut where they failed
The Clause tonight – in session for John Kennedy’s X-Posure from Radio X on October 9th. Full band, but a stripped down version with improvised drums. The Clause have been on something of a roll lately – a lot of touring all over the UK from now until December in
October 14, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 14, 1991 – The melodrama of the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings was over, but the dilemma stuck around. To millions of Americans, the final judgement over whether or not Clarence Thomas did harass Anita Hill
In 1974, the United States’ foreign policy toward the Soviet Union was guided by the policy of détente—a deliberate effort to ease Cold War tensions through diplomacy, negotiation, and limited cooperation. Initiated under President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, détente sought to stabilize the volatile superpower
