
Author: gordonskene


In Conversation With Sir John Gielgud – 1961 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
A 1961 BBC conversation with Stage and Screen legend Sir John Gielgud.

Woody Herman – Live At Cafe Rouge – 1945 – Past Daily Downbeat –
Woody Herman – Live at Cafe Rouge, New York – July 23, 1945 – AFRS One Night Stand Series – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Woody Herman this weekend, jumping into some Big Band of the 1940s. Herman was a child prodigy who sang and danced in

João Gilberto – Live At Umbria 1996 – Past Daily Soundbooth – Tribute Edition
João Gilberto – Live At Umbria Jazz Festival 1996 – Recorded July 21, 1996 – RAI Radio – João Gilberto (1931-2019) – With the sad news on the passing of one of the most legendary and pioneering figures in Brazilian music, João Gilberto, at the age of 88, left a

In Working Towards The Common Good – And The Speed Bumps
Become a Patron! After almost a month of being down from a crashed server and attempting to put back some 7,000 posts, we’re finally back up and running. What the downtime did was put a huge dent in our Fundraiser, as the outage happened right as we were getting underway.

Radiohead – Live At Best Kept Secret – 2017 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Soothing Rattled Nerves Edition
Radiohead – In Concert At Best Kept Secret – 2017 – June 18, 2017 – VPRO, Hilversum Holland – Just a reminder . . . Radiohead in concert at Best Kept Secret Festival in 2017, and recorded by the venerable VPRO (Dutch Radio Network) on June 18, 2017. A little

July 5, 1951 – Korean War – Amid Rubble, Olive Branches And Hopeful Signs.
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”45251″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”July 5, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow and the News with Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection ” content_type=”link”] July 5, 1951 – The Korean War – truce talks pending, logistics hammered out and business as usual. All that, and life on Capitol Hill.



It’s Summer 1966 – You Live In L.A. – You Bought Your First Car – It Has An FM Radio – You Notice Smog – And Not All The Stations Are Cool.
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”45221″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”KADS – Summer 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Life in L.A. had a few drawbacks in the 1960s. A: being the first kid on your block to buy a foreign car with an FM radio in 1966 and B: driving around L.A. with