The world a year after the end of the War – September 1946; cities and lives were slowly recovering but there was an endless road still ahead. Former New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia/now head of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration went on an inspection trip of European capitols
The Flaming Lips this afternoon. Recorded in concert at Off Festival 2010, Katowice Poland on August 8, 2010. Proclaimed in Q Magazine to be one “the 50 bands you need to see before you die”, The Flaming Lips are as much of an experience in concert as they are on
– NPR News – September 5, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this September 5th the world is holding it’s collective breath. On September 5th in 1995 the world was looking at the situation in the region formerly known as Yugoslavia and that nightmare the ensued after the
– Hindi Zahra – Paris Rooftop Concert – September 30, 2015 – Culturebox French-Moroccan singer-songwriter Hindi Zahra has been active since 2009. Her voice and work have drawn comparisons to Beth Gibbons of Portishead, Norah Jones and Manu Chao. But she is no copy or imitator, Hindi Zahra is a
Kasabian for a Thursday lunch – recorded at the 2018 Isle of Wight Festival on June 22, 2018 by BBC Radio 2. In 2016, Kasabian played a short tour in May, culminating in two concerts at Leicester City Football Club’s ground, the King Power Stadium, to celebrate the club winning
– News from BBC World Service – Paris Radio English service – September 4, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With War in Europe officially declared, this day in September 1939, the first official casualties reported wound up being civilians, innocent bystanders, caught in the wrong place at the
Over to the Teatro Rococó de Schwentzingen on June 3, 2011 for a recital by the legendary Andras Schiff – recorded by Southwest German Radio. This Variations concert begins with Two Variations K. 500 by Mozart – and then over to Mendelssohn for Variations Sérieuses op 54.Followed by Haydn’s Variations
– NPR: Options In Education -Problems In Parenting – May 24, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When you consider that 1976 was some 49 years ago, and that the Internet didn’t exist, technology wars consisted of VHS versus Betamax, computers were not really ready for home use yet,
Basement 5 – in session for John Peel – recorded April 21, 1980 – broadcast April 28, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Kicking off Wednesday Lunch with Basement 5, another short-lived but highly influential band from the late 1970s/early 1980’s. Basement 5 were one of the first, if not
– News from Radio Berlin – EIAR, Rome – BBC World Service – CBC Canada – MBS – September 3, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – War in Europe. Since the writing had been on the wall for several days, even those hoping for an eleventh hour miracle seemed
