Sixty-four years ago today, President John F. Kennedy addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations: President Kennedy: We meet in an hour of grief and challenge. Dag Hammarskjold is dead. But the United Nations lives. His tragedy is deep in our hearts, but the task for which he died
Back to the U.S. this week for a concert featuring the Cincinnati Symphony under its Music Director Michael Gielen in a program of music by Bach, Schoenberg and Brahms. Broadcast on December 17, 1980 via National Public Radio. The first half of the concert is given over to two Bach
Even though we were still at the beginning stages of the Cold War (at the time we didn’t know it was going to last as long as it did), we were hopeful that cooler heads prevailed and those who had experienced enough of the war, now three years old, were
Changing it up a bit this afternoon. A set from the 2024 Glastonbury festival by rising star Nigerian Singer-Songwriter Ayra Starr, recorded by BBC 6 Music on June 29, 2024. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say: Sarah Oyinkansola Aderibigbe , known professionally as Ayra Starr, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. She achieved mainstream
– CBS Radio News reports on Munich Crisis – September 24, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 1938 was about the crisis over German demands for land belonging to Czechoslovakia. The Munich crisis over the Sudetenland, as it was known, was slowly turning into
GANS tonight – in session for John Kennedy at Radio X – September 19th – Front Row Magazine has a few words to share about this duo – might give you a clue: Hailing from Birmingham, GANS is the electrifying duo made up of drummer Euan Woodman and bassist Tom Rhodes. Lifelong friends turned creative partners,
A busy day for President Eisenhower, this September 23, 1954 – The President embarked on an important political swing on through the West in a major effort to revitalize the GOP fight for a Republican controlled Congress. The Chief Executive was advised yesterday by GOP National Chairman Leonard Hall that
South Korean singer-songwriter Kim Sawol at the 2021 Reeperbahn Festival in Germany on September 23, 2021 and recorded for posterity by West German Radio. Kim Sawol debuted in 2014 with the extended play Secret, a collaboration with singer Kim Hae-won. The duo won Best New Artist and Best Folk Album the
– Racism In America – NBC Radio: Image – Minorities – June 2, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Racism in America – for a time you would have thought we rose above it – that we had become imbued with empathy and compassion – that the seemingly endless
Getting Monday sprinting to the lunch line with a set from Swervedriver – recorded at The Astoria in London on October 17, 1993. Swervedriver have their roots in Oxford when schoolmates and aspiring guitarists Franklin and Hartridge along with Franklin’s older brother and vocalist, Graham, and drummer Paddy Pulzer formed
