An Emotional Fish to get this three day weekend rolling. Recorded at G. Mex in Manchester on December 3, 1990 by BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series. An Emotional Fish were formed in 1988, and consisted of Gerard Whelan (founding member, lead vocals, percussion), Enda Wyatt (founding member,
Ending up the week with a session for La Sécurité, recorded live for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music on August 25th of this year. La Sécurité is a Canadian dance-punk group from Montreal, Quebec, whose debut album Stay Safe! was released in 2023. The band, consisting of vocalist Éliane
– CBS News – August 29-30, 2005 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When Hurricane Katrina made landfall, all the fears were confirmed and all the warnings were true. Those who stayed behind, and survived, were reporting unfathomable scenes of devastation. And even after the worst of it had passed,
– 1970-05-10 John Peel BBC In Concert – remaster (Traffic) – Over to the perennials this morning. Traffic were one of the most solid, consistent bands active in the 1960s and early 70s.I never saw them do a bad concert. That Steve Winwood continues the legacy, with others joining in
– McKendree Spring – In Session for The Show – NET-TV – March 1, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A live session tonight from early American Prog. Although they reformed in 2009 and are still performing, McKendree Spring began life in 1969 – America’ answer to the burgeoning
– Voices And Events for the week ending August 28, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for the week ending on this August 28th in 1949 had much to do with a familiar meme; corruption, profiteering, influence peddling and bribery on Capitol Hill. In this case, it was
– Aretha Franklin – in concert from Stockholm – May 2, 1968 – Sveriges Radio – I don’t say that as any sort of hyperbole, it is a flat-out fact; Aretha Franklin has been the undisputed Queen of Soul for over 50 years now. I would be hard-pressed to find
– Moose – In session for John Peel – June 9, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – On a crash course to end the week with one of the more overlooked bands of the Shoegaze era. Moose formed in London in 1990 and were a heavy part of the initial
Over to Rome this week for a concert by the RAI Symphony, conducted by Juaj Valcuha and featuring Khatia Buniatashvili, piano in the Grieg Piano concerto. The concert was recorded in Turin on June 22, 2012. The concert begins with the Overture to Smetana’s Bartered Bride – followed by the
– Interviews with Refugees from China – Aug. 27, 1937 – Eighty-eight years ago today most people in the U.S. were listening to reports of the invasion of China by Japan and hearing first-hand accounts of the fighting by rescued American nationals, caught in the middle of the turmoil. The
