The Coral – live at Glastonbury 2002 – BBC 6 Music – The Coral to start the week off. The Merseyside Indie/Psych/folk/jangle-pop group got started in 1996, but fortunes were starting to change in the early 2000s with the release of their debut album in 2002. This festival appearance concentrates
E. Howard Hunt – interview by William F. Buckley – Firing Line Program – May 12, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since we’ve been looking back on the era of Watergate lately, I thought I would start running some interviews with key players in the scandal to give
May 1, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 1, 1990 – celebrating the release of former hostage Frank Reed, who was held in captivity for some three years before Syria negotiated his freedom. Reed was one of two hostages released in recent days.
Big Jay McNeely – live at Birdland, Seattle Washington – 1957 – Big J Records 1989 – In case you missed it, or it slipped your mind, or you were distracted by the birthday of another celebrated Jazz giant, Duke Ellington (born on April 29, 1899), yesterday was also the
Claude Pascal – Piano Concerto -Geneviève Joy with the ORTF Chamber Orchestra. Henri Girard, cond. ORTF-Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Less familiar music, performed by legendary figures. This week it’s the Piano Concerto by Claude Pascal, a contemporary composer whose work from 1943 to 2007 is substantial. And
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Live in Dakar, Senegal – April 9, 1966 – Radio France Duke Ellington this weekend – yesterday would have been his 118th birthday (April 29, 1899), and to commemorate that, I thought I would run a concert he did in Senegal from 1966.
Altered Images – In session for John Peel – October 7, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Altered Images this week. The Scottish Post-Punk band boasted a fan in John Peel, who gave the band their initial leg-up with two sessions, of which this one is the first. Due
April 26, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 26, 2001 – a day for finger-crossing and nail-biting if you were with the Research team in the South Pole. One of their team, Dr. Ron Shemanski, fell ill with Pancreatitis and needed
Trentemøller – in concert at Paradise Rock Club – March 23, 2017 – Sveriges Radio – Trentemøller is a Danish multi-instrumentalist and producer currently living in Copenhagen. He originally got started as a musician/producer for a number of Danish Indie bands in the 1990s before turning his attention to Electronic
President Richard Nixon – Address regarding Judiciary Committee Subpoena – April 29, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Richard Nixon – increasingly the focus on the investigation over the Watergate break-in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters, Nixon was now being subpoenaed for additional tapes and information about the
