March 28, 1958 – MBS – Cedric Foster News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 28, 1958 – The day before, the politburo in Moscow voted unanimously for Nikita Khrushchev as Prime Minister. Reaction on the day after was swift. According to news reports in the West
The Futureheads – In Concert at Glastonbury 2006 – June 25, 2006 – BBC 6 Music – With every good intention of running this last night, but falling dead asleep at the keyboard before I could post it, we’re running tonight’s episode of the Soundbooth rather early today. And just
March 27, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 27, 1990 – the continuing story of breakaway republics from the Soviet Union. This time it was Lithuania – and this time Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev decided to play hardball. He sent his troops after
Howard Hanson – Centennial Ode – Soloists and The Eastman-Rochester Philharmonic – Howard Hanson, cond. – June 5,1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Howard Hanson tonight. The dean of what became known as Modern American Music from roughly the 1930s to the late 1950s. Founder of
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Live at Juan les Pines Festival, Antibes – July 22, 1967 – Radio France – Dave Brubeck Quartet this weekend. The quartet that formed a first impression of Modern Jazz on a lot of non-Jazz people in the formative period of the mid-late 1950s. And their
March 1938, News and commentary from Radio Berlin – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 1938, almost 20 years after the end of World War 1, the air was looking unsettled in Eastern Europe and, once again the threat of war was looming. This time it was over Nazi German
Coldplay – live at Maida Vale – Steve Lamacq Presents – July 24, 2000 – BBC Radio 1 – Coldplay to end the week. In 2017 they are huge. They headline sold out arenas and are household names – their albums have sold in the millions and they are
Kenickie – Live at T In The Park – 1997 – BBC Radio 1 – Kenickie as we spiral into Friday. A four piece Pop/Punk band from Sunderland who featured future BBC Radio 6 Dj Lauren Laverne on lead guitar and vocals and a four-year run that yielded two albums,
Seedling – in session for John Peel – broadcast: April 20, 2002 – BBC Radio 1 – Seedling were a band from The Netherlands who were together from 1996-2004; not very long by present-day standards, but long enough to make waves and become championed by John Peel through three sessions
Orchestre National d’Ile de France – Enrique Mazzola, Conductor – Rex Lawson, Pianola – April 8, 2016 – Radio France Musique – Over to Paris this week for a special concert by Orchestre National d’Ile de France, conducted by Enrique Mazzola and featuring Rex Lawson on the Pianola. Opening with
