Carrie Fisher – interviewed by Terry Gross for Fresh Air – November 28, 2016 – NPR In a year already overflowing with loss, to hear the latest news that Carrie Fisher passed away earlier today, never recovering from the massive heart attack last week, is just one more mind-numbing tragedy
Martha and The Muffins -In session for Richard Skinner – BBC Radio 1 – January 20, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Martha and The Muffins to start off the week. A slice of Canadian New Wave that are rumored to be still together, but with several incarnations of personnel
December 26, 1999 – NPR News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 26, 1999 – the day after Christmas and it was business as usual. Hours after the spirit of peace, fellowship and goodwill toward man was over, China staged crackdowns and speedy trials of four key leaders of
Thiriet – La Nuit Venitienne – ORTF Orchestra – Pierre-Michel LeConte, cond – ORTF-Paris circa 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Thiriet this weekend. A prolific composer of many orchestral and instrumental works, Thiriet was also extremely prolific in writing film scores. With some 70
George Michael In Concert – Symphonica Tour – Royal Albert Hall, London – September 29, 2012 – RTE Radio – George Michael left us earlier today – peacefully in his sleep, the press release said. Fifty-three and now gone. To say that 2016 has been a particularly bad year for
MJQ With Paul Desmond – Christmas Concert at Town Hall, New York City – December 25, 1971 – Modern Jazz Quartet with Paul Desmond from Christmas Day 1971. I ran this one a few years ago, it’s one of my favorites and considering the year it’s been, more appropriate then
The Beatles – Christmas 1966 – The Beatles Fan Club – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Beatles – in what became a yearly ritual from the Fab Four as a Christmas Card to their fan club, the 1966 installment of yuletide festivities was progressively more outrageous with each year.
Budgie – live at Reading Festival 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Budgie to end the working week. Okay – I know what you’re thinking – what am I doing running heavy Metal bands as part of the Soundbooth. Well first off, Budgie weren’t your average run-of-the-mill Heavy Metal band.
The Teardrop Explodes – live at Sheffield University – March 19, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – The Teardrop Explodes tonight – recorded live at Sheffield University on March 19, 1981 and preserved for posterity by BBC Radio 1. Coming along at a time when Post-punk was coming into its
December 21,1947 – Story Behind The Headlines – Marshall Plan news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Secretary of State George Marshall put together a plan for the economic rehabilitation and the reconstruction of post-war Europe. Two years after the end of World War 2, Europe was still struggling under
