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Swiss composer Richard Flury this Weekend – his Violin Concerto Number 3 from 1944 – performed by George Kulenkampff, violin with the Berner Stadtorchester led by Kurt Rothenbühler in this Swiss Radio broadcast recording, made on February 6, 1946. The late-Romantic composer Richard Flury (1896-1967) was born in Biberist, a

If you’re lucky and you’re a packrat (archivist to some of you), sometimes it’s possible to go time traveling and land somewhere you haven’t been before. Or maybe you have but you forgot – or maybe you never left and missed it the first time around. It’s easy to pick

Phil Woods this Sunday – part of North German Radio’s NDR Workshop with an allstar cast featuring: Slide Hampton on trombone – Jimmy Owens on trumpet – Ack Van Rooyen on trumpet – Lee Konitz on alto sax – Gato Barbieri on Tenor Sax – Joachim Kuhn on piano –

You feel ancient – you ARE ancient. Never thought you’d lose your hair – never thought you’d gain 90 pounds – never thought you’d forget names. Never thought you’d stop smoking – never thought about your Liver – never thought you’d become a ghost – never thought the love of

Cranes this weekend – recorded in Lausanne by Swiss Radio on December 12, 1991. A band hard to pin down as to genre, the best description would be a “unique blend of art rock and ethereal dream pop”. But even at that, you can’t really describe who Cranes are and

A band that has been around a relatively short period of time (having weathered the Pandemic Lockdown and tragic loss of a founding member), Georgian are new to these ears and are a completely unique experience coupled with a mesmerizing sound from lead singer Georgia McKiernan. This is from a

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