You can’t think about it without rolling your eyes – years later, you break into a cold sweat. If you could do it all over again . . . Growing up – dealing with urges – trying to be cool – pretending – deep-down; scared shitless. Wasn’t just you
Kicking Saturday into high gear with a concert from Fontaines DC, recorded at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin on August 4, 2022 by RTE 2FM. Fontaines DC have been making huge and consistent strides since they first got together in 2014. They have, by all accounts, given Rock the shot in
July 25, 2001 – While the U.S.this day was focusing on the sleight-of-hand from OPEC, it was in the process of learning a new and potentially devastating word: Oxycontin. OPEC, in an attempt to prop-up falling oil prices, revealed it would cut production by a million barrels a day.The news
Taste – In concert From Stockholm – Radiohuset, Sveriges Radio – 1970 – Sveriges Radio – Ending up another insane week with a set by the legendary Rory Gallagher. Initially formed by Rory Gallagher in 1966 as The Taste, but disbanded in 1968 before a new incarnation of Taste (dropping
Back over to Eurosonic 2025 in Groningen tonight for a set by Library Card – recorded on March 25. Only together for a relatively short period of time (2021 and smack in the middle of COVID), they already have gotten a strong word-of-mouth from audiences and some enthusiastic press to
Voices And Events for week ending July 24, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A world in a state of upheaval and change, this week ending on this day in 1949. President Truman spoke those words in reaction to the weariness the world was feeling, a mere four years
Kevin Ayers and The Wizards of Twiddly – Live at The Cobra, Solingen, Germany – 2nd set – October 24, 1995 – Band soundboard – Kevin Ayers for Thursday – recorded at The Cobra in Solingen, Germany on October 24, 1995. One of those artists whose work has become indelible
From Wurttemburg Germany by way of Madrid, Spain – a concert featuring the Wurttemburg Chamber Orchestra, led by Ruben Gazarian and featuring Sharon Kam in music of Weber, Copland and Mozart. The Concert was recorded on May 23, 2011 by SWRF and relayed to RNE Radio Clasica. The concert
– Don Hollenbeck And the News – CBS Radio – July 23, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With news for this July 23rd in 1951 focused on President Truman‘s upbeat assessment of the country mid-way through 1951 and cautious reports on negotiations in Korea toward an armistice, news
Getting the middle of the week straightened out with a set by Woomb, recorded at this year’s Eurosonic Festival in Groningen on March 10. The newly formed duo Woomb, based between London and Sofia Bulgaria, features singer-songwriter Hristo Yordanov and composer/producer Gueorgui Linev, founder of Billboard-charting project Kan Wakan. The
