– Bertrand Belin – Live in Paris – September 2010 – Radio France FIP – Taking it down several notches this weekend and opting for sounds from our friends in Paris this weekend as way of offering solidarity and appreciation and reminder that it’s all Rock n’ Roll – no
With the devastating events still unfolding from Paris this evening, I had planned on running a concert featuring Wolf Alice, live from La Cigale during the Inrocks Festival going on in Paris today – a concert which, by the way, took place only hours before the attacks broke out. One
– Last Train – Live at Inrocks Festival, Paris – November 11, 2015 – Les Inrocks Festival – Fall Festival Season is heading into high gear this year. Last Train are a French Indie Band I confess to not knowing much about (for no other reason than a real lack
– Sportique – In Session for John Peel – June 10, 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – If the name Sportique doesn’t ring any bells right away, don’t worry – part of the experimental/underground Indie scene since the late 1970s, Sportique evolved out of several other Indie bands active at
– CBS News – CBS Radio Weekend Roundup – Nov. 11, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this Veteran’s Day in 2000 was all about the Presidential Election – the one hanging on Florida – the one disputed – the one which turned a close election into
– The Bevis Frond – Live in Bonn, Germany – October 6, 2004 – RBB-Berlin – Early Psych revival tonight. The Bevis Frond got started in the mid-1980s, when a Psychedelia revival wasn’t quite happening . . .yet. But they were one of the first to jump, headlong into Psych,
– Allen Toussaint with Guitar Slim Jr. – Live At Jazz Fest 2013 – Day 1 – WWOZ-New Orleans – The very sad news today of the passing of musical legend Allen Toussaint – a fixture in the sound of New Orleans, a guiding light to so many musicians –
– Thee Oh Sees – Live At Primavera Sound 2015, Barcelona – May 31, 2015 – RNE Radio 2 – After announcing an extended hiatus in 2013, many thought that was it for Thee Oh Sees, a band (actually, John Dwyer with a revolving door of musicians and co-horts) which
– Sobrenadar – Live At RBMA, Paris 2015 – November 5, 2015 – RBMA Radio – Sobrenadar is the brainchild/side-project of Argentinian musician/composer Paula Garcia. Garcia, who makes Buenos Aires home base (for now), she already has three albums to her credit and a reputation in her native Argentina as
– The Story Of Psychedelia – BBC 6 Music – 2004 – BBC Radio – A little over 10 years ago BBC6 Music (one of the mainstays for anyone even remotely interested in music), as part of their ongoing series of informative and in-depth documentaries, ran this 4-part special; The
