New faces this weekend – Xhosa Cole, along with Pat Thomas on piano, Josh Vadiveloo on bass and Tim Giles on drums. All recorded at the International Jazzfestival in Münster, Germany on January 5, 2025 and preserved for posterity by RBB Radio Berlin. Here is a snippet of an excellent
Remember that feeling when your stomach fell to the floor like a bag of wet concrete and you lost your appetite? And all of a sudden there was no rug? Of course you do – that was the day the “I really like you, but . . .” letter got
Historic one-offs for Saturday and historic events. This morning it’s a surprise set by Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear along with guests St. Vincent, Kim Gordon, Joan Jett and Violet Grohl, all coming together, along with a star-studded cast of artists and bands for Fire Aid on January
The modern world – the world after World War 2 – the world on the cusp of an explosion of population, an explosion of technology and an explosion of change. In 1947 we were scarcely out of the nightmare of a devastating war when new wars were threatening. With the
– News for July 18, 1965 – WOR-AM, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News reports on the war in Vietnam were coming with such regularity in 1965 as to almost make the news humdrum and monotonous. So the news for this July 18th in 1965 focused primarily
Ending the week with a studio concert by Frightened Rabbit, recorded for Roddy Hart’s Quay Sessions at BBC Scotland on November 10, 2016. A band with a bright future and a growing audience, it all came to an abrupt end in 2018 when co-founder, guitarist and lead singer Scott
Along with the major upheavals taking place in American (and indeed, the world) society during the 1960s, one of the most striking was the rise in Student protest and student rebellion in general in every community across America. Prior to this time there were rules in place – not only
– July 17, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow and the News With Don Hollenbeck – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 17, 1951. The big news concerned the devastating floods sweeping over Kansas City, submerging some 2 million acres and causing an untold amount of damage and
– Warren Zevon in concert at Main Point, Bryn Mawr – June 20, 1976 – WMMR Broadcast – Classic Singer-Songwriter this morning. The inimitable Warren Zevon, recorded in concert at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr on June 20, 1976 and broadcast by WMMR in Philadelphia. Zevon had a string
Vadimir Ashkenazy, Piano with Eugene Ormandy and The Phildaelphia Orchestra in Concert – March 25, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two legends in concert this week. Russian pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy together with Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra in a program of music by Serge Prokofiev. Broadcast on
