Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Cleveland Orchestra – George Szell, Cond. Robert Casadesus, Piano – Dec. 6, 1966 – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Cleveland Orchestra – George Szell, Cond. Robert Casadesus, Piano – Dec. 6, 1966 – Part 2
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Melanie in Concert at The Paris Theater – 1975 – BBC 6 Music Melanie is one of those artists who helped define the genre of the Singer-Songwriter in the 1960s. Straddling the worlds of Pop and Folk, Melanie managed to embrace both
Click on the link here for Audio Player: CBS Radio – The World Tonight – July 25, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If anybody had any curiosity over why the Hippie Movement became so prevalent in the 1960s, you only had to hear this newscast to realize what happened.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio – Live at Berliner Jazztage – Philharmonie Hall – November 9, 1969 – RIAS The soothing sounds of Sassy this weekend. Sarah Vaughan and her Trio, live at the Berliner Jazztage Festival from November 9, 1969. One
(Editors Note: This was Originally posted in 2013). Anyone who has spent any time this past week surfing the various radio outlets around Europe knows this is festival season all over. This week Radio France Musique is in full festival mode with a number of special programs as well as
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Pretty Things in concert at Roadburn 2013 – VPRO Radio Anyone who is reasonably familiar with the history of The Rolling Stones knows The Pretty Things factor in there during the early days. Under a previous incarnation as Little Boy Blue
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Fourth of July celebration with President Kennedy – July 4, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The Fourth of July in 2013 is full of turmoil and uncertainty. Oddly, the Fourth of July in 1962 was almost exactly the same. The world
Part One: Part Two: (Editors Note: Originally posted on July 1, 2013) Two things – since it is the dead of Summer and Festival season is in full swing, I thought I would offer this typical concert from the Hollywood Bowl in the 1960s. The other thing – here is
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Pres. Kennedy Address to the Assembly Hall at Paulskirche, Frankfurt – June 25, 1963 Despite the news of this day today, news for this day in 1963 was upbeat and optimistic in the midst of a Cold War. President Kennedy, during his
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Pres. Johnson Address To Congress on Voting Rights Legislation – March 1965. In a stunning (although not completely surprising, considering the SCOTUS track record of late), decision regarding the question of Voting Rights, the Supreme Court reversed some key provisions in
