Sarah Blasko this weekend – recorded for Mark Lamarr at the BBC on July 31, 2010. For all the people complaining about the current state of vocalists, how AI and Autotune are turning vocals into displays of non-descript mush and fakery, they are obviously not digging around and finding this
– CBS Radio – Newsmark – Arthur Ashe, Roberston Davies, Sen. John Tower – May 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Two interesting and diverse interviews this weekend, and something political to keep it all strange and current. An episode from the weekly CBS Radio series Newsmark. This one,
Mike Brandon of Fast Kids – Truths be told, he IS Fast Kids. Fast Kids in session tonight – recorded at RNE3 in Madrid on May 25th of this year at a radio program for the Block Party Festival, coming up this weekend. It figures, we have to travel some
Ian Dury and The Blockheads to end the working week – live in San Francisco broadcast live and recorded for posterity by KSAN-FM San Francisco on March 22, 1978. A memory jogger this week. Ian Dury and The Blockheads, the band who gave is “Sex And Drugs And Rock n’
Another historic concert this week. This time featuring the New York Philharmonic in a 1978 broadcast concert featuring guest Conductor Rafael Kubelik in program of music by Dvorak, Honegger and Brahms. Son of a well-known violinist, Jan Kubelík, he was trained in Prague, and made his debut with the Czech
Grand Funk Railroad – they truly were an American band. Grand Funk Railroad for lunch today – recorded at the San Diego Arena on June 2, 1974. You almost can’t talk about the 1970s without mentioning Grand Funk Railroad, or Grand Funk as most everyone called them, at some point.
In memory of Sonny Rollins, whose passing was reported earlier this evening – in concert from Stockholm on January 17, 1963 and recorded by Sveriges Radio. A life rich with legacy and well lived, it was still a shock to see the UPI Bulletin come over the desktop a few
Count Basie and His Orchestra – America Dances – CBS – July 9, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The incomparable Count Basie and his Orchestra to help slide into this Holiday weekend. Broadcast on July 9, 1938 from the CBS series America Dances and broadcast via shortwave to
The band variously known as Mr Anyway’s Holey Spirits is otherwise The Bug Club, for reals. The Bug Club in session to get the Holiday weekend started – recorded for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music on May 13th. The Bug Club formed in 2016 by brothers Sam and Ross Willmett
Over to Belgium this week for a concert by High Hi, a Belgian Indie group recorded live at Ancienne Belgique on February 28, 2026 Here’s a rundown on the band, translated from their Wikipedia page: In 2014 High Hi, the band from the outskirts of Brussels was selected for Studio Brussel ‘s De
