Kim Gordon for Friday Junior Lunch – recorded at The Roundhouse in London during the 2020 BBC 6 Music Festival on March 8, 2020. We’re on a roll this week – we’re keeping it going. Today it’s Kim Gordon, who comes from the same day as Jehnny Beth performed (March
Anna Calvi in concert to start this week off – recorded at Salle Pleyel in Paris on January 30, 2019 and broadcast by Radio France FIP. Anna Calvi has been referred to by two critics as a virtuoso guitarist. She has stated she aspires to create orchestral soundscapes with the
Tempest in concert – recorded for the BBC In Concert series – March 16, 1974 – BBC Radio 1 Another band whose talent was considerable but whose lifespan was brief. Tempest was active from 1972 to 1974. Its core members were Jon Hiseman on drums and Mark Clarke on bass.
Fatima Mansions for this Tuesday Afternoon lunchroom – recorded at Le Cigale in Paris on October 19, 1990 and broadcast by Radio France FIP. I don’t think we’re ever going to witness the end of the list of bands that have gone underrated or overlooked in our musical history. Fatima
Starting off the week with a set by Bombay Bicycle Club, recorded during the BBC 6 Music Festival at Electric Ballroom in London on March 8, 2020. Bombay Bicycle Club consist of Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, Suren de Saram, and Ed Nash. They are guitar-fronted and have experimented with different
Friday lunch with something hypnotic – a set by Eefje De Visser, recorded at this year’s Lowlands Festival on August 22nd. Eefje De Visser (pronounced Ayyyffye) is a Dutch singer-songwriter I first heard during the halcyon days of My Space. Her voice, her style and her whole approach was instantly
Feeder for a Friday Jr. Lunch – recorded at the 2012 Isle of Wight Festival on June 22 of that year and broadcast by BBC Radio 1 (this feed comes from Germany though). Wikipedia has a few words to say: Feeder formed in 1994. The band have released 12 albums
Confidence Man for lunch today – recorded at the 2022 Glastonbury Festival on June 24 and broadcast live by BBC Radio 1. In case you aren’t familiar, and I suspect you aren’t because none of their albums have been issued here in the U.S., so unless you’re tight with an
Getting Monday up and running with a set by The Charlatans – recorded at the Reading Festival – on August 28, 1992 and broadcast over BBC Radio 1. Always a perennial favorite, and the band I routinely cite as game changers which started as the 80s were winding down and
Lunch with Joe Cocker this afternoon – recorded live at The Fillmore West in San Francisco on October 19, 1969 for KSAN-FM, San Francisco. He’s joined by the infamous Grease Band, consisting of Neal Hubbard on rhythm guitar, Henry MCullough on lead guitar – Chris Stainton on keyboards, Alan Spenner
