Vienna Festival 1959 – Philharmonia Hungarica – Paul Sacher, Conductor – Yehudi Menuhin, violin – Marilyn Horne, soprano – June 21, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something historic this week – Music from the Vienna Festival in 1959, featuring Philharmonia Hungarica led by the legendary Paul Sacher and
The Woodentops for Friday Junior. A band whose boost in popularity was largely due to Morrisey who wrote a glowing review in Melody Maker in 1984. Together since 1983 and still together today (with personnel changes . . .naturally), The Woodentops have maintained their unpredictable, frenetic and high energy as a
Adorable – in concert at Glastonbury 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – Homage to Shoegaze this afternoon with Adorable, a band from Coventry who were together only four years but managed to get two albums out before splitting. Formed in 1990, as The Candy Thieves, consisting of Pete Fijalkowski (vocals,
Daevid Allen of Gong – a special kind of madness Lunch with Gong this afternoon – recorded during the Manifestival in Los Angeles, held at The Embassy Concert in DTLA on May 12, 1979. I believe this was the only concert appearance by Gong on the West Coast. I don’t
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Live At Pitchfork Festival, Pink Stage – Paris – Nov. 3, 2018 – RFI International – I have friends, people I have known for decades, who are convinced Music has died and nothing will bring it back to life; that Pop has eaten itself one too
Another classic concert. This week it’s the 1959 Salzburg Festival, with the ORTF Orchestra, Paris conducted by Joseph Keilberth and featuring the legendary Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin. This was the fifth Orchestra concert from the festival and it features a varied program, running from The Hebrides Overture by Mendelssohn, a
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
– Hozier – live at T In The Park 2015 – July 10, 2015 – BBC Scotland – Gearing up for Festivals shortly. This one from Perthshire, Scotland – T In The Park has been around since 1994 and has been voted most popular Major Festival in 2005 and 2006
Harold Land (L) – Blue Mitchell (R) – Bringin’ it to The Netherlands. The Harold Land-Blue Mitchell Quintet (and friends) for this Sunday – in concert at the 1978 International Jazz Festival in Laren, Holland and recorded by VPRO on August 12, 1978. Joining Harold Land and Blue Mitchell are
Stereophonics for a Friday lunch. In concert at the TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow on July 5, 2018 and broadcast live by BBC Radio Scotland. Stereophonics formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in the Cynon Valley, Wales. The band consists of Kelly Jones (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Richard Jones (no relation to Kelly; bass guitar, harmonica,
