Much as most people like to think of Michael Nesmith as one of The Monkees, they are doing themselves a big disfavor by failing to realize Nesmith has been a wildly talented writer, producer and solo artist for a number of years, and the Monkees only constituted a small part
Pat Benatar – It Wouldn’t have been the 80s without her, not to mention MTV. Diving into the 80s for this Lunch Hour – Pat Benatar at The Old Waldorf in San Francisco, recorded on August 15, 1980 and broadcast live over KSAN-FM. Back in 1980, when MTV was just
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
In the years just before the explosion of Rock ’n’ Roll and the rise of Top 40 radio in the mid-1950s, the American youth market was still emerging as a distinct cultural force. Teenagers had begun to acquire spending power and social influence after World War II, but the entertainment
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,
– The Foundations Live on Bouton Rouge – Jan. 30, 1968 When I first heard The Foundations, via their massive hits Baby, Now That I’ve Found You and Build Me Up, Butter Cup, it was assumed they were an American Soul outfit, probably from Memphis – certainly in the Stax mould. It
Over to Berlin this week for a concert by the Staatskapelle-Berlin led by Daniel Barenboim, recorded September 11, 2020 by RBB Berlin. The concert opens with a performance of Initiale by Pierre Boulez – it’s followed by the Prelude from Die Meistersinger by Wagner. And then Jörg Widmann’s Zeitensprünge: 450
Making a brief stop at Roskilde Festival in Denmark for a set by The Minds Of 99 – Recorded on July 6, 2018 and preserved for posterity by Radio Dansk DK-3. The smaller the world seems to be getting the more difficult it is to figure out if many non-Europeans
Amon Düül II for a Tuesday lunch, from a small, intimate concert in Dillingen Germany on January 18, 1975 and broadcast via NDR. Considered one of the pioneers of the German Prog movement (labeled Krautrock here), Amon Düül II (there was, believe it or not, an Amon Düül I ,
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver – Trying to stay low-key, but . . . Bon Iver for this Monday Lunch – recorded live at the Northside Festival in Aarhus, Denmark on June 8, 2019 and preserved for posterity by Denmark Radio DR P3. Bon Iver was founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin
