From the BBC’s Jazz 625 program on June 1964, the Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall, guitar – Steve Swallow, bass and Pete LaRoca, drums. Here is a rundown on Art Farmer via his Tribute Website: Art Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) Certainly one of the most respected
Babyshambles – just in time for lunch. Babyshambles for Friday lunch – recorded January 16, 2014 at Ancienne Belguiqe – broadcast by RLT. Babyshambles came about as an offshoot by Pete Doherty of The Libertines, during that band’s hiatus during the period of banishment as a result of wretched excess.
Jacco Gardner – Live at Lowlands 2015 – August 22, 2015 – VPRO – Netherlands – Perennial favorite Jacco Gardner this Friday Junior. From a concert given during the 2015 Lowlands Festival and preserved for posterity by the venerable VPRO in The Netherlands. I haven’t been hearing much from him
Tiberius Minnows- Live at Belfast Empire (+sessions) – 1996 Subscribers get perks, don’t you know? Become a Patron! Tiberius Minnows in concert tonight. Starting off with a few radio session tracks, I believe recorded for the RTÉ Network in 1996. I confess to just recently being introduced to this band
Mihoki Fujimura (L) – Fabio Luisi (R) – It all started with Wagner. Over to Tokyo this week for a concert by the legendary NHK Symphony, guest conducted by Fabio Luisi and featuring mezzo Soprano Mihoko Fujimura in a performance of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder – broadcast live on December 3,
Little Simz – Live at BBC 6 Music Festival, Liverpool – March 30, 2019 – BBC 6 Music – Taking a turn in the musical road this afternoon with a performance by Little Simz, from the 2019 BBC 6 Music Festival in Liverpool and broadcast live from the stage on
– The Blue Nile – Live At Free Trade Hall, Manchester – 1990 – BBC Radio 1 Haven’t played any Blue Nile in a very long time. In the 80s they were one of those bands who didn’t subscribe to Post-Punk or New-Wave. Rather, they represented something else – Electronica
The Verve – Band that helped define the 90s. Lunch with The Verve today – recorded at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival on June 29, 2008 by BBC 6 Music. The Verve will most likely go down as one of the truly defining bands of the 90s. Initially embracing Shoegaze but
The Smiths in concert from The Derby Assembly Rooms on December 6, 1983. The Smiths formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums). Morrissey and Marr formed the band’s songwriting partnership. The Smiths are regarded as one of the most important British bands and one of the pioneers of
Lunch with Rod Stewart and Faces for Monday – recorded at Edmonton Sundown on June 4, 1973. Significant in that this was, for all intents and purposes, the last series of concerts with the original lineup before bassist Ronnie Lane left and was replaced by former Free bassist Tetsu Yamauchi
