Orquesta Sinfonica RTVE – Michel Plasson, cond -Isabel Villanueva,viola – February 10, 2017 – RNE Radio Clasica – A concert from Spain this week, recorded by Radio Nacional Epaña featuring the RTVE Orquesta Sinfonica guest conducted by the legendary Michel Plasson with Spanish Violist Isabel Villanueva in music of Gabriel
Peter Gabriel – the end of one era, the beginning of another. Peter Gabriel in the Lunchroom today – recorded by L.A. Radio station KMET-FM on April 10, 1977 at The Roxy in West Hollywood. Somewhat ironic, in a way – only a few years earlier The Roxy played host
Diving back to the 80s this lunch hour with a set by Wang Chung, during their second night at The Roxy in West Hollywood and recorded on April 14, 1987 by KLOS-FM in L.A. Wang Chung were probably the quintessential 80s band – they embraced just about all the attributes
Starting off the week with a session from Edinburgh Of The Seven Seas, recorded at Sun Music Addict in Nantes on May 16th of this year. Sun is, as far as I know, a streaming, online station located in Nantes, France. And this particular session comes from Sun Music Addict,
R.E.M. this afternoon – a classic concert, the last one from their Monster Tour on November 21, 1995. R.E.M. have dropped off the radar for the most part, these past few years. Since the band broke up in 2011, there’s not much in the way of news about the members
Gary Burton Quartet – Live In Utrecht – Dec. 30, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gary Burton Quartet this weekend. Trying to inject some calm (or at least sanity) into the weekend, adding a generous dollop of mellow and simmering with a side of serene. Forgive the food
Caroline Polachek for a grey and rainy Saturday – Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House on August 12, 2024. I kept thinking there was something very familiar about Caroline Polachek and then I realized she was co-founder of the group Chairlift; a band I had much enthusiasm for when
The Verve – in session for Mark Radcliffe – BBC Radio 1 – Dec. 7, 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – The Verve tonight. One of the pivotal bands of the 90s in a session for BBC Radio 1’s Mark Radcliffe and recorded on December 7, 1993. Their uniqueness and
School Of Seven Bells for this Friday Lunch hour – recorded at the Kreuzberg Festival in Berlin on May 12, 2012 by RBB-Berlin. Sadly, a band that broke ground and was becoming an established voice in Dreamscape/Indie cut short by the death of its co-founder. School of Seven Bells (often stylized
Kid Galahad – Live At Minehead March 16, 2003 – The Furze – Live in Glasgow – Oct. 27, 2007 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not a double bill tonight, but the same band in two venues at two different times. I first discovered Kid Galahad many years ago
