Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society – Jazz Workshop – Live October 29, 1972 – WBCN-FM, Boston – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The artistry of Rahsaan Roland Kirk this weekend. Featuring The Vibration Society, consisting of Robert Shy and drums, Henry Pete Pearson on bass, Ron Burton on
Ending the week with a concert from Massive Attack – recorded at Clifton Downs, Bristol on August 25, 2024. One of my top-ten favorite bands of all time (meaning decades), Massive Attack are one of the truly original, consistently mesmerizing bands ever to perform on a stage. I can never
Thala in concert for this Friday Junior lunchroom. Recorded at the 2021 Reeperbahn Festival and broadcast by West German Radio. It’s always fun to run across an unfamiliar name and be pleasantly surprised at what you hear. Here’s what Angela Betancourt from Blurred Culture had to say regarding her SXSW
Leif Ove Andsnes (L) – Gustavo Dudamel – collaborations of the best kind. Over to Gothenburg by way of Madrid this week for a concert by The Gothenburg Symphony conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and featuring Leif Ove Ansdnes in music of Rachmaninoff and Chopin. It was recorded by Radio Finland
Wolf Alice for lunch today – recorded at the 2025 Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona on July 14, 2025. One of those bands that keep reaching and striving, Wolf Alice did a standout performance for the crowd in Barcelona, part of a tour promoting their soon-to-be-released fourth album, The Clearing
A dose of 80s Spanish Synth-Pop for lunch this Tuesday. Mecano in concert at Paulau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on October 1, 1991 and recorded by RNE in Madrid. Mecano was formed in 1981 and active until 1992. Mecano became one of the most successful Spanish pop bands of all time.
Korean Indie (Math Rock) by way of Moashy and their debut ep Nemus – 1. Bloom 2. Mosaic 3. Glimmer 4. Time Hearing so much about Kpop in recent years I was always curious if there was an Indie scene going on in Korea, or if it was just a
Power lunch this Monday – Lambrini Girls, live at Kantine Club in Cologne, Germany and recorded on December 7, 2025 by the venerable West German Radio. In the odd event you don’t already know, Lambrini Girls formed in Brighton UK, the band currently consists of Phoebe Lunny and Selin Macieira-Boşgelmez. After releasing
Gaspar Cassado (cello) (L) – Jascha Horenstein (C) – Vladimir Vogel (R) Back over to Switzerland this weekend for another performance from the archives of Swiss Radio. This week, it’s a performance of the cello concerto by the Swiss/Russian composer Vladimir Vogel and performed in this radio recording by Gaspar
Eva LaGallienne (L) – J.M. Barrie (R) – Legend of The Theatre – Creator of The Lost Boys J.M. Barrie – The Twelve Pound Look – NBC Radio New Theatre – September 23, 1951 Another of our periodic excursions to the Theatre for historic performances. This weekend it’s a play
