– Chicago Symphony – Opening of 1977-1978 Season – Sir Georg Solti, conductor Another classic concert from the Past Daily Vaults. This week it’s the opening concert of the 1977-1978 season of the Chicago Symphony conducted by the legendary Sir Georg Solti. No soloists and a pretty straight-forward program. But
Karl Wallinger of World Party – highly influential and gone too soon. Lunch with World Party today. Recorded on November 3, 1993 at Brixton Academy by the venerable BBC Radio 2. World Party was predominantly the solo project of its sole consistent member, the songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger. The first
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Modern Woman tonight – in session for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music on May 5th of this yeard. A few words about Modern Woman via their Bandcamp page (visit and buy things – Johnnys Dreamworld is sold out though): Modern Woman, the London art-rock outfit fronted by primary songwriter
Wire – Live at Rockpalast – February 14, 1979 – WDR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Wire this week, in concert for WDR in Germany as part of their Rockpalast series, recorded on February 14, 1979. Considered one of the pivotal bands during the transition from Punk to Post-punk,
Dark Star – risen from the ashes of Levitation. Dark Star to start the week – a session from BBC 6 Music in March of 1999. Dark Star formed in 1996 in London. The band was composed of vocalist/guitarist Christian Hayes, drummer David Francolini and bassist Laurence O’Keefe. All three members of Dark Star
The Clash – according to many reliable sources, the only band you needed to know about. Kicking off the week with a short set from The Clash – recorded on May 28, 1977 at De Montfort Hall in Leicester, UK and presumably broadcast by Capital Radio. This set comes literally
Barry Harris – master of Bebop. Barry Harris Quintet in concert from Bremen this Sunday. Recorded at Jazzclub Ostertor on September 20, 1976. He’s joined by Lonnie Hillyer – trumpet, Charles McPherson – alto sax – Sam Jones – bass and Leroy Williams – drums. Barry Harris was an exponent
One of the most popular French singers of the 1930s and 40s, second only to Maurice Chevalier, Jean Sablon regularly appeared on American radio and later on, Television. This series for CBS Radio was a continuation of an earlier series he did for the network in 1940. It was temporarily
– 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
