The Lemon Twigs – Not always Pop Rock – Not Always Glam Rock. The Lemon Twigs for this Tuesday Lunchroom – recorded at Le Bataclan in Paris on September 16, 2024. Brian and Michael D’Addario had extensive stage experience as children. Brian played Gavroche in Les Miserables and Flounder in The Little Mermaid on Broadway. Michael
Allegra Krieger – as new faces go – a bright one. Settling into a Monday night with a set from Allegra Krieger – recorded only last month at the 2025 Into The Great Wide Open Festival on October 2nd and recorded by the ever-present VPRO – 3voor12 radio outlet in
Gigolo Aunts – Going to Spain to hear a band from Boston – go figure. Gigolo Aunts for Monday lunch – recorded at Lococlub in Valencia, Spain on August 10, 2016 by Carlos Bartual (who did a great job). It only makes sense that you have to go to Spain
Back over to Switzerland this week for short work by Swiss composer Jean Binet. His Petite Concert for Clarinet and Orchestra with Hans Rudolf Stalder, clarinet and the Bern Chamber Orchestra led by Hermann Müller in a broadcast recorded March 13, 1962. After studying in Geneva and obtaining the Diploma
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Message from Hawk. The immortal Coleman Hawkins for this first Sunday in November (and back to Standard time to boot) – recorded in Stockholm by Sveriges Radio on May 20, 1958. One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. Berendt explained: “There were some tenor players before
The Wedding Present – live at Reading Festival 1996 – John Peel – August 25, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 – The Wedding Present, live at the 1996 Reading Festival, as announced by John Peel on August 25th for BBC Radio 1. The Wedding Present had been around since 1984
Echo & The Bunnymen – In session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – August 15, 1979 – Echo & The Bunnymen tonight – their first session for John Peel at the BBC, recorded August 15, 1979 and broadcast on the 22nd of that month. A little less than
Shed Seven – In Concert from Brighton – 1994 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert – Shed Seven in concert this afternoon. A band who were very popular in the mid-1990s, but somehow didn’t get the mainstream credit they deserved for being one of the bands who helped put
Tears For Fears for Thursday lunch – recorded February 12, 1990 at The Public Hall in Cleveland. In the odd event you’re not either familiar with the band or their history, here’s a reminder or a refresher course: Tears for Fears formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution
