Roisin Murphy to end the week – in concert from the BBC6 Music Festival at The Roundhouse in London on March 7, 2020 and preserved for posterity by BBC 6 Music. Via Wikipedia: Roisin Murphy first became known in the 1990s as one half of the pop duo Moloko alongside
Kim Gordon for Friday Junior Lunch – recorded at The Roundhouse in London during the 2020 BBC 6 Music Festival on March 8, 2020. We’re on a roll this week – we’re keeping it going. Today it’s Kim Gordon, who comes from the same day as Jehnny Beth performed (March
– BBC Newsreel – October 12, 1976 – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this October 12th in 1976 there was a aura of uncertainty in the direction of China. Longtime leader Mao Tse-Tung had died in September and rumors of a coup were spreading, along
The Case Against Religion: Christopher Hitchens and God Is Not Great In 2007, Christopher Hitchens published God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, a book whose title announced its argument with characteristic bluntness. Hitchens was not interested in making a polite distinction between “good” religion and “bad” religion, nor
Tempest in concert – recorded for the BBC In Concert series – March 16, 1974 – BBC Radio 1 Another band whose talent was considerable but whose lifespan was brief. Tempest was active from 1972 to 1974. Its core members were Jon Hiseman on drums and Mark Clarke on bass.
Starting off the week with a set by Bombay Bicycle Club, recorded during the BBC 6 Music Festival at Electric Ballroom in London on March 8, 2020. Bombay Bicycle Club consist of Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, Suren de Saram, and Ed Nash. They are guitar-fronted and have experimented with different
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet as they appeared on the 625 Program at the BBC on May 14, 1964. Appearing with Nat Adderley – Cornet, Charles Lloyd – Tenor Sax, Flute, Joe Zawinul – Piano, Sam Jones – Bass and Louis Hayes – Drums. Adderley’s direct style on alto was indebted
By the autumn of 1998, the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina had officially ended, but for thousands of survivors and families of the dead, the war was far from over. The physical fighting had stopped, yet the questions surrounding some of the conflict’s worst atrocities remained unanswered. Who had ordered the massacres?
Feeder for a Friday Jr. Lunch – recorded at the 2012 Isle of Wight Festival on June 22 of that year and broadcast by BBC Radio 1 (this feed comes from Germany though). Wikipedia has a few words to say: Feeder formed in 1994. The band have released 12 albums
– Armenian Voices 1915 – BBC World Service Newsday – April 24, 2015 Since recording of events wasn’t as universal as it is now, trying to locate historic sound to illustrate an event, particularly an event with the magnitude of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 is very difficult at
