Confidence Man for lunch today – recorded at the 2022 Glastonbury Festival on June 24 and broadcast live by BBC Radio 1. In case you aren’t familiar, and I suspect you aren’t because none of their albums have been issued here in the U.S., so unless you’re tight with an
Getting Monday up and running with a set by The Charlatans – recorded at the Reading Festival – on August 28, 1992 and broadcast over BBC Radio 1. Always a perennial favorite, and the band I routinely cite as game changers which started as the 80s were winding down and
Neville Chamberlain – Sept. 24, 1938 The Crisis of 1938 – the dispute between Germany and Czechoslovakia over land claims by the Germans marked a significant change in what was going on in the world and how it was being received. First, it represented the introduction of Shuttle
A short set from Zuzu to start the week off. Recorded in December 2016 for BBC Radio’s Introducing series. Zuzu (her real name) has been creating a stir around UK Indie circles in recent years. Her debut album, Queensway Tunnel, which came out in 2021 has gotten considerable press acclaim.
In 1948 work was underway to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the legendary Great Exhibition of 1851, which was to have taken place in 1951. But in 1948, the idea of celebrating seemed remote in many ways – celebrating England of 1851 seemed more the celebration of a fantasy
– President Roosevelt Address + News Reports and Commentary – September 3, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As events unfolded and as it became more and more apparent there was no turning back, the news on this particular September 3rd, 87 years ago was of pained resignation that
When the BBC World Service broadcast Children of the Revolution in two parts on April 7, 2010, it offered a remarkable portrait of a generation that had grown up knowing no other Iran than the Islamic Republic. The young people interviewed for the documentary were not participants in the 1979
Here’s something I’ll bet you never thought much about. But thanks to BBC 1Extra and a broadcast from August 23, 2005, you can hear all about it. Language is supposed to be something we all share. But listen closely and it becomes clear that language is also one of the
– BBC Home Service News – August 25, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection And 87 years ago on this day, news of impending war was filling the airwaves. Reports of the sudden Berlin/Moscow Pact had many wondering if it was a joke or not. The urgings of the
Nirvana – Pop Culture having another one of those “right place – right time” moments. Leave it to the BBC to put together a radio documentary on something happening in our own backyard and give a much appreciated history lesson in the process. This four-part documentary “Oh The Road To
