Category Canada

A Word Or Two From Susan Sontag – 1971 – Past Daily Reference Room: Arts And Ideas Edition

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBC – An Interview With Susan Sontag – 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I originally ran across this rare interview with Author/filmmaker/activist Susan Sontag with the…

The Toronto Symphony With Sir Ernest MacMillan Play Music Of Murray Adaskin – 1954 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Murray Adaskin – Serenade Concertante – Toronto Symphony, Sir Ernest MacMillan, conductor – 1954 – CBC Transcription Service. Heading across the border to Canada this week for…

Week Of Wonders – November 14, 1965

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio: Voices In The Headlines – week ending November 14, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A harbinger of things to come? Maybe. But at the time,…

The CBC Chamber Orchestra Play Music Of Jean Papineau-Couture – 1957 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Jean Papineau-Couture: Concerto Grosso – CBC Chamber Orch. Cond. by Wilfrid Pelletier – 1957 – CBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A name that may draw a few blanks…

Paul Tortelier And Karl Engel Play Music Of Bach And Beethoven – 1967 Jeunesses Musicales du Canada – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Click on the link here for Audio Player – 1967 Jeunesses Musicales du Canada with Paul Tortelier and Karl Engle – Radio Canada – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Over to Canada this week for a concert from the 1967 Jeunesses…

Separatist Referendums Past – Quebec Referendum 1995 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBC Radio Canada – Quebec Referendum Election Results – Oct. 30, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the results from last nights Referendum over Scotland sink in, as the fog…

Martha & The Muffins – Live At Spize 1983 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Martha & The Muffins, live at Spize – Farmingdale, N.Y. – May 3,1983 – WLIR-FM Broadcast Taking a small detour to the 80s tonight with a concert by Canada’s very own…

Folly And The Hunter – Live At London Calling 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Mini-Concert/Rock Without Borders Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Folly and The Hunter – Live at London Calling 2014 – May 9, 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 The Spring festivals are starting up. Kicking things off in the Netherlands with the Spring…

A Word From Arthur Ashe And A Few Words From Robertson Davies And A Word About Ethics – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Newsmark – Arthur Ashe, Roberston Davies, Sen. John Tower – May 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Two interesting and diverse interviews this weekend, and something political to…

The Zuzu’s And Wam-wam’s In John Dean’s Future – September 3, 1974

Click here for Audio Player – News for September 3, 1974 – NBC Nightly News (Audio) News on this September 3rd in 1974 was still about Watergate and the fallout associated with President Nixon‘s resignation. On this day it was…