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BBC 6 Music Festival – Day 3 – February 14, 2016 – BBC 6 Music – A snippet from Day 3 of the 2016 BBC Music Festival in Bristol, broadcast live on February 14, 2016. It occurred to me that Summer 2020 is almost over and there . been no...
WABC-FM – Almanac Of Folk Music – October 30, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It keeps us going, especially now: Become a Patron! Contrary to what many people might imagine, Pop Music didn’t suddenly go from Doo-Wop to British Invasion to Summer Of Love in a few short...
Modern Folk Quartet – live at Hollywood Bowl – No on proposition 14 Rally – September 23, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A buck a month, that’s all we ask. And this world of sound is yours: Become a Patron! Ending up our week of live Folk music...
Ian & Sylvia – Live At The Hollywood Bowl – Folk Night – 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A buck is all it takes: Become a Patron! Ian & Sylvia in concert at the Hollywood Bowl tonight. Another one of the acts from the 1965 Folk Night At...
Peter, Paul and Mary, Odetta – Bud & Travis- Folk Night At The Bowl – August 2, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Help us preserve history: Become a Patron! Since running The Kingston Trio concert last night, I’ve had several requests for other Folk concerts from this period...
The Kingston Trio – live at the No on 14 Rally – Hollywood Bowl – October 4, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hate to bug you, but we have a goal to meet: Become a Patron! With the sad news that founding member of The Kingston Trio, Bob...
Seth Lakeman – in concert at Summer Sundae, Leicester – 2006 – BBC 6 Music. Patrons get something exclusive: Become a Patron! Seth Lakeman in concert tonight, recorded by The BBC during the Summer Sundae Festival at Leicester in 2006. I was thinking about this concert and looking at the...
The Leisure Society – Live At FIP – FIP Studios, Paris – March 28, 2013 – Radio France FIP – The Leisure Society, in a studio concert for Radio France and their then-Rock/Jazz/Eclectica outlet FIP in Paris, broadcast live on March 28, 2013. Digging through old files earlier today, I...
First Aid Kit – Live at The Biggest Weekend, Belfast – May 26, 2018 – BBC 6 Music – Become a Patron! First Aid Kit – in concert at The Biggest Weekend in Belfast and recorded by BBC 6 Music on May 26, 2018. Taking a minor detour from our...
Roy Harper – with The Keith Mansfield Group – In Session for John Peel – March 17, 1968 – BBC Radio 1 – Roy Harper to kick off the week. Perhaps not a household name in the States, but a legend and icon in the UK (our loss), as well...
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