Charlotte Gainsbourg – in concert – BBC 6 Music Festival, Liverpool – March 31, 2019 – BBC 6 Music – Charlotte Gainsbourg on closing night of the BBC 6 Music Festival in 2019. The perfect capper to an extraordinary three day festival. Knowing Charlotte Gainsbourg’s work, as an actress first
Challan-Piano Concerto – French National Orchestra, Manuel Rosenthal, Conductor – Samson Francois, Piano – ORTF 1955 I am only guessing when I say this broadcast recording from the ORTF is from circa 1953. Since I have no access to exact recording dates, I can only say it predates the
June 25, 1944 – CBS World News Today – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 25, 1944 – busy day on all battlefronts. Starting with rumors that Cherbourg had fallen to the Allies. German radio reported the loss, while General Eisenhower’s staff were keeping mum until it was a 100%
June 23, 1945 – War Telescope – NBC Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 23, 1945 – As VE continued to wear off and the business of getting back to some semblance of normalcy slowly began, the adjustments to a new life and healing the scars from
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Live At Pitchfork Festival, Pink Stage – Paris – Nov. 3, 2018 – RFI International – I have friends, people I have known for decades, who are convinced Music has died and nothing will bring it back to life; that Pop has eaten itself one too
Lush – In Concert from La Cigale, Paris – October 19, 1991 – Radio France International – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With their brief reunion several years ago, and string of sold-out concerts, Lush called it quits in the end. Citing responsibilities and changed lives and a desire to
June 18, 1940 – News reports and summaries – NBC Red and Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 18, 1940 – With the air thick with confusion, fighting still going on in some areas, the escape out of France still going on and anxious anticipation over the
– News for June 2, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this June 2nd in 1945 was about the transition to peace-time in Europe, the celebrations continuing, and flareups of violence in former colonies and protectorates. Starting with word from Paris that General De Gaulle held his first
May 29, 1941 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 29, 1941 – Another day with Europe engulfed in War. Skies over Crete were filled with the sight of parachutes, falling to the earth from German planes. It was the advance force to a larger
One of the most popular French singers of the 1930s and 40s, second only to Maurice Chevalier, Jean Sablon regularly appeared on American radio and later on, Television. This series for CBS Radio was a continuation of an earlier series he did for the network in 1940. It was temporarily
