Even five years since the end of World War 2, Europe was still in the process of rebuilding and finding its way. Now with the added attraction of Communism and what, in its most abstract, became a popularity contest between Democracy and Independence to Communism and a central government around
Further evidence that history on any particular day isn’t about one earth-shifting event, but a series of seemingly inconsequential ones that creep up from time to time and take center stage without anybody looking. On this June 4th in 1961 it was about the upcoming Vienna Summit with Soviet Prime
On this May 30 in 1961, in what began during JFK‘s campaign as a promise to visit Paris and shore up sagging relations withFrench President DeGaulle, quickly became sidetracked when a proposed summit in Vienna with Nikita Khruschev was scheduled to happen around the same time. The French visit was
– Vic Chesnutt with Lambchop – Live At Crossing Border Festival – October 16, 1998 – VPRO, Hilversum – No doubt, Vic Chesnutt was an original. Hampered, only in the physical sense, the result of a car accident when he was 18 which left him paraplegic and wheelchair bound, Vic
Goes great with Double Espresso and a beignet: – Izia – FNAC Live – Hotel de Ville de Paris – July 18, 2015 – FNAC – A few years ago I ran a session via the Paris radio station Le Mouv of the then-new kid on the block, Izia Higelin
Becoming a Member is easier than you think and can be as short as you want: Become a Patron! Staying with historic concerts and radio studio recordings for now – this week it’s the legendary Henryk Szeryng with Carl Schuricht and Orchestre National de la RTF, recorded in Montreux Switzerland
Espresso would be grand: Temples – Live At Route du Rock Festival – August 16, 2014 – Radio France/FIP With the release of their fourth album Exotico, produced by none other than Sean Ono Lennon and the much talked about Lennon remix of Gamma Rays, Temples have established themselves as
Every little bit helps: Become a Patron! – Janos Ferencsik with Zoltan Kocsis and The New Philharmonic of The French Radio – July 21, 1977 – Radio France – Another historic concert this week, featuring the New Philharmonic of Radio France, guest conducted by Janos Ferencsik and featuring Zoltan Kocsis
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