– 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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Subscribing works wonders: Become a Patron! Another historic performance this weekend – André Cluytens leads the Orchestre National de Radio France in a performance of Liszt’s Orpheus from a radio studio recording on September 28, 1953. Having made his debut with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra on 20 December 1942, André
– Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Live At Rock en Seine – August 25, 2012 – Radio France – Le Mouv’- Having been a fan of Oasis since Definitely Maybe, and a little puzzled by the whole Noel/Liam fracas, as well as the amount of Press-baiting going on, I
It adds up, so subscribe: Become a Patron! – Radio Paris Shortwave – Radio Moscow Shortwave – News – March 20, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As tensions increased throughout Europe, this first day of Spring in 1939, life for the most part was making a heroic attempt
Become a Patron! Sarah Vaughan – Live at Antibes Jazz Festival, July 29, 1963 – Radio France – Sarah Vaughan this weekend. Sassy, The Divine One and possessor of one of the greatest singing voices in Jazz, in concert at the Antibes Jazz Festival at Juan-les-Pins, France and recorded by
