Girls In Hawaii – Live at Rock en Seine – August 26, 2017 – RFI – France International – More highlights from this year’s Rock en Seine Festival. Tonight it’s another Belgian Indie group, Girls In Hawaii, who are not, or shouldn’t be, unfamiliar to some Americans. They did a
News reports via shortwave from the major capitals of Europe on the eve of outbreak of War. Reports from Paris, Warsaw and Berlin. Click on the link at Past Daily to hear the actual news reports. And give Past Daily a hand, we are busy restoring, preserving and presenting these
Angel Olsen in concert from the 2017 Route du Rock Festival in St. Malo, France – recorded on August 20th. Click on the Past Daily link and hear the complete concert. And dig in and be a patron of Past Daily and all the work we do everyday, to preserve
Brian Auger and The Trinity with Julie Driscoll – Live in Paris – ORTF-Radio Studios – April 1968 – ORTF/RFI – Brian Auger and The Trinity with Julie Driscoll tonight. A live in-studio appearance in Paris for ORTF (RFI in France now), recorded in April of 1968. My first encounter
Ornette Coleman Quartet – live in Paris – Théatre du Palais de Chaillot – October 25, 1971 – Radio France – Ornette Coleman in concert this weekend. With his Quartet: Dewey Redman on Tenor sax and Clarinet, Charlie Haden on bass and Ed Blackwell on drums. Recorded at Théatre du
Horace Silver Quintet – live at Festival de Jazz d’Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France – July 22, 1977 – Radio France Musique – Horace Silver this weekend. In a concert recorded by Radio France from the legendary Jazz Festival at Antibes, France on July 22, 1977. Having been associated with some of
Ernest Chausson – Poème de l’ammour et de la mer – Jean-Christophe Benoit, Bariton – ORTF Chamber Orchestra, André Girard, cond. – ORTF Radio broadcast – 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A familiar name this week; Ernest Chausson has been widely regarded as one of the key French
Miles Davis – Live at L’Olympia, Paris – March 21, 1960 – Radio France – Miles Davis this weekend. One of the most influential and popular Jazz artists of the 20th century, and probably one of the most well documented. Practically every live recording, session outtake or interview has been
Moose – Black Session – October 30, 1992 – RFI (Radio France International) Transcription Service – Moose to end the week. About two years ago I ran a Peel session featuring the legendary-but-virtually-unknown Indie/Alternative/Shoegaze band from London. A few months later, I ran across a later session; this one from
Blur – In Concert from Kilburn National Ballroom- recorded Oct 24, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Blur in concert tonight, recorded just as they were turning a corner and picking up where they left off. Although they have been compared to the likes of Oasis, it’s easy to
