Category History

Carlos Montoya – Talking Flamenco – 1974 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry

– NPR Options – A Conversation with Carlos Montoya – June 24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Carlos Montoya was one of the true legends of Flamenco Guitar. As a founder of the modern-day Flamenco style, Montoya was…

Truman

Truman Addresses Congress On Foreign Aid – November 17, 1947

– President Truman Address to Congress – November 17, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the War over and the slow process of rebuilding underway, the economic woes of the world were becoming an increasing point of concern to…

Postwar world - Rome - November 1947

Postwar Europe – The High Price Of Everything – The Winter Of Discontent – November 15, 1947

November 15, 1947 – An approaching Winter and a time of much discontent in the Postwar world. The slow rebuilding of Europe was complicated by mass flooding which wiped out crops and added a severe food shortage to the already…

Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie On The Radio – 1940 – Past Daily Nighttime Gallimaufry

– CBS Radio – Back Where I Come From – August 19, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- In an attempt to broaden the musical tastes of mainstream America, CBS Radio in 1940 experimented with the idea of presenting Folk…

Tim Buckley - Photo: Sherry Rayn Barnett

Tim Buckley At The 1968 Newport Folk Festival – Past Daily Soundbooth: Festival Edition

A very special and rare concert tonight from a very special and rare legend. Tim Buckley, like his son, left us far too soon. What Tim left behind, much the same as what Jeff left behind, is a recorded legacy…