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Melt-Banana – In Concert At One Live, Brighton – John Peel, Host – October 30, 2003 – BBC Radio 1 – Melt-Banana, in concert at One Live in Brighton – recorded on October 30, 2003 for John Peel. Okay – those of you expecting a continuation of the vibe from...
January 21, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 21, 1995 – Your typical day of accidents, trials, civil war and the situation in Kobe, Japan where a 6.8 earthquake leveled great swaths of the city. But news for the day began with an...
Madame Chiang-Kai Shek – Talk From Shanghai – September 11, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In what became known as the Second Sino-Japanese War (the First, lasting from July 1894-April 1895), The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the...
Parquet Courts – Live At Fuji Rock Festival 2018 – July 27, 2018 – NHK-FM, Tokyo – Parquet Courts to end out the week of new, bubbling under, bands at or under the radar, bands on a need-to-know basis, bands you’ll most likely be hearing about in the future, if...
The Oral Cigarettes – In Concert at Inazuma Festival – September 16, 2017 – NHK-FM, Tokyo – In our seemingly endless trek around the globe to find out what people are shaking and popping fingers to, here is a sample from last years Inazuma Festival in Shiga Prefecture on September...
Kup’s Show – Interview/Discussion – Internment/Preventive Detention In 1942. Broadcast July 29, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With public outcry growing in recent weeks over the detention, internment and forced separation of families and children over immigration, and the surprise checkpoints and raids carried out by ICE; all...
Cornelius – In concert At Sónor Festiva, Barcelona, Spain – June 22, 2018 – RNE Radio 3 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Cornelius in concert at Sónor Festival, Barcelona and recorded on June 22, 2018 by Radio Nacional España. Cornelius is the moniker of Keigo Oyamada, one of...
NHK Symphony – Subscription Concert – Dec. 2, 2017 – Charles Dutoit, guest Conductor – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano – NHK-FM, Tokyo – Taking a detour over to Tokyo this week for a concert by the celebrated NHK Symphony, guest conducted by Charles Dutoit and featuring Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano. The concert...
Herbie Hancock and Headhunters – Live In Tokyo – Sun Plaza – Sept. 28, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into some Fusion-laced Funk this weekend by way of Herbie Hancock and Headhunters. When his landmark album Head Hunters was released, it was one of those rare occasions...
Buffalo Daughter – live at NHK-FM Live Beat – March 31, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Buffalo Daughter in concert tonight. Following along with last night’s stunning presentation of Pizzicato Five at Roskilde, I ran across this concert, part of NHK-FM’s Live Beat radio series, recorded on March...
