Laura Marling – live at BBC 6 Music Festival,Bristol – February 14, 2016 – BBC 6 Music – Laura Marling in concert this weekend. Recorded live at the BBC 6 Music Festival in Bristol, and preserved for posterity by the venerable BBC 6 Music (naturally). When My Space was relevant
The opening day of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, this April 25th in 1945. Within days of the death of FDR and within days before the eventual collapse of Nazi Germany, the United Nations was formed out of the wreckage of The League of Nations with the hope
A lot of people I have run into lately, who are big fans of Pink Floyd, usually cite not knowing too much about them prior to Dark Side Of The Moon, or even The Wall. Pink Floyd’s history goes back much-much further (and for me, much more interesting) than that
The Lilac Time – in session at BBC Radio 1 – 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Formed in 1986, The Lilac Time consists of permanent mainstays, Stephen and Nick Duffy. And even though Stephen Duffy has a solo career of his own, The Lilac Time are still very
– The Open Mind: Culture And A Market Society – January 31, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In May 1959, President Eisenhower participated in the groundbreaking ceremony which would eventually result in The Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts. It was the first center of its kind and an
– ABC Radio – World News This Week-Week Ending April 23, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A momentous week in history, but nobody really knew it at the time. The week of April 23, 1989 was filled with a lot of strife, chaos and marathon emotions. So perhaps the
– CBS Radio News – April 22, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This April 22nd in 2000 will probably best be remembered as the day the Feds nabbed Elian Gonzalez and sent him back to Havana. For those who may have forgotten (the incident, but not the photo), Elian
– CBS Radio – You And . . .The World – January 15-16, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection You could, in all likelihood, use that well-worn phrase from Dickens, The Best of Times – The Worst of Times to apply directly to the decade of the 1950s. On the
April 20, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day of sweeping changes, April 20th, 1979 – although at the time it didn’t seem that way. The free elections in Rhodesia were regarded as a footnote, almost an afterthought on many news programs. But
– The Alec Wilder Octet – Walking Home In Spring – March 30, 1939 – Brunswick Records Taking it down several notches tonight. One of the most widely admired, but little known American Music composers of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Alec Wilder was very difficult to pin down as
