Blood Red Shoes – live at Lowlands Festival 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Blood Red Shoes: Checking-in at the Lowlands 2014 Festival this morning. Reiterating that 2014 was an embarrassment of riches in the Festival circuit. A lot of bands, a lot of surprises and a lot of great music. Blood
– Combined Networks – President Roosevelt Birthday celebrations – January 30, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest we all forget, 143 years ago today is President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birthday, born January 30, 1882. In 1936 it was a national celebration, and parties were held all over the
– Blancmange – In concert for BBC Sight & Sound – March 31, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – Blancmange, this morning. Since it’s been an insane week, I thought I would toss a concert by Blancmange into the mix. Although probably not all that well known in the U.S.
– BBC World Service – Newshour – January 29, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day, fifteen years ago, was about limits being reached, endurance vanished and nerves frayed out of existence. The War in Kosovo, indeed the strife enveloping the entire region formerly known as
– Tori Amos – Live At Baloise Session – November 6, 2015 – SRF – With over 16 albums to her credit, and a career spanning over 40 years, Tori Amos is considered the Grande Dame, of Indie. But she’s a lot more than that – with musical interests embracing
America’s Town Meeting – March 23, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the world was inching closer to all-out war, the debate raged over how much should the U.S. get involved? Much of the question lay over how much influence was being wielded by outside interests on public
Busy news day – President Clinton delivered his State Of The Union address the night before. Promises made, assessments addressed, reactions noted. Clinton began the speech by saying, “We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity
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– CBS World News Roundup – January 27, 1996 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this January 27th in 1996 began with a standoff between police and John DuPont, great-great-grandson of the founder of DuPont Chemical. DuPont had, what was characterized as a snap from reality, killing a
80’s Americana this morning. The venerable Huey Lewis & The News, in concert in San Francisco at The Kabuki Theater in 1984. This concert coincides with their tour for the newly released and wildly popular Sports album and the audience is suitably happy. As much as they tried to fit
BBC – The Reith Lectures – Edmund Leach – A Runaway World – November 12-19, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. It is always fascinating to listen to assessments of life and society as viewed from many years ago. How much changed, how much has remained the same. How much
