Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 19,1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another day in history fairly groaning with dismal familiarity, this June 19th in 1995. The six-day hostage drama at Budyonnovsk Hospital in Southern Russia finally came to an end,
Click on the link here for Audio Player – WTBS, Cambridge Mass – Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James In Session – October 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Switching gears again this week – a taste of rural blues by Masters Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James, recorded live
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Mayra Andrade – In Concert At Africa Festival 2014 – May 30,2014 – WDR Ending the week on a special note. A concert by the enchanting Cuban/Cape Verdean singer Mayra Andrade, recorded a few weeks ago at this year’s Africa Festival
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Casey Kasem – KEWB-AM, San Francisco October 2, 1962 Before Scooby-Doo, before Americas Top-40, before The Voice of NBC, Casey Kasem was one of that group of Disc-Jockeys teenage America in the 60s turned to for words and comfort during some
Click on the link here for Audio Player – MJQ – Philharmonie Hall, Munich – July 14, 1988 – DW There’s always room for MJQ, especially on a Sunday. And considering the craziness of the week, a nice reminder that there is always musical help in tuning out the madness.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Billy Vera Interviews Little Jimmy Scott – 1992 – KCRW As you all know by now, the phenomenal and legendary singer Little Jimmy Scott passed from the scene yesterday at the age of 88. A tremendous and influential force in music,
Click on the link here for Audio Player – American Forum Of The Air – June 14, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day 61 years ago they were discussing what to do about Taft-Hartley. The controversial and contentious Law, referred by many as a “Slave Labor Law” was
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Papir – Live at Roadburn 2014 – April 11, 2014 – VPRO-3VOOR12 While we’re collecting our thoughts over Pinkpop and getting ready for most posts from that recent festival, here’s one of the highlights of another festival earlier this year. Wall-of-Guitar/Psychmeisters
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 12, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The last thing anyone expected was an eruption from a volcano thought extinct for some 600 years. But nature has a few surprises here and there, and on
Click on the link here for Audio Player – John Mayer – live at Pinkpop 2014 – June 7, 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Saying John Mayer is Alternative might be stretching it a bit. If you discount the multi-platinum albums and Grammies, he’s your basic rock/blues/blue-eyed Soul/Country/Acoustic artist who happens to
