Click on the link here for Audio player: Dionne Warwick – Walk On By I was very sad to learn earlier today that legendary songwriter and partner to the iconic writing team of Bacharach and David had passed away, the result of a massive stroke Mr. David suffered in March
Nirvana – BBC Session – Nov. 22, 1989 Starting off December with grunge pioneers Nirvana and their first session for the BBC on November 22, 1989. Here’s what they play: Nirvana – In Session at The BBC 1. Love Buzz 2. About A Girl 3. Polly 4. Spanx Thru Crank
Click on the link here for audio player: Wilkie Acceptance Speech – 1940 No frills, no send-ups, no films, no slide-shows. Wendell Wilkie accepted the nomination as Presidential candidate for the Republican party in the 1940 election. His speech lasted just a little over six minutes – the demonstration lasted
Click on the link here for audio player: Dana Gillespie – You’ve just Got To Know My Mind – 1967 Back to the 60’s tonight with Dana Gillespie, who began her career at 14 singing folk music and later switched to Pop from where tonight’s track comes from. You’ve Just
Click on the link here for audio player: Megaafonia -Pere Pedregos Further evidence that Rock Without Borders yields interesting results. Megaafonia is a band from Spain I ran across on several sites the past few years. Around since 2005 – with two albums and an ep currently out, Megaafonia have
Click on the link here for Audio player: Coup in Russia – August 21, 1991 News for this August 21st in 1991 had to do with the shocking turn of events in Russia. In the early hours of the morning, a coup staged by Kremlin hardliners ousted Mikhail Gorbachev and
Click on the link here for audio player: Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia – 1968 Even though news during this August in 1968 was primarily about the upcoming Democratic Convention in Chicago, the just finished Republican Convention in Miami and the ongoing protests to the Vietnam War, news for this August
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jacque-Dupont – Divertissement for Piano And Orch. 1948 Sometimes history can be frustrating. In the case of this recording, it’s a matter of damaged discs coupled with not the best recording at the time. A world premier performance of the Divertissement For
Click on the link here for audio player: Brigitte Bardot – Contact – 1967 Yes, Brigitte Bardot. Probably one of the most recognizable sex symbols to come out of France in the 1950’s and 60’s, Bardot also tried her hand at being a Popstar as well. And tonight’s track is
Clink on the link for the audio player: The Charlatans – We’re Not On The Same Trip – 1967 As strange, capricious, faulty and downright ignorant as the music often business is, the tragic neglect and criminal mishandling of one of the most influential and charismatic bands to come out
