– ABC Radio Network – News, reports and Bulletins – August 7, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1974 had everything (or just about everything) to do with Watergate and the fate of President Richard Nixon. Support had evaporated when it was disclosed he
– San Cisco – Live At Splendour In The Grass Festival – July 24, 2015 – Triple J – Australia – Festival season continues. Tonight it comes from Australia, via Radio Station Triple J, who have an amazing site and an amazing station that you need to go to, bookmark
– Senseless Things – In Session for John Peel – May 14, 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – Since I ran brothers-in-rock Mega City 4 last night, it was only fitting I run Senseless Things tonight. Both starting out around the same time and both periodically touring with each other
– Amadou et Mariam – live at Eurockénnes 2012 – December 8, 2012 – RFI-Inter – Amadou and Mariam, or “The Blind Couple From Mali” have been bringing the sound of Afro-Blues to audiences all over the world since 1974. Althought really getting started in 1985, Amadou Bagayoko had been
– Smashing Pumpkins – In Session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – Sept. 8, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – I know a lot of people who consider the music scene during the late 1980s/early 1990s as one of the most exciting and versatile since the 1960s. There
– Everything But The Girl – In Session For John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – August 18, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – Since they’ve been under the radar and relatively inactive since 2000, listening to this session from Everything But The Girl reminded me what a really good
– CBS Radio News On The Hour – July 29, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Well, it was a Saturday after all, that July 29th in 2000. Convention season was off and running, as Republicans headed to Philadelphia in the first of two political conventions to pick a
– Kodaline – In Concert at T In The Park 2015 – July 10, 2015 – BBC Radio 6 – At the risk of sounding smug, I predicted in 2012 that Kodaline were going to be a hot item in the years to come. I said that when they
– WCBS News + CBS World News Roundup – July 20, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fifty years ago today, we were looking at a Summer awash with gloomy reports, agitated people and uncertain times. After a whirlwind 5-day fact-finding tour of South Vietnam, Defense Secretary McNamara boarded
– Nonono – Live At Bravalla Festival, Norrköping, Sweden – June 28, 2014 – Sveriges Radio P3 – Last year, when I ran a session from the Swedish Indie/Alternative band Nonono, I predicted they would be doing good things and had a bright future ahead. I was right. Shortly after
