– Stone Roses – Live at Town & Country – 1995 – BBC In Concert – BBC6 Music – Taking a brief stop in the 90s this morning with a concert by The Stone Roses, recorded live at the Town & Country in 1995, by the venerable and always there
– Pablo Neruda – Interview/Poetry reading – Comment – September 5, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Considered by many to be one of the Greatest Poets of the 20th century in any language, Pablo Neruda was especially popular in the early 1970s, around the time of his winning
– The Go-Go’s – Live at Hakano Plaza, Tokyo – June 19, 1982 – Not exactly Christmas, but it’s still festive – A concert tonight by The Go-Go’s, recorded live at Hakano Plaza in Tokyo on June 19th, 1982. Christened by the press as America’s Sweethearts, the Go-Go’s had a
– ASCAP Protest program Number 2 – 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A star-studded protest – all in the name of music and rights and royalties. This one happened in 1941 and was about the three major radio networks refusing to air music licensed by ASCAP because of
– The Nightmare – Alphonso Trent’s Orchestra – December 5, 1928 – Taking a mini-break and diving into some 20’s Hot Jazz, via Alphonso Trent’s Orchestra in a 1928 recording The Nightmare. Although probably not well known today, in the 1920s Trent was responsible for a number of firsts. His
Temples: Live at Best Kept Secret Festival 2013 – Rapidly becoming no best kept secret at all, the Best Kept Secret festival has been attracting a lot of attention and promised to be yet another in the seemingly endless parade of well-attended festivals going on throughout the world during the
– The Real People – In Concert – May 25, 1992 – Diving headfirst into the weekend with The Real People; a band that was extremely influential in establishing the Britpop scene in the early 90s, but who had somehow been overlooked and sadly underrated in the bigger picture. The
– NBC World News Roundup + News Of The World – December 12, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly no end to trouble, discontent, upheaval and strife on this particular December 12th. 1947 was a year of change throughout the world, and much of it was painful. The countries
– Sugarcubes – John Peel BBC Session – Dec. 9, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – Together for a comparatively short period of time, The Sugarcubes managed to, not only put Iceland on the map as a potential hotbed of musical activity, but also turned everyone on to Bjork, the
