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BB Brunes – In Concert at RTL Studios, Paris – December 15, 2017 – RTL Become a Patron! “New” French Rock, if you haven’t heard it before – been around for a while if you have. BB Brunes, in concert at RTL Studios in Paris and recorded on December 15,...
Become a Patron! August 12, 1985 – Not a good news day. Word from Tokyo of the crash of Japan Airlines Boeing 747 Flight 123, into what was later identified as Mount Osutaka, some 100 miles northwest of Tokyo. The flight, a domestic commuter run between Tokyo and Osaka developed...
Become a Patron! The Front Bottoms in concert to end up the weekend. Recorded live at Reading 2018 by BBC Radio 1 on August 24th of that year. Here’s what Mark Deming at Spotify has to say about them: The Front Bottoms are an indie rock duo from New Jersey...
Shelly Manne Quartet – Live at La Maison Pour Tous, Elancourt – November 11, 1977 – Radio France – Become a Patron! Shelly Manne, along with alto sax Lee Konitz, Mike Wofford on Piano and Chuck Domanico on bass, recorded live at Maison Pour Tour in Elancourt, France by the...
Looking at the photo above, the kids sitting around a table with two holding a poster for an upcoming Dance, you could swear up and down they had to be somewhere in their 20s. These weren’t kids, you think – these are adults and the photo is some approximation of...
Tinariwen – in concert at Les Inrocks 2016 – Recorded November 21, 2016 – RFI – Paris – Tinariwen, one of the most unique and spellbinding bands on the current scene. Recorded live at Les Inrocks 2016 in Paris and broadcast by Radio France International. Tinariwen, pronounced tinariwen “deserts”, plural...
Orquesta de Córdoba – Manuel Hernandez-Silva, Cond. Guillermo Pastrana, cello – Javier Riba, Guitar – February 28,2010 – RNE, Madrid – Become a Patron! Over to Spain this week for a concert by Orquesta de Cordoba, conducted by Manuel Hernandez-Silva and featuring Guillermo Pastrana, cello and Javier Riba, guitar, and...
Blur – In session for Mark Goodier – BBC Radio 1 – Recorded April 11, 1992 – broadcast: May 5 – BBC Radio 1 – Blur in session to start the week. Recorded for the Mark Goodier show at BBC Radio 1 on April 11, 1992 and broadcast on May...
VSOP II – Live in Tokyo – recorded at NHK Hall – May 19, 1983 – NHK-FM – Become a Patron! VSOP II in concert from Tokyo this weekend. Recorded at NHK Hall in Tokyo on May 19, 1983 and broadcast by NHK. This one isn’t new or newly discovered...
Toro y Moi – live at Fuji Rock Festival – July 26, 2019 – NHK-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Toro y Moi in concert last week at the Fuji Rock Festival. Recorded on July 26th. Chaz Bear (born Chazwick Bradley Bundick; November 7, 1986), known professionally as Toro...
