Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano – Jeanne Gautier, violin – Yvonne Lefébure, piano – ORTF Broadcast, circa 1953 Back to Paris this weekend for a radio broadcast performance of the Ravel Sonata for Violin and Piano as played by two icons of French music in the 20th century, Jeanne
Part 1 – Part 2 – 1957 Academy Awards. Yes, it was different then. The awards were different – the ceremony was different – the movies were different – the actors were different – the hair styles were different. It was only five years since they were first televised and
Depeche Mode – Live at BKK Festival, Bilbao – 2013 – RNE Radio 3 Depeche Mode in concert tonight – recorded at the 2013 BKK Festival in Bilbao Spain and broadcast live by Radio Nacional España. In late 1981, the band placed an anonymous ad in Melody Maker looking for
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”44204″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 21-23, 1940 – Berlin Radio – Rome Radio – Paris Radio- Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] April 21-23, 1940 – Radio Berlin – Radio Paris – EIAR, Rome – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 22, 1940 – News from Germany this day, via
WOR-Mutual – Dedication of Freedom Of The Press Statue – New York World’s Fair – April 22, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It would only seem natural, with all the saber rattling and threats from Fascist dictators in 1939, that we be reminded (in a big way) of what
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”26918″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 22, 1990 – ABC Radio Special – Earth Day Plus 20 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] April 22, 1990 – ABC Radio News – Earth Day Special – Hugh Downs, narrator – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 22, 1990 – twenty years
The Bangles – In Concert at Syria Mosque – Pittsburgh – December 13, 1986 I have particularly fond memories of working with The Bangles, which is probably why I enjoyed this concert so much. I remember doing the video for Manic Monday just before Christmas in 1985 and how we
CMott The Hoople – In Concert at The Paris Theatre – 1971 – BBC 6 Music Sometimes I run into a dilemma, of sorts, over what to post for the “roundtable” feature. Tonight it was choice over whether to run the scheduled piece (Mott The Hoople at The Paris Theatre
Poco – Studio session in Paris – 1972 – RFI A taste of homegrown Americana tonight. Poco, part of the cornerstone and first wave of the West Coast Country-Rock genre of the late 1960s/early 1970s. One of those bands coming together as the result of the demise of another legendary
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20744″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 19, 1995 – Reports – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] CBS Radio – News reports – April 19, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection April 19, 1995 and the shocking news that “something” was detonated outside the Federal Building in Oklahoma
