News for this day in 2001 – as reported by the BBC World Service. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and hear the original 1-hour broadcast from this day in history. And please don’t forget to chip in what you can during our Past Daily Fall Fundraiser
Legendary band Wire, in session earlier today for the Marc Riley show at BBC 6 Music – click on the link at the Past Daily site and hear this session as it happened.
Fats Domino in concert at Juan les Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes France – July 22, 1993 – Radio France – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fats Domino this weekend. With the news of the passing of this music legend at 89, I was reminded just how integral a role he
Methyl Ethel – Live at The Corner Hotel, Melbourne – May 18, 2017 – Triple-J-FM – Australia – Methyl Ethel in concert to end the week. With the wave of bands coming from Australia in recent years (Tame Impala, Jagwar Ma, Pond), the addition of Perth Art Rockers, Methyl Ethel
Bertrand Chamayou Recital – Music Of Maurice Ravel – Fetons Ravel Festival, Anglet – Sept. 9, 2017 – Radio France Musique – While I’m recovering from some much-needed Cataract surgery, I thought I would run this recital, one of three, recorded just last month at the Celebrate Ravel Festival in
HUAC Committee Hearings – Michigan Communist Activities – Feb. 28,1952 – WJR-Detroit – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For those of you who don’t remember that period during the 1950s, where the Communist scare took on unprecedented proportions, the wave of Hearings took place in most major cities of the
Blue States – In Session – BBC 6 Music – September 4, 2002 – BBC 6 Music – Blue States in session to end the weekend. Brainchild of Andy Dragazis, Blue States is primarily him, but supported by a rotating group of musicians. Performing and recording since 1997, Blue States
Jazz At The Philharmonic – Stockholm, Sweden – May 20, 1958 – Sveriges Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A convocation of Cool this week – a gathering of legends under the auspices of Jazz At The Philharmonic. This one from May 20, 1958 at the Stockholm Konzerthus and
President Reagan – 20th press Conference – October 19, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the situation in Nicaragua growing more tense and contentious, and the situation in Lebanon becoming a stalemate, President Reagan, in his 20th Press Conference, on the 1,000th day of his Presidency, sought to
October 19, 1985 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 19, 1985 – A day of reactions and protest. Anti-American sentiment was running high in Rome as an emissary of the White House arrived for discussions over the Italian stance on the Achille Lauro hijacking
