. . .or Click on the link here for Audio Player – Various News Reports on death of Yasser Arafat – November 11-12, 2004 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Ten years ago today (and yesterday), the world heard the news that PLO leader Yasser Arafat had died in a Paris
– Broadcast – The Black Session – May 4, 2000 – Studio 105, Paris – RFI – One of the more engaging and pioneering bands of the neo-psych/indie/electronica genre of the late 90s, Broadcast were a wonderful combination of dark-brooding melancholy and 60s experimental, via Trish Keenan, whose luxuriant voice
. . . or click the link here for Audio Player – Herbie Hancock – Live at Radio Bremen – November 6, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 40 years ago? Hard to imagine. The legendary Herbie Hancock, during his Headhunters period; gathering together a wide spectrum of influences under
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Voyeurs – In Session for Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – October 30, 2014 Ending up the week with a recent session by The Voyeurs, formerly known as Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs. Coinciding with the
. . .or Click on the link here for Audio Player: Sivert Høyem – In Session at Into The Great Wide Open 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR Staying in Europe this week with a session from Sivert Høyem, Norwegian singer-songwriter and former frontman for the band Madrugada until their breakup in 2007,
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – Jennie Abrahamson – in concert at Umeå Open 2014, Sweden – Sveriges Radio P3 One of those artists getting a lot of buzz around Europe of late, Jennie Abrahamson has put in a very busy year touring.
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – Bamberg Symphony, Jonathan Nott – Arditti Quartet – Laura Aikin, Soprano – In concert from October 3, 2014 – Radio France Musique Something contemporary this week for a change. Recorded during the recent Contemporary Music Festival in Strasbourg,
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – PRI/NPR- Coverage of Post-Midterm election – November 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 20 years ago, almost to the day, much of America woke up to the reality that the Mid-Term elections were over and the Republican Party
Or click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC Radio 4 – PM – November 5, 2004 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A different look at the way news was reported during the Iraq War, this November 5th in 2004. This one via BBC’s Radio 4 and their
Or click on the link here for Audio Player – Racing Glaciers – Live at London Calling-2 – November 1, 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 No sooner have the Summer Festivals wrapped up and gone into the history books, but the Winter Festivals are kicking off. Tonight it’s the legendary London Calling
