Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, cond. – Jan. 2, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Last week I ran the BSO rehearsing the first two movements of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony Number 6 (Pathetique), broadcast on December 19, 1949. Apparently,
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio Special – The Geneva Conference – May 10, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection East-West tensions. With the latest set of crises over The Ukraine, it feels like the Cold War all over again. In 1959 tension were easing,
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Pete MacLeod – live in Köln – April 16, 2014 – WDR A live set tonight from Scottish singer-songwriter Pete McLeod, recorded live at a gig in Köln, Germany this past April. MacLeod, who has been at it, almost non-stop since
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Kennedy News Conference – May 8, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A typical Press conference during the Kennedy Years, this one from May 8, 1963. JFK opens with a statement regarding the Civil Rights situation in Alabama and the
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 9, 1997 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this My 9th in 1997 was pretty much status quo for the 90s. The Economy and Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan. The endless seesaw of inflation and
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Angel Olsen – Live At The Scandic Grand Hotel, Stockholm – March 31, 2014 – Sveriges Radio P3 If the name sounds familiar, it’s because I ran an acoustic gig by Angel Olsen from Paris a couple months ago. This one
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC Africa Service – BBC World Service News – July 23-29, 2009 With the latest horrifying news, regarding the kidnapping of some 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria by the extremist-fundamentalist group Boko Haram, I was reminded this episode is the latest in
Become a Patron! I originally ran this in 2014, and at the time was going to post it on Saturday as a sort of Weekend Pop Chronicles feature, but since today is a holiday anyway, I thought I would run it now. Since Cinco de Mayo is more celebrated here
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 2, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection May 2nd in 1979 saw the last full day of campaigning for the Parliamentary elections in Britain. Labour Prime Minister James Callahan and opposition Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Amiata Piano Festival – June 29, 2013 – RAI Radio 3 – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – Amiata Piano Festival – June 29, 2013 – RAI Radio 3 – Part 2 Over to Rome this
