The Offspring this morning – bringing you a Monday jolt via Rock In Rio from September 2022. I ran a more recent concert a few months ago, but my theory being “You can never get too much High Voltage” runs especially true for Monday Morning, which most people aren’t too
– New York Philharmonic – Vladimir Golschmann, guest conductor – Vera Franceschi, piano – Feb. 1, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Familiar music this week, played by a largely forgotten pianist, whose career skyrocketed in the 1950s and yet whose tragic early death, robbed the Music world of
– Charlie Parker w/Woody Herman’s Third Herd – Kansas City – July 22, 1951 – Main-Man Records A historic rarity this week, recorded under less-than-ideal conditions, but grateful it exists at all. Woody Herman‘s Third Herd featuring a rare appearance by Charlie Parker, in a broadcast from the Municipal Arena
Although I am sure more tribute concerts are planned for the coming weeks, this one is actually from January this year – as a tribute to the living Francoise Hardy not a memorial. Probably the best kind – celebrate people you love who have been an inspiration while they’re alive
– Disclosure – Live at Alexandria Palace, London – March 8, 2014 – Disclose this morning to end of the week – time to dance and forget about it, and Disclosure are just the ones to do it. As a colleague pointed out to me – I don’t usually run
– Blossoms – live at Eurosonic 2016 – January 15, 2016 – VPRO/3VOOR12 The Netherlands – Blossoms at Eurosonic 2016. Voted 4th on BBC 6 Music’s Sound Of New Music for 2016 list, Blossoms from Manchester were getting around and getting noticed. Together since 2013, they have a string of
– Big Country – In Concert – 1983 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Back to the 80s tonight for a concert by Big Country, recorded in 1983 by the venerable BBC Radio 1. As the early 80s became wrapped in a blanket of Techno, synthesizers and drum
– June 11, 1940 – News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 11, 1940 – A fast moving day in the war. With German armies some 40 miles outside of Paris, and attacking French ports up and down the coast, visions of
Blondie – live at Paradiso, Amsterdam – November 19, 1977 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Some high energy 70s this morning by way of Blondie, live at Paradiso in Amsterdam and recorded by the venerable VPRO in Hilversum, Holland. America’s answer to Punk, Blondie were a well-loved and widely respected band who
The infamous Army-McCarthy Hearings – a Capitol Hill spectacle that went from March 16 to June 17, 1954 – televised – broadcast live over Radio – captured millions of Americans who sat glued as charges and counter-charges of Communist influence in Washington spilled out for all to witness. On this
