– Tina Turner – Live At Park West, Chicago – August 17, 1984 – With the sad news today of the passing of the legendary Tine Turner, our year of loss in the music world is compounded. This post was originally published in 2015 and I’m offering it here as
At the risk of turning this week’s evening post into an homage to “those who left too early”, I nonetheless ran across this very rare Tim Buckley club date from May 1975, recorded weeks before his untimely death from a heroin overdose in June. Tim Buckley was an extraordinarily gifted
– Terry Reid – In Session for Beat Club – Dec. 31, 1969 – RBB Berlin – Terry Reid tonight. Probably more well known by fans as “the man who turned down Led Zeppelin” than for the actual artist himself, Terry Reid was a well respected and moderately successful artist
Haley Bonar – in session for 3VOOR12-FM, Amsterdam -October 12, 2016 – VPRO-Radio – Haley Bonar ending up the week with a session recorded in October 2016 by Amsterdam FM station 3VOOR12. Bonar is a familiar face and voice on this side of the Atlantic. The Canadian-born and currently living
– Elton John – Christmas Eve, 1974 Hammersmith Odeon – BBC Radio In Concert Series – Continuing with Rock Legends this weekend. Elton John and his Christmas Concert of 1974, recorded and broadcast as part of the In Concert series over BBC Radio 1 on Christmas Eve 1974. Since we’re
The inimitable PJ Harvey tonight. In session for John Peel on the occasion of his 60th birthday and recorded on Sept 23, 1998 for BBC Radio 1. In January 1991, following her departure from Automatic Dlamini, Harvey formed her own band with former bandmates Rob Ellis and Ian Oliver. Harvey
– Joy Division – In Session for John Peel – November 26, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – Considered pioneers of the Post-Punk movement, Joy Division formed in 1976. Initially influenced by The Sex Pistols, founders Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook took a different turn, towards a deeper more introspective
– Mazzy Star – In session for MTV, Europe – November 1, 1993 – Mazzy Star in session tonight – an early one done for MTV in Europe on November 1, 1993. It features one of my favorite versions of Ghost Highway, which this version was included in a Capitol
Beach House in concert at Paleo Festival 2013 – Nyon, Switzerland – July 24, 2013 – RSR Heading over to The Paleo Festival 2013 tonight for a set by Baltimore Dream Pop/Space Merchants Beach House (actually, one half of the band, Victoria Legrand is from Paris . . .but the
David Bowie – live at The BBC Theatre, London – June 27, 2000 – BBC Radio 1 – David Bowie – who would be 75 today, and who we thought would be with us forever now is the subject of tributes and reminders. Since there’s been so much loss of
