Earth, Wind and Fire – live on Soul!- WNET – January 10, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Earth, Wind and Fire – celebrating the legacy of founder Maurice White, who passed away today at the age of 74, following a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. When Earth, Wind
– The Rolling Stones – In session At The BBC – August 20, 1965 – BBC Radio 1 – From a documentary about Rock at the BBC in the 60s comes this session from the Rolling Stones. The last one they would record, on August 20, 1965. It featured their
– Sabina Ddumba – In Session for Sveriges Radio P3 – May 28, 2015 – Svergies Radio P3, Stockholm – New sounds from Sweden tonight. Sabina Ddumba is a singer from Fiskätra, Sweden. She’s already making a name for herself around Europe, in addition to singing backup with Katy Perry
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Interview with Ben E. King – 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection . . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Drifters featuring Ben E. King – 1980s reunion – Gordon Skene
. . . or click on the link here for audio Player – Percy Sledge – Live In South Africa – May 1970 More sad news from the Music world today. Word of the passing earlier this morning, of Soul legend Percy Sledge, after a long illness and at the
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Bessie Banks – Go Now + It Sounds Like My Baby – 1964, 1963 When I ran the BBC Session of the Moody Blues debut hit Go Now last night, I wanted to slip the original version
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Curtis Harding – Live At Paradiso, Amsterdam – Nov. 23, 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 A taste of Soul, smack in the middle of Amsterdam tonight, compliments of Curtis Harding in a concert recorded live at Paradiso on November
Click on the link here for Audio Player – 4 by Betty Everett – 1963 – Vee-Jay Records (session masters) The history of Rock may not have exclusive rights to the stories of the overlooked and underrated, but they have more than their fair share of them. Case in point
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Style Council – In Session at BBC 1 – May 5, 1983 – Rebroadcast BBC 6 Music More 80s tonight. When the Jam split up and Paul Weller re-emerged as The Style Council, the gear-switch seemed rather extreme at first.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Bobby Womack (w/Sly Stone) – Live At The Roxy – 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I’m not sure if it’s always been this way, or are we losing a lot more legends this year than usual – in either case,
