– Blur – Live in Hong Kong – August 23, 2015 – Perennial favorites Blur this weekend. Live in Hong Kong and recorded on August 23rd this year. The audience is a little slow to react, but it’s a great concert anyway – and they can do no wrong (IMHO).
– Procol Harum – In Session for WPLJ-FM – April 12, 1971 – WPLJ – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A bitter-sweet concert tonight. The last Procol Harum show with lead guitarist Robin Trower in the lineup. He would go off to a stellar solo career, and be replaced for
– CBS Radio – Edward R. Murrow And The News – Sept. 11, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sixty-five years ago, on September 11th it was about another war; the war in Korea. The Police Action. The border dispute. The Domino. Allied infantry and Communist troops trading fire
– ABC Radio – Perspective – week ending September 10, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A lot happening in Pop and Sports history, this week ending September 10th in 1995. Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig‘s all-time record of consecutive games by passing Gehrig’s 2130 games played. Ripken hadn’t
– Twin Atlantic – Live at Reading and Leeds Festival 2015 – August 29, 2015 – BBC 6 Music – Another sampling from the recent Reading and Leeds Festival with a powerhouse set from Twin Atlantic, who are capping a huge tour promoting their latest album, Great Divide and
– Luis Fernando Perez recital – Chambord Festival – July 27, 2011 – RFI France Musique – A classic recital this week. From the Chambord Festival in France in 2011, a recital by renowned Spanish pianist Luis Fernando Pérez, recorded by Radio France Musique on July 27, 2011. A wonderfully
– President Nixon Addresses Congress – Sept. 9, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Days after delivering the bombshell announcement of adopting a new economic policy, and doing away with the Bretton Woods system of fixing foreign currency on the value of the U.S. dollar, President Nixon went before
Become a Patron! Legends tonight. Roky Erickson has been synonymous with Psychedelia since his initial incarnation as a member of the groundbreaking Texas 60s band The Thirteenth Floor Elevators. A band whose reputation was underground, who didn’t have any hits, by commercial standards, but who were one of the most
– CBS Radio – Cross-Section: USA – Minimum Wage Laws – May 8, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since today is Labor Day, and while many people are busy celebrating – it’s also a day to celebrate the struggles, sacrifices and hard-fought battles the Labor movement has had
– Wolf Alice – Live at Reading-Leeds Festival 2015 – August 29, 2015 – BBC 6 Music – Another sampling from this years Reading-Leeds Festival; a set by London-based Alt/Folk/Grunge conglomerate Wolf Alice, recorded on August 29th by the venerable BBC 6 Music. Together since 2010, Wolf Alice have been
