Carla Bley Trio – live from Uppsala Sweden – November 7, 2015 – Sveriges Radio P2, Stockholm – Carla Bley Trio this weekend. The past few days have been personal quests for Musical Comfort Food; that music which soothes the soul, offers solace and brings optimism, along with strength and
May 18, 1951 – MBS: Fulton Lewis Jr. News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 18, 1951 and the controversy surrounding the abrupt dismissal and relieving of duties of General Douglas MacArthur by President Truman back in April was still having repercussions around Capitol Hill. And depending
May 15, 1941 – News report direct from Singapore – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 15, 1941. As the world became engulfed in war and as new fronts opened up, troops from Britain and the Commonwealth arrived in Singapore to bolster defenses in Southeast Asia after the threat of
Charles Koechlin – Memorial Concert – 1952 – ORTF – Radio Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to Paris this week for a portion of the Memorial Concert for Charles Koechlin, who died in December of 1950 and whose memorial concert was a virtual who’s who of French
Warpaint – live at BBC 6 Music Festival – March 25, 2017 – BBC 6 Music – L.A.’s own Warpaint, recorded in concert at the recent BBC 6 Music Festival this past March and another standout performance from a band who’s been doing it the past 13 years. From their
E. Howard Hunt – interview by William F. Buckley – Firing Line Program – May 12, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since we’ve been looking back on the era of Watergate lately, I thought I would start running some interviews with key players in the scandal to give
Claude Pascal – Piano Concerto -Geneviève Joy with the ORTF Chamber Orchestra. Henri Girard, cond. ORTF-Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Less familiar music, performed by legendary figures. This week it’s the Piano Concerto by Claude Pascal, a contemporary composer whose work from 1943 to 2007 is substantial. And
Altered Images – In session for John Peel – October 7, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Altered Images this week. The Scottish Post-Punk band boasted a fan in John Peel, who gave the band their initial leg-up with two sessions, of which this one is the first. Due
April 25, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 25, 2000 – the political windstorm over the Elian Gonzalez affair was starting to wind down, or at least try to. The young boy, subject of an intense immigration battle as the result
The Boys – In Concert from Paris Theatre – 1980 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The Boys, in concert from Paris Theatre in London from 1980. A somewhat short-lived band initially – going from 1976 to 1982 – and then resuming in 1999
