Albert Roussel – Piano Concerto – Claude Helffer, piano – ORTF Symphony – Pierre-Michel LeConte – circa 1965 – ORTF, Paris – A familiar composer, with a noted Pianist playing a difficult concerto. Claude Helffer, celebrated advocate for 20th Century Music has been a very familiar name with concertgoers and
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra with Ivie Anderson, vocals – Live at The Cotton Club – March 18, 1937 – Mutual Radio A bit of history this weekend – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra with Ivie Anderson on vocals, broadcast live from The Cotton Club in New York
Day 3 – Fingers Crossed. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LINK HERE OR DOWN BELOW – PAST DAILY FUNDRAISER Three days into it and it’s getting off to a slow start. The last thing you need to read about is another plea for money. And you know, if it wasn’t
Janiva Magness – Who Will Come For Me – from the lp Love Wins Again – Blue Élan Records 2016 – Janiva Magness tonight. Homegrown (but got started in Detroit) Soul with a touch of Blues from Janiva Magness, off her latest album Love Wins Again, which was released earlier
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – Live In Paris – RTL Radio – July 3, 2012 In a year that has fairly overflowed with loss, add one more unique and priceless voice to that number. Sharon Jones, the charismatic Soul singer and powerhouse died on Friday, succumbing to her battle
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Fountains Of Wayne – Live at Reading Festival 1997 – BBC In Concert – BBC Radio 1 – New York Indie congregation Fountains Of Wayne tonight. In concert at the 1997 Reading Festival, and smack in the middle of touring, hot on the heels of a promising and critically acclaimed
Thought Forms – Forget My Name – Invada Records – 2016 – from the album Songs About Drowning – Thought Forms tonight – a band which comes highly recommended by our unofficial Bristol correspondent Mig Schillace, and for good reason. Their new album (their third) is one big beguiling sonic
Dissent In America – The Open Mind – April 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dissent in America. What was going on, what was it up to, who was dissenting, how were they dissenting? Was dissent real, or was it a knee-jerk/feel-good exercise that lasted only a few minutes
