January 11, 1956 – Listen To Washington – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 11, 1956 – this day 60 years ago was all about speculation over whether or not President Eisenhower would seek a second term in office. His health issues had many concerned –
David Bowie – interview for Front Row Program – BBC Radio 4 – March 2002 – BBC Radio – David Bowie (1947-2016) – only last week, Friday to be exact, we were celebrating a birthday and the release of Lazarus, the new album from David Bowie; his second in nearly
Joan Baez – Live at Paleo Festival 2015 – Live à Fip – Radio France/FIP – Joan Baez, who turned 75 on January 9th, is still going strong – touring, recording and bringing her message of protest and social justice all over the world. Performing for over 55 years, Joan
1936 Music Guild Awards – Rudolf Forst: String Quartet – The Gordon String Quartet – January 1, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 1936 Music Guild Awards. Begun in 1934 by NBC to promote serious music to a mass audience, The NBC Music Guild put together a series of awards
Jay McShann – live at Kool Jazz Festival 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jay McShann – the legendary pianist, band leader and singer would have turned 100 on January 12th of this year. His contributions to Jazz, as well as to the popularity of Jump-Blues are far-reaching.
Noel Gallagher – live at BBC Radio 2 In Concert – December 7, 2015 – BBC Radio 2 Noel Gallagher this weekend. Live at BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series. Noel Gallagher and High Flying Birds gave an all-too-short set, even at a little over an
Peter Max – interview with James Day – July 11, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Peter Max, a name practically embedded in the collective psyche of anyone who was around during the 60s. Peter Max took the free expression and loopy sentiment of Psychedelia via the pioneers of
The last hour of Top-40 KFWB – March 10, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection There you are – March 10, 1968 – anywhere between the ages of 14 and 24. KFWB, the radio station you have come to rely on for all your musical discoveries is going off the
Frente! Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California – June 10, 1994 Frente! appeared in the late 80s/early 90s and succeeded in confusing a lot of people. Although they were an Australian Indie/folk-rock outfit,they came along at a time when Grunge was coming into wide popularity and the decidedly quirky
Election 1960 – Political issues – The Open Mind – January 17, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Election 1960 – same as it always was; speculation, mulling over the issues, who was a frontrunner, what did each of the parties want – who was likely to be sitting
