– Edward R. Murrow and The News – August 31, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this last day of August in 1951 was about the unsettled nature of things. The war in Korea was at the Charge and Countercharge stage – with claims of
– Circa Waves – Live At Reading+Leeds Festival – August 29, 2015 – BBC 6 Music – The Summer Festival season is winding down – the last batch of mass music gatherings going on between now and the end of September are still packing in fans and die-hards. It was
– Healey Willan – Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano – Albert Pratz, violin – Leo Barkin, piano – CBC Transcription Service circa. 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing in Canada this week with music of Anglo-Canadian Organist and Composer Healey Willan, born in London in
– NPR: Fresh Air with Terry Gross – Interview with Oliver Sacks – Nov. 6, 2012 – NPR – With the sad news today of the death of noted Neurologist and Writer Oliver Sacks, I ran across this interview from the NPR series Fresh Air, hosted by Terry Gross. Sacks
– NPR: Jazz Alive – Freddie Hubbard – Live at The Boston Globe Jazz Festival – March 8, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few notes from the great Freddie Hubbard this weekend. Recorded live in concert by National Public Radio at the Boston Globe Jazz Festival on
– Captain Beefheart – Live at the Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City – April 22, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the story goes, in 1974 Captain Beefheart had signed to a new label (Mercury) and was literally weeks from embarking on a major world tour, starting in America.
– CNN Radio – Hourly News 1:00 am – 7:00 pm EDT – August 28, 2005 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ten years ago today, Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans in what became one of the most devastating natural disasters in American history. Just another hurricane
– The Thurston Moore Band – Live At Route du Rock 2015 – August 14, 2015 – RFI/Le Mouv – It’s still Summer and it’s still Festival Season – and not to be left out of the must-see festivals this year was the legendary Route du Rock Festival at St.
– NBC Radio News – August 27, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As preparations were finishing up, the 3rd Fleet was moving into Segami Bay and the first of several contingents of U.S. troops were preparing to land on Japanese shores, starting the beginning of the first full
– Berlin Radio Symphony – Marek Janowski, Cond. – Arabella Steinbacher, violin – Dec. 20, 2011 – Berlin Radio – Part 1 – – Berlin Radio Symphony – Marek Janowski, Cond. – Arabella Steinbacher, violin – Dec. 20, 2011 – Berlin Radio – Part 2 – Over to Berlin this
