KPFK – Continuous coverage of Santa Barbara Riots – April 22, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Long before UC Santa Barbara became known as the #2 Party School in the country, UCSB was a hotbed of protest and activism. Not much different than most college campuses during the late
CMott The Hoople – In Concert at The Paris Theatre – 1971 – BBC 6 Music Sometimes I run into a dilemma, of sorts, over what to post for the “roundtable” feature. Tonight it was choice over whether to run the scheduled piece (Mott The Hoople at The Paris Theatre
Poco – Studio session in Paris – 1972 – RFI A taste of homegrown Americana tonight. Poco, part of the cornerstone and first wave of the West Coast Country-Rock genre of the late 1960s/early 1970s. One of those bands coming together as the result of the demise of another legendary
Even though at the time Cat Stevens was probably one of the more heavily played and universally well-known artists, even to the point of overkill in the early 70s, his work has stood up remarkably well over the years. So when I ran across this BBC session from around the
Paul Hindemith: Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra – CBS Symphony, Thor Johnson – World Premier – May 15, 1949 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Something special this weekend. A world premier performance of the Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra by German 20th century music legend
The Turtles – BBC Saturday Club – June, 1967 – BBC Radio Light Programme A very short one tonight, a little over four minutes to be exact. But a rare one Anyone who spent any amount of time on the West Coast, most notably Southern California, in the 1960s will
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Another dose of Americana tonight, by way of the venerable Eastman-Rochester Symphony, conducted by none other than Howard Hanson. A recreation of a portion of the first concert given spotlighting new American composers which the Eastman-Rochester Symphony took part in on May 19, 1925. Howard Hanson was an American composer,
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7580″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 26, 1961 – Meet The Press – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] The ongoing turmoil/growing pains/strife that marked the Africa Independence Movement in the 1960s continues, to a degree, to this day. But in 1964 it was all pretty fresh. There
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”13339″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 25, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this day, twenty years ago had much to do with shock and horror surrounding the assassination of Mexican Presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, gunned down while celebrating an election
