– The Hollies – Live At Beat Club – May 28, 1966 – German TV – Taking a detour to the deep, dark past this morning with a live appearance by The Hollies, originally broadcast over German TV on May 28, 1966. One of those bands that set themselves apart
If you’re already a member, we love you – if not . . .um . . .Become a Patron! Jesus Jones – In Concert at the Town & Country Club, London – February 27, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – I haven’t heard very much about Jesus Jones lately. They
A blast of Pinkpop 2013 tonight. This morning it’s festival veterans Stereophonics, recorded on June 16th 2013 by the venerable Netherlands Radio outlet VPRO and station 3voor12. Described as “classic UK rock delivered with whiskey vocals”, Stereophonics have been summarized as possessing a sound akin to the genres of alternative
A double espresso would be nice: – Crowded House – In Concert At Finsbury Park – 1994 – BBC 6 Music – Crowded House were one of those bands seemingly all over the place in the late 80s/early 90s. From the recently disbanded Split Enz, founder Neil Finn (and later
I’d love it if you’d subscribe: Become a Patron! Diving back to 1980 this weekend for a concert by one of those defining bands of the late 70s/early 80s The Police managed to straddle the non-conventional Punk and New Wave audience with the more mainstream Pop Music audience to become
Coffee works too: – 10cc – In Concert Series – Live in London – August 21, 1974 – BBC Radio 1 – Depending on how you looked at it, 10cc were one of the most successful Pop/Rock/Art-Rock/Soft Rock bands of the 70s. And it was just that confusion that pretty
Coffee works wonders too: Slade – Live at Reading Festival 1980 – BBC Radio 1 Had it not been for the phone call asking if they would be last minute replacements for an ailing Ozzie Osborne, Slade may very well have packed it in by the end of 1980. One
We could use a little love: Become a Patron! – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – live at Oxford Poly – BBC Goes To College series – 1980 – BBC Radio 1/6music – Some Heartland Rock this morning, via one of its most popular practitioners, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
– Eurythmics live in Berlin – June 7, 1987 – RBB Berlin – Certainly, of all the bands qualifying as the one it wouldn’t have been the 80s without, Eurythmics has to go high on that list. Darlings of MTV at a time when MTV was getting started, massively popular
– Chic with Nile Rodgers – Glastonbury 2013 – BBC 6 Music – June 28, 2013 – It’s hard to say who was more blown away by this concert – the band or the audience. Clearly it was a love-fest and an energy feed, with the venerable and legendary Nile
