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Swervedriver – in concert at Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia -February 28, 1998 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Swervedriver to start the week. One of those bands that have gone through a veritable revolving door of personnel changes but have fortunately remained together (reforming after breaking up at the...
1968 Holland Festival – Rotterdam Philharmonic -Amsterdam Concertgebouw – Radio Nederland – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It helps, it really does: Become a Patron! Music from the 1968 Holland Festival this weekend. Two mid-twentieth century works. Starting with Sinfonia Brevis by Tadeusz Baird and concluding with Contrasts for piano...
MJQ (Modern Jazz Quartet) – live in Paris – Recorded at Maison de la Radio – Studio 105 – October 3, 1966 – Radio France – When in doubt, reach for MJQ. Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast and all. Been a hellacious few weeks – a lot...
Little Richard (and The Upsetters) in concert – circa 1965 – Bellaphon Records, Germany – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This has been a terrible day for Music – beyond it being a terrible year, with an obscene amount of loss to deal with – having icons leave is almost...
Blur – In Concert At Glastonbury – June 26, 1994 – BBC Radio 1 – Become a Patron! Blur at Glastonbury 1994 to kick off the weekend. A landmark concert from a watershed year for the festival. Considered one of their best concert appearances, Blur were riding the crest of...
Kraftwerk – live from Croydon – September 21, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Kraftwerk tonight, in tribute to the passing of founder and guiding light Florian Schneider who left us earlier this week at age 75 from a short battle with cancer. Kraftwerk were, admittedly, something of an...
Tangerine Dream – Live at Royal Albert Hall – 1975 – Introduced by John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – We’re here because you’re here: Become a Patron! Tangerine Dream in concert tonight. One of the pioneering bands of the German prog-Rock/Electonica genre – they were, along with Can and...
History you can use – support we can use: Become a Patron! May 5, 1945 – with the final collapse and capitulation of Germany only days away, and a much anticipated VE Day, reports of mass surrenders and pockets of fighting continued. Reports Supreme Allied Headquarters of a steady demoralization...
Tony Allen – live at Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris – September 9, 2017 – Radio France Musique – A little support goes a really long way: Become a Patron! More sad news this week – word from Paris last Thursday that legendary drummer Tony Allen had passed away....
Matthew Sweet – in concert from Petrillo Bandshell – Grant Park, Chicago – July 4, 1993. Become a Patron! Matthew Sweet in concert this weekend. Recorded in Chicago at fabled Grant Park on July 4, 1993. After spending the ’80s as a jangle pop guitarist with Oh-OK and Lloyd Cole,...
