Past Daily 2016 Spring Fundraiser – Communiqué Number 1 We’re gearing up for our annual months worth of pitching, pleading and asking. We only do it because, a couple times a year, we need to raise enough money to keep the website up and running and the archive continuing its
Race Relations Worldwide – Chicago University Roundtable – 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Race Relations. 1948 was an election year, and several pieces of civil rights legislation were introduced in Washington in an attempt to end racial discrimination in America. But how was it going in the rest
The Clash – live at The Lochem Festival, The Netherlands – May 20, 1982 – VPRO-3VOOR12 The Clash this weekend. Recorded live at the Lochem Festival in the Netherlands on May 20th, 1982 and preserved for posterity by the venerable Netherlands radio network VPRO and their flagship station 3VOOR12-FM.
Chip in if you like what we’re up to: Become a Patron! Queen – with the inimitable Freddie Mercury, in concert from the Hammersmith Odeon in London from 1975, and recorded for posterity by the ever-present BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert radio series. The year so far has
Billy Taylor Trio and Eddie Heywood Trio – Live from New York – May 7, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Billy Taylor and his Trio and Eddie Heywood and his trio, live from New York City and broadcast by NBC Radio on their All-Star Parade Of Bands series
– Imarhan – live at Trans Musicales, Rennes France – Dec. 5, 2015 – RFI-FIP – Imarhan, in concert from the Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes this past week. The heady wave of Desert Blues bands coming from Timbuktu, southern Algeria and widely regarded as Tiniarwen’s little brothers continues. Imarhan
– Meet The Press – Interview With Habib Bourguiba – May 19, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Many people, particularly those who aren’t aware of or remember the history or the extent of French influence in Africa and the Middle East, probably wonder why there is
– Blur – Live in Hong Kong – August 23, 2015 – Perennial favorites Blur this weekend. Live in Hong Kong and recorded on August 23rd this year. The audience is a little slow to react, but it’s a great concert anyway – and they can do no wrong (IMHO).
– Amadou et Mariam – live at Eurockénnes 2012 – December 8, 2012 – RFI-Inter – Amadou and Mariam, or “The Blind Couple From Mali” have been bringing the sound of Afro-Blues to audiences all over the world since 1974. Althought really getting started in 1985, Amadou Bagayoko had been
– Sigrid Schulz – Report from Berlin – Mutual Broadcasting – July 14, 1940 – Since America wasn’t technically at war with Germany in 1940 – American correspondents were free to give nightly reports from Berlin, reporting the goings on – amid careful and thorough censorship by the German government.
