Click on the link here for Audio Player: Lalo – String Quartet op The music of (relatively) familiar 19th Century composer Edouard Lalo this weekend. But perhaps one of his lesser-known works. His String Quartet in E-Flat Major op. 19 as performed by the Quattrocchi Quartet in this broadcast studio recital
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Art Pepper – Live in Nice, France – 1980 Any one who is familiar with the story of Art Pepper knows what a brief and troubled career this brilliant musician had. Maybe not so much different than many others of his or subsequent
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Percy Mayfield – What A Fool I Was – 1950 The immortal Percy Mayfield tonight. Rightfully dubbed The Poet Of The Blues, Mayfield was not only a gifted and compelling singer, but he was also was one of the great Blues and
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Francoise Hardy – Chanson D’O – 1971 Perennial favorite Francoise Hardy tonight. Last time (back in June) I posted something from her 1971 album La Question, and tonight I’m posting another track from that album. Chanson D’O is hypnotic, ethereal and sensuous
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Suarez – Rio Parana – 2000 It occured to me that probably one of the most-posted bands on this and my other site was the Argentine experimental/alternative/Indie band Suarez, featuring the hypnotic voice of Rosario Blefari. During their short time together, Suarez
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Danse society – Peel Session – 1981 Diving into some Post-Punk tonight by way of The Danse Society, recorded for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 on November 21, 1981. After Punk came a catch-all sub-genre known as Post-Punk. More experimental
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jacqueline Taieb – 7 Heures du Matin – 1967 Another sampling of some classic French “Yè-Yè” of the 60’s. This time from one of the lesser luminaries, Jaqueline Taieb, a French singer born in Tunis who had a string of hit singles
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The mickey finn – garden of my mind Had it not been for the inclusion of a very young Jimmy Page (who left, incidentally before tonight’s single came out), The Mickey Finn may have languished in obscurity for a very long time.
A little goes a really long way:Become a Patron! Something special tonight – one of the many radio programs Bob Dylan performed on early in his career. In the 1950’s and early 1960’s, when FM radio was almost the sole domain of the “audiophile” and the independent station, many programs
Click on the link here for Audio Player: THE SPECIALS – BBC Peel Sessions Diving into the 70’s this Friday night with The Specials. A session recorded at the BBC for the John Peel Program, most of it from May 23, 1979. Here’s what’s on the player: The Specials John
