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Basement 5 – in session for John Peel – recorded April 21, 1980 – broadcast April 28, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Ending up the week with Basement 5, another short-lived but highly influential band from the late 1970s/early 1980’s. Basement 5 were one of the first, if...
Tindersticks – in session – BBC 6 Music – Apri 23, 2008 – BBC 6 Music – Tindersticks in session. Recorded on April 23, 2008. Formed in 1991, and briefly disbanding in 2005 with the departure of founding member and lead singer Stuart Staples. They got back together in...
Erlend Øye and The Full Effect – BBC Radio 6 session – January 29, 2003 – BBC 6 Music – Jumping into some Norwegian Synthpop/electronica/Alternative Dance this evening with a BBC 6 Music session from Erlend Øye and The Full Effect, recorded on January 29, 2003. From Bergen Norway, Øye...
Thelonious Monk Quartet – Live from Bern, Switzerland – May 10, 1961 – RTF (Swiss Radio) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Thelonious Monk Quartet this weekend – featuring Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, John Ore on Bass and Frankie Dunlop on drums. Recorded in Bern, Switzerland on May 10,...
The Tragically Hip – in Concert – K-Rock Centre, Kingston Ontario – August 20, 2016 – CBC Radio 1 – When news broke this morning that lead singer and founding member Gord Downie of the much-loved Canadian Alternative band The Tragically Hip, had succumbed to his long battle with brain...
Echo & The Bunnymen – Live from Liverpool Empire – January 11, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert – Echo & The Bunnymen in concert tonight. Recorded live at the Liverpool Empire in 1988 by BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series. As a band who started...
Wire – in Session for Marc Riley – November 21, 2011 – BBC 6 Music – Wire to end the week. I call Wire Musical Comfort Food – they are an emotional go-to band. Listening to them has always been a battery charge – a sign that everything’s okay. Life...
The Futureheads – in session for Steve Lamacq – March 7, 2003 – BBC 6 Music – The Futureheads tonight. One of the more turbo-charged bands of the Post-Punk Revival era, The Futureheads got started in 2000 and went on a solid non-stop run for 13 years before heading into...
The Bees – in concert from Rotherham 2002 – BBC 6 Music – The Bees in concert tonight. Together since 2001, The Bees first came to everyone’s attention via their debut album, Sunshine Hit Me, which was no only critically acclaimed but also landed the band a Mercury Prize nomination....
Toy In session – April 10, 2012 – BBC 6 Music – A session from Toy tonight. Five years ago I ran one of their first sessions after the release of their debut album. Press was high on the album, the audience was clamoring and they were proclaimed the Band...
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