– Mehul – Symphony Number 2 – Ernest Bour Conducting the Strasbourg Municipal Orchestra – 1950 – Paris Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The Conductor Ernest Bour is a household name to enthusiasts of Contemporary Classical Music. His premieres of music by Ligeti and Stockhausen are milestones in music
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – WOR-Mutual Broadcast Day 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – May 7, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Depending on where you were and who you were listening to, the Surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies took
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Dedication of FDR Home At Hyde Park – April 12, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. April 12th 1946 marked one year since the sudden passing of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Since then a war was
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Finnish Foreign Minister Väinö Tanner – March 15, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Unless you were studying the history of World War 2 and the events leading up to it, you may have missed this war
. . . or click on the link here for audio Player – Naomi Punk – live at Route du Rock Hiver – Feb. 27, 2015 – RFI-Le Mouv’ It’s Festival season again – well, not Summer festival or even Spring Festival but Winter Festival season. Tonight it’s Olympia Washington’s
Editor’s Note: It was learned earlier today that co-founder Annie Ross has passed away, just four days shy of her 90th birthday – the last one has left the building for now – no doubt, an amazing jam session awaits. Here is a re-post from one of their memorable gigs
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Life And The World – December 19, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even during the holiday season, we were never too far away from thinking about oblivion in the 1950s – and sometimes the doses of
– United Nations Security Council Session – Dec. 2, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran and some 50 Embassy employees held hostage for some 28 days, it was time to get the UN involved in trying to offer some solution to an increasing
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Augustines – Live at Haldern Pop Festival 2014 – August 9, 2014 – WDR Rockpalast Brooklyn-based/now Seattle-based Augustines tonight, in concert at the Haldern Pop Festival in Germany this past August. It’s always interesting to hear how a band like Augustines
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Radio Berlin/Mutual Broadcasting – Adolf Hitler Addresses Reichstag + Raymond Gram Swing Commentary – October 6, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the outbreak of War in Europe a little over a month old, 75 years ago – all ears
