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Mario Cobo – live at Conciertos de Radio 3, Madrid – April 18, 2018 – RNE Radio 3 – Continuing Rock Without Borders week with a slice of Rockabilly from Madrid. Recorded at RNE Radio 3 studios in Madrid for Conciertos de Radio 3 – April 18, 2018. Mario...
Carla Bley Big Band – live from Paris – Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris – March 16, 1982 – Radio France – Carla Bley Big Band for this Christmas eve. Okay, maybe not full of Christmas music, but this concert is joyous as hell – and if it...
Healey Willan – Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano – Albert Pratz, vln – Leo Barkin, pno – CBC Studio recording, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Up to Canada again, this time for a performance of the Sonata for Violin and Piano by Anglo-Canadian composer Healey...
Trio Janitzio – 1. Nunca Jamas 2. Mi Ultimo Fracaso – Musart M-1222 (circa 1957) – Musart Records – When I resurrected the Nights At The Round Table feature on Past Daily, it gave me an opportunity to dig through the many thousands of 78 rpm records that I haven’t...
– Gothenburg Symphony – Gustavo Dudamel, Cond. – Leif Ove Andsnes, piano – January 13, 2011 – Part 1 – – Gothenburg Symphony – Gustavo Dudamel, Cond. – Leif Ove Andsnes, piano – January 13, 2011 – Part 2 – Continuing our series of re-posts from 2011 this week, with...
– Edward R. Murrow and the News with Don Hollenbeck – CBS Radio – July 16, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day, 64 years ago had much to do with shaky alliances being formed around the world. Starting with news that the U.S. and Spain were...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Pasajero – Live at RNE Radio 3, Madrid – March 15, 2015 – RNE Radio 3 About 2 years ago, I ran another session by the Spanish Indie/Alternative band Pasajero (Passenger). At that time, they had just...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Templeton – In Session at RNE Radio 3 – October 3, 2014 – Radio Nacional España Over to Madrid this week for a peek at what’s going on with Rock en Español of late. Templeton, a 7-piece currently based in Madrid,...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Deers – In Session for Capitan Demo-RNE Radio 3, Madrid – June 30, 2014 I’ve been getting a lot of buzz about Deers of late. My colleague in the UK Mig Schillace told me about their recent gig at the Isle...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Natali Castillo – In Session at Los Conciertos de Radio 3 – June 18, 2014 – RNE Radio 3 Over to Madrid tonight for a radio session by the amazingly talented 20 year-old singer/songwriter Natali Castillo, recorded at RNE Radio 3‘s...
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