– News from BBC World Service – Paris Radio English service – September 4, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With War in Europe officially declared, this day in September 1939, the first official casualties reported wound up being civilians, innocent bystanders, caught in the wrong place at the
– Jeff Buckley – Live At Glastonbury 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – Jeff Buckley in concert this morning. One of those brilliant lights that streaked across the horizon, but was extinguished all too soon. Buckley had the gift – he had the voice and he had the presence. The
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There is something vaguely hallucinogenic about this band. Of Montreal have been around for a while. Actually from Athens Georgia, the band derives its name from a failed romantic encounter between front man Kevin Barnes and a woman “of Montreal“. The surreal title only adds to the loopy charm of
Further evidence Athens Georgia is still a hotbed of creative endeavour with a concert this week by Athens born-and-based Of Montreal as performed at last years Motel Mozaique festival in The Netherlands. Always inventive, Of Montreal have been a staple with indie audiences for a number of years now. Kevin
Ought – in concert at Gaite Lyrique, Paris – part of the Arte Channel Festival series – April 14, 2016. Ought are an Alternative band from Montreal, only together since 2012. Releasing their first ep later that same year, the band have been getting positive press and audience reaction ever
Michel Perrault – Sextet for Harp, Clarinet and String Quartet – The Montreal String Quartet – CBC Radio – 1956 Michel Perrault this weekend. The extraordinary (and still very much with us) Canadian Composer Michel Perrault and his Sextet for Harp, Clarinet and Strings – composed in 1955 and given
Sir Ernest MacMillan Conducts Music Of Francois Morel – Esquisse Op. 1 – CBC Radio Session – 1956 – CBC Transcription Service – The music of Canadian Composer Francois Morel, played by the Toronto Symphony, conducted by Sir Ernest MacMillan in this 1956 CBC Studio recording. This week it’s Morel’s
– Claude Champagne – String Quartet Number 1 – The Montreal String Quartet – CBC Transcription Service – circa 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to Canada this week for a performance of the 1st String Quartet by Montreal-born Composer/violinist/pianist/professor Claude Champagne. Recorded circa 1955 by the Montreal
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Pierre Mercure – Divertissement for String Quartet And String Orchestra – McGill University Chamber Orchestra/CBC String Orchestra – Alexander Brott – 1957 – CBC Transcription Service Back up to Canada this week for a performance by
