Jefferson Airplane – Live at the Fillmore – Feb. 4, 1967 – KMPX-FM Jefferson Airplane tonight; a tribute and a reminder. This is getting to be too much. We’ve scarcely come to grips with the losses of several Rock icons the past few weeks, when the news of the death
Alois Reiser – 1936 Music Guild Awards – 2nd Prize – String Quartet op. 18 – Roth String Quartet – Jan. 1, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 1936 Music Guild Awards, as broadcast on January 1, 1937. This is the second of three programs where the winners
– Edward R. Murrow and The News with Larry Lasueur – July 31, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – News for this day, 65 years ago, was about the ongoing war in Korea and the delicate maneuvering taking place at the United Nations at their temporary headquarters at Lake
– Voices And Events- week ending July 17, 1949 – NBC Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for the week, ending on July 17 in 1949 had much to do with plane crashes and turmoil. A plane crash over Bombay India claimed the lives of a group
– John Frederick Peter – Quintet For Strings – Eastman Ensemble – Frederick Fennell, cond. – March 20, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Diving into early Americana this week – the music of German-American composer John Frederick Peter who settled in America in 1770 and are among the earliest
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Jake Isaac – In session for London Calling 2015 – May 16, 2015 – VPRO/3VOOR12-FM Continuing our survey of sessions from the recently ended London Calling Festival, a little over a week ago. Jake Isaac is another
One of the interesting things about listening to actual history, as opposed to the recreation of it, is how much gets glossed over in the reconstruction and re-telling. Music and Popular Culture is often relegated to those key moments or top-10 songs to get some idea of the feel for
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Left Banke (w/Michael Brown) Live at BB Kings – April 29, 2012 One of the frustrations about The Left Banke, was the nonexistence of any live performances of the band during their halcyon days. Back when bands
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC News – March 18, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Drawing comparisons to the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, news for this March 18th, 40 years ago was about widespread panic
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Supergrass – Live in Paris – 1997 – BBC 6 Music Sadly, Supergrass called it a day back in 2010. Certainly one of the more energetic bands to hit the stage in recent years, going from their
