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Toy In Session – 2012 – Past Daily Soundbooth

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,…

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April 18, 2017

1950's, Cold War, Commentators, Communist China, Communists, Day in history, Foreign Policy, Harry S. Truman, History, Korea, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, War, Week In History, World News

April 8, 1951 – Power Struggle

April 8, 1951 – CBS Radio – Howard K. Smith News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 8, 1951 – 65 years ago we were knee-deep in a war in Korea and we were knee-deep in East-West…

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April 8, 2016

BBC, Festivals, Music Festival, Past Daily, Past Daily Soundbooth, Pop Music, Popular Culture, Radio, Uncategorized, World Stage

Foals – Live At BBC 6 Music Festival 2016 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Festival Edition

Foals – Live at The BBC 6 Music Festival, Bristol 2016 – February 14, 2016 – BBC 6 Music – Foals tonight – from the BBC 6 Music Festival in Bristol two weeks ago. Formed in Oxford in 2005, Foals…

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February 25, 2016

2000, New Artists, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Radio, Sweden, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, World Stage

SOAK – Live In Stockholm – Nights At The Roundtable: New Faces Edition

– SOAK – Live at Debaser Strand, Stockholm – October 7, 2015 – Sveriges Radio P3 – New faces tonight. SOAK, who is otherwise known as Bridie Monds-Watson, is an Irish singer-songwriter who, at 19 has issued her debut album…

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November 30, 2015

1940's, Adolf Hitler, Canada, Capitol Hill, Day in history, Foreign Policy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, History, Media Paid, Past Daily, Politics, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Vintage Recordings, Violence, War, Week In History, World News, World War 2

April 24, 1940- The Scandinavia Effect – Unprecedented Air Activity Over England – Harsh Criticisms.

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April 24, 2015

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Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra – Live In Zurich – 1959 – Past Daily Downbeat

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Duke Ellington – In Concert from Zurich – September 10, 1959 – DRS-Radio Zurich Over to Switzerland this week for a classic concert by Duke Ellington and…

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March 1, 2015

Day in history, Donation, Fundraiser, History, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Society, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings

Update 8 – Past Daily’s Emergency Fundraiser: ‘Splainin’ It All To You.

Valentines Day is over – Presidents Day is hours away and your contributions are trickling in. I’m heading into the Third Week of this Past Daily Emergency Fundraiser a little apprehensive. Sure, yesterday was a holiday for a lot of…

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February 15, 2015