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Mumford And Sons – Glastonbury 2013 – Nights At The Roundtable: Holiday Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Mumford and Sons at Glastonbury 2013 If someone had told me back in 2007, when I first ran across Mumford and Sons via their Myspace page, that they would be the closing…

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July 5, 2013

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How Americans Feel About Vietnam – July 2, 1965

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC News Special Report – Dialogue And Decision – July 2, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in 1965 was about the growing dissatisfaction with the War in Vietnam.…

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July 2, 2013

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The Vaccines Live At Glastonbury – 2013 – Nights At The Roundtable: Festival Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Vaccines Live At Glastonbury – Recorded June 28, 2013 For a band that’s been together a little over 3 years, The Vaccines are having an amazing track record of success. From…

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July 2, 2013

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Maia Hirasawa – Live At Musikplats, Stockholm – Nights At The Roundtable: Rock Without Borders Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Maia Hirasawa, Live at Musikplats, Stockholm – April 2013 Something a little unusual tonight. Maia Hirasawa is a Swedish singer-songwriter, who is very popular in Sweden, visited the U.S. once in 2009…

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July 1, 2013

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JFK In Frankfurt – June 25, 1963

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Pres. Kennedy Address to the Assembly Hall at Paulskirche, Frankfurt – June 25, 1963 Despite the news of this day today, news for this day in 1963 was upbeat and optimistic in…

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June 25, 2013

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A Word Or Two From John Entwistle Of The Who – 1977 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player: BBC London Report – Week of June 9, 1977 Despite views to the contrary, when a pivotal band loses one or more of their members, things just never feel the same. When…

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June 22, 2013
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Another Day – Another Hijacking Hostage Drama – June 17, 1985

Click on the link here for Audio Player: When hijacking passenger airliners began, somewhere in the early 60s, as the first crazed gunman wandered into a cockpit and screamed “Cuba, Cuba, Cuba!” while waving a pistol, little did…

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June 17, 2013

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Top-40 Radio – The Diamond Mine With Dave Diamond – KBLA – June 16, 1967 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hour 1: Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hour 3: On this night, June 16th 1967, forty-six years ago, Los Angeles was mourning the…

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June 17, 2013
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Bill Evans Trio – In Session At Jazz Set – 1972 – Past Daily Downbeat.

Editors note: This was originally posted in 2013, but since today (August 16th) is Bill Evans’ birthday, it only seems fitting to celebrate a remarkable talent and light. In an era that produced a phenomenal amount of truly revolutionary talent…

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June 16, 2013

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Ride In Session – 1994 – Nights At The Roundtabe

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Perennial favorites Ride tonight. One of the memorable bands of the 90s (for me anyway), they were at the forefront of the “wall of guitars” sound that started up in…

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June 14, 2013

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