Click on the link here for Audio Player – Al Stewart – live at the Cambridge Folk Festival – 1989 – BBC 6 Music Most people think of Al Stewart and Year Of The Cat comes to mind. That was his huge hit in 1976. But what a lot of
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Johnson – State of the Union Address – January 8, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day fifty years ago, President Johnson declared War on Poverty in his first State of The Union Address – January 8, 1964. Debated
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR – President Clinton Statement on passage of NAFTA – November 18, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Amid a storm of controversy, with sides divided on whether or not it is ultimately a good thing, January marks the 20th anniversary
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Ry Cooder – In Concert at the 1979 Cambridge Folk Festival – BBC 6 Music Changing it up just a bit tonight. In the odd event Leonard Bernstein rehearsing the Boston Symphony or Alicia De Larrocha playing Beethoven isn’t quite what
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Frank Zappa – In Concert at Buffalo New York – November 15, 1974 Today, it just so happens, would have been Frank Zappa’s seventy-third birthday. Born on December 21st in 1940, Frank Zappa became one of the true revolutionaries in
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Phil Ochs, in concert at the Burg Waldeck Festival, Dorweiler, Germany – June 12, 1968 – WDR Something special tonight. A concert by the legendary Phil Ochs, who would have turned the big seven-three on this day. One of the great
Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio: From The Capitol – Dr. Bernard Fall on Vietnam – Dec. 14, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As 1965 was drawing to a close it was becoming abundantly clear we were heading for the long-haul in Vietnam. Daily
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – 1968: Year of Revolution – December 14, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 1968 has often been regarded as the year almost everything in our society came crashing down. We lost leaders, we lost faith, we lost innocence,
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: Spectrum – December 16, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what was a landmark decision by the Virginia Supreme Court, the cause of equal rights for all won a victory in 1981. The question over whether or not
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News + Newsbreak – December 12, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. Embassy hostage crisis in Iran heading into its 6th week, no end was in sight and the road was getting
