Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History And Music

Monday lunch with The Human League – recorded in Torino on March 16, 1982 by RAI in Rome.

The Human League were one of the bands responsible for what became largely known as Synthpop, as well as an indelible part of the 80s, not to mention wall-to-wall favorites of early MTV.

At a time when Punk was being shaken loose from its stranglehold on Pop m...

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Mischa Levitski – one of the bright lights in a field of bright lights during the 1930s.

Ornette Coleman – gave the world Free Jazz and never looked back.

Diving into Sunday with a set by the legendary Ornette Coleman, recorded at Free Trade Hall in Manchester on May 14, 1966 by BBC Radio.

Ornette Coleman is best known as a principal founder of the 

Kids in 1950 – Hormones, pressure, minefields and treasure troves of do’s and don’ts.

Being a kid – worse, being an adolescent. Didn’t’ matter if it was the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s or last year. The perennial jumble of feelings, impulses and social pressure is just part of growing up – the uncomfortable part.

Although a far cry from being young in t...