"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Taking a break this week from our perusal of French Radio transcriptions for another dose of Americana, this time by way of Roy Harris, a composer whose work and recognition have been pretty much limited down to one symphony of…
A buck here, a buck there – it adds up: Become a Patron! Keeping the Americana theme going tonight with a portion of a concert given in Amsterdam by the sadly neglected, maligned and overlooked Moby Grape. Recorded by VPRO…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: LeonRussell1971-02-05CastleGroeneveldBaarnHolland Some enduring Americana tonight by way of Leon Russell (and The Shelter People), recorded on February 5, 1971 by VPRO in Holland. This was around the time (1970) Leon Russell exploded…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for February 15, 1971 – Laos Invasion Not bad enough public opinion railed against U.S. involvement in Cambodia in 1970, in 1971 the war now extended to Laos with U.S. and…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1 – Frankfurt Radio Symphony – Part 1. Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2 – Frankfurt Radio Symphony – Part 2 Over to Paris this…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for February 13, 1951 Despite General MacArthur‘s spin that “we are continuing a war of maneuver”, a new phrase had entered into the Korean War Slang dictionary; “Buggin’ out”. On this…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Strypes – Live At BBC Maida Vale – Feb. 10, 2013 I found this hard to believe at first. The Strypes are an Irish four-piece, firmly in the retro-Hard Rock/Blues mold.…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: LBJ – State of The Union – 1965 This is the second State of The Union Address by President Lyndon Johnson, delivered on January 4, 1965. His address for 1964 laid the…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jim Noir – Marc Riley Session BBC 25-11-10) Haven’t heard much from the multi-talented Jim Noir lately. With such a prolific output as he’s had since 2005, you more or less plan…
Editors Note: This post was originally published on February 2013, but owing to requests and inquiries about Jacco Gardner, I thought I would run this concert to give you some idea of what you’ve been missing, these past seven years.…