"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Dr. John Live at Mardi Gras 1975 – including a Barq’s Rootbeer Commercial – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dr. John – the inimitable Mac Rebennack, the very heart and soul of New Orleans, is gone. This has turned into…
The (English) Beat – In Session for John Peel – November 5, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – The sad news continues this week with word that Ranking Roger, singer for The Beat (or English Beat outside the UK) and…
Scott Walker – In Conversation with Jarvis Cocker – BBC 6 Music – July 23, 2017 – BBC Radio 6 – With the news of the passing of Scott Walker, a significant contributor to the experimental and forever reaching nature…
Talk Talk In concert – Hammersmith Odeon, London – May 8, 1986 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Talk Talk in concert tonight. With the sad news today of the passing of Mark Hollis founding member, lead…
Randy Weston Sextet – Live at Maison de la Radio – February 4, 1976 – Radio France Musique – With the sad news that Randy Weston passed away yesterday at age 92, the Jazz world lost one of its most…
Frightened Rabbit – live at Glastonbury 2016 – Recorded by BBC 6 Music – June 24, 2016 – BBC 6 It is one of the saddest things in the world to report on the loss of an artist, cut down…
Jacques Higelin – in concert from Antibes – 1980 – Radio France International – In a year already overloaded with passings, news that the death earlier today of French legend – poet, singer-songwriter, actor, activist Jacques Higelin, offered one more…
February 13, 2002 – CBS World News Roundup, Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 13, 2002 – Lots of news this day. Starting with the International Skating Union calling a conference in Salt Lake City to announce…
Click on the link at the Past Daily website and listen to the original concert from July 16, 1981.
The Fall – in session for John Peel – August 4, 2004 – BBC Radio 1 – More sad news this week. It was announced earlier today that The Fall’s founder/lead-singer/irascable icon Mark E. Smith passed away, after a long…