"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Probably not as well known as her label mates Etta James or Fontella Bass, Sugar Pie DeSanto was part of that galaxy of divas who put Chicago blues label Chess/Checker on the map. She recorded a considerable number of material…
Izia – In Session for Let’s Go Live (Partons en Live) RFI, Paris – June 12, 2015 – Radio France International – < If you've caught any of Izia's live performances the past couple of years, you’ll realize she more…
Connee Boswell – Booglie-Wooglie Piggy – unknown band – NBC Transcription – 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into the antiquities this weekend. Pulling up an unreleased aircheck recording of a song not recorded commercially by Connee Boswell.…
Andy Partridge talks about XTC, during a publicity session at Geffen Records on June 8, 1992. Partridge was in town (Los Angeles) to help promote Nonsuch, which would be their last album for Virgin Records (and subsequently for Geffen, their…
Arthur Lee & Love – Northampton Center For The Arts – April 10, 1993 – Band Soundboard – The inimitable Arthur Lee & Love this weekend. Recorded in concert at the Northampton Massachusetts Center for The Arts on April 10,…
– Devendra Banhart – live At Summer Sundae 2005 – BBC6 Music – Devendra Banhart tonight. The practitioner of Freak-Folk, Lo-Fi, Latin and by critical acclaim, the face of New Weird America, Devendra Banhart has been splitting his time between…
– Studs Terkel Interviews Tom Wolfe – May 5, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Among the great writers and essayists of the second half of the 20th Century, Tom Wolfe certainly stands out as one of the…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Lonelady – In Session For London Calling 2015 – May 17, 2015 – VPRO-3VOOR12 This showed up literally a few hours ago. The amazing Netherlands Network VPRO, via…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC King – Live at The Dallas Pop Festival – September 1, 1969 – Soundboard The saddest of news tonight – the passing of Blues giant/legend/Icon BB…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Kris Dane – live at [PIAS] Nites – April 28, 2015 – PIAS It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of talent there is, seemingly everywhere…