"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Casella: Scarlatiana – Alexis “Sigi” Weissenber, piano – San Antonio Symphony – Max Reiter, cond. – March 26, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Piano legend Alexis Weissenberg, as he sounded when he had turned 20 and had…
Stunned incomprehensible silence. That was a reaction many people had when they first heard the news that John Lennon was dead, gunned down as he stepped out of a car, on his way home from a recording session. And as…
The Damned – In Concert at The Paris Theatre, May 19, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – The Damned in concert this weekend. Almost impossible to imagine, but it will be 40 years since this concert was…
Paul Weller – in concert at The BBC Theatre – May 14, 2015 – BBC Radio 2 – Paul Weller tonight. Ever since his days as one-third of the Jam and one half of Style Council, Paul Weller as a…
– Svendsen – Symphony No. 2 – Oslo Philharmonic -Odd Grüne-Hegge – Norwegian Radio Session – 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I ran this piece several years ago, via my old site. It has since disappeared, but I…