"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Harold Bauer – in recital from The Magic Key Program – May 24, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Going into the early 20th century this week for a rare broadcast recital by the legendary late 19th/early 20th century pianist Harold...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Jim Hall and Bob Brookmeyer – live at North Sea Jazz Festival – 1979 – AVRO-Hilvserum Another tribute – one of too many this year. Legendary Jazz guitarist Jim Hall passed away earlier this week, leaving yet another empty space that...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Intimate Stranger – in session at Rockaxis – November 9, 2013 One of my favorite bands of the past several years tonight, finally in a live session. Intimate Stranger are, if you don’t know by now, a Chilean/Croatian Alternative band who...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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