"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC – The Nations Future: The Algerian Conflict – December 3, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the 60s got underway, a way of Independence movements swept throughout Africa. One…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Miriam Makeba – In Concert At The Hollywood Bowl – September 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the tributes continue to pour in and as reactions range from sorrow to…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Nelson Mandela Inaugural Address 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The sad news, reported just a short time ago, that former Prime Minister and voice of South Africa Nelson Mandela has…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Bloc Party in session for John Peel – November 30, 2004 – BBC Radio 1 In case the Mid-Week Concert is just a bit too relaxed for you tonight, here’s a…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Romain Guyot and Lidija Bizjak in recital – 2013 Festival de l’Orangerie de Sceaux – September 6, 2013 – Radio France Musique Over to the Festival de l’Orangerie de Sceaux in…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Sizarr – live in Paris – recorded Nov. 22, 2013 – RFI-Le Mouv` Over to Paris tonight for a set by German post-Punk/Electronica band Sizarr, who opened for Vampire Weekend on…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Cabaret Voltaire – In Session for John Peel – June 25, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 One of the more important, influential, yet largely overlooked groups of the early 1980s was…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Gruppo Sportivo – Live at In The Great Wide Open Festival 2013 – VPRO/3FM The Dutch Alternative/Indie/Absurd band Gruppo Sportivo have been around the better part of 35 years. Having some…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Pasquier Trio play Jean Cras: Trio for Strings – 1958 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Back over to Paris this week for a broadcast recital by the legendary…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Keely Smith in Concert at The Hollywood Bowl – June 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the sad news this weekend of the passing of Keely Smith, I remembered this…