"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Poco – Studio session in Paris – 1972 – RFI A taste of homegrown Americana tonight. Poco, part of the cornerstone and first wave of the West Coast Country-Rock genre of the late 1960s/early 1970s. One of those bands coming together...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Reports – The British Elections – February 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection There was a time, right after World War 2, and well into the 1960s, where America expressed great interest in the political fortunes of other countries, particularly...
Click on the link here for Audio Player- CBS World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00 CBS Radio News – February 6, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This February 6th in 1980 came with a veritable file cabinet stuffed with news. A busy day, to say the least. Starting...
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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