"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Izia – FNAC Live – Hotel de Ville de Paris – July 18, 2015 – FNAC – A few years ago I ran a session via the Paris radio station Le Mouv of the then-new kid on the block, Izia Higelin who comes from a musical family; her dad...
– Pierre Wissmer – Le Bal chez Sylvie – Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Edmond Appia, cond – Swiss Radio – 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Going back to the Swiss Radio-Geneva sessions circa 1951 this weekend, with the legendary Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, led by...
– CBS Radio – George Fisher’s Hollywood – July-August, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – As a reminder that Hollywood has always been at least slightly skewed, here is a 1950s radio equivalent of TMZ, as presented by veteran Hollywood gossip columnist George Fisher – and a 10...
– Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Live at Kongresshaus, Zurich – October 9, 1959 – RTS-Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Classic Jazz this weekend, from the mind of the inimitable and beyond-category Duke Ellington, along with his Famous Orchestra, recorded for posterity by Swiss Radio on...
