"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Pop Profile: Steve Marriott – BBC Transcription Service 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Anybody who was ever a fan of Small Faces and Humble Pie know the driving force behind both of those bands was Steve Marriott. One of Rock’s greatest singers and an enormously talented writer,...
– Tower Of Power – Live At Calderone Hall, Hempstead New York – April 11, 1975 – WLIR-FM – The legendary Tower Of Power this weekend. Recorded live at Calderone Hall by WLIR-FM in New York, Spring of 1975. With a string of hits to their credit, Tower Of Power...
Day #2 – It’s the weekend and time for time-off. Well, for you maybe. Not for me – that’s when Past Daily switches into Pop Culture mode, and this is one of the popular parts of the week for many people (me included). It’s a break from the reminders that...
– Yael Naîm – In Session for Arte, Paris – September 16, 2015 – Arte Web, France – To consider that Israeli-French singer/songwriter Yael Naïm suddenly soared to international fame, based on her 2008 single New Soul, as the result of being used in an Apple TV commercial, you begin...
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