"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
April 13, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 13, 1979 – Much news coming out of Africa on this day. Events leading up to the first bi-racial elections in Rhodesia (soon to become Zimbabwe) and the on-going civil war between rival factions and...
The Stars Of Heaven – In session for Dave Fanning – RTÈ Radio – 1988 – The band once described as “the Irish answer to The Byrds, Gram Parsons and The Velvet Underground all rolled into one”, The Stars Of Heaven were a highly regarded band, featured prominently on Ireland’s...
April 12, 1942 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 12, 1942 – Even for a Sunday, a war with no let-up. News from Libya of British advances and German retreats near the coastal town of Gazala. News of a breakdown in negotiations between...
April 12, 1945 – News reports – The Death of President Roosevelt – NBC and MBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! April 12, 1945 – A day that ended considerably different than how it began. In the late afternoon of April 12th, word flashed to every...
Back to the Louisiana in Bristol UK this week for another set from this amazing club that, in light of the current situation of lockdowns and social distancing has found ways to keep it going, and in doing so turning the rest of the world on to what they get...
Paul Hindemith: Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra – CBS Symphony, Thor Johnson – World Premier – May 15, 1949 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Something special this weekend. A world premier performance of the Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra by German 20th century music legend...
An Interview with Wanda Landowska – 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A rare 1953 interview this weekend with one of the pivotal figures in the rediscovery and cultural rescue mission of music from the time of Bach and before. Wanda Landowska, who lived from 1879 to 1959, embraced the...
Martial Solal Trio – Live at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris – March 12, 1968 – Radio France – The legendary French-Moroccan pianist Martial Solal and his trio (Gilbert Rovère, bass and Daniel Humair, drums), live from Studio 104 at the Maison de la Radio in Paris and...
The Turtles – BBC Saturday Club – June, 1967 – BBC Radio Light Programme A very short one tonight, a little over four minutes to be exact. But a rare one Anyone who spent any amount of time on the West Coast, most notably Southern California, in the 1960s will...
Gong – live at The Marquee Club – September 10, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gong this weekend. Perennial favorites, exquisitely whacked-out, endlessly creative and a band that hasn’t aged all that badly in the almost 50 years since this gig at the famed Marquee Club was recorded....
