Author: gordonskene

Pierre Jamet Quintet – Suzanne Demarquez – Interlude et Tarantelle – ORTF Studio Recording – 1952 The music of Suzanne Demarquez this weekend. Her Interlude et Tarantelle for Harp, flute and strings played by the Pierre Jamet Quintet, featuring Pierre Jamet, Harp. It was a studio broadcast recording made circa

– T-Bone Burnett & Friends live at McCabes – December 25, 1991 – National Public Radio – Okay. You probably had big plans this year. Family get-togethers, usually dreaded were looked forward to this year because you hadn’t seen anybody in almost two years and the tactile sensation of giving

Linit Bath Club Revue With Fred Allen – December 25, 1932 – CBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Christmas with Fred Allen. If you know, heard of or are a true-blue fan, you can skip the rest of this article and head straight to the show. Fred Allen, was

– The Blank Tapes – Hallelujah – Sweet On Top Christmas Sampler – From the album Highway 9 – 2014 Ending up the week of homegrown, local and festive, my friend Kristina Benson who runs Sweet On Top handed me this sampler of songs by local L.A. artists who just

KYA-San Francisco – Pete McNeal – December 23, 1969 – You used to really like Christmas. But the past few years it’s been the aluminum tree, the beat-up Christmas album your parents got at Sears and a Turkey so dry you could use it for firewood. Kind of half-hearted. The

– Mustangs Of The West – 2000 Miles – Blue Elan Records – Keeping the holiday spirit roaring along in the homegrown, local and festive vein, Mustangs Of The West with their new single, a cover of The Pretenders 1983 hit 2000 Miles just in time for Christmas. Three years