"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Ash – live at Glastonbury – 1997 – BBC Radio 1 – Ash in concert to end out the working week, in concert at Glastonbury 1997 and faithfully preserved for posterity by BBC Radio 1 on June 29, 1997. Ash officially formed in 1992, reportedly having taken the name from...
May 25, 2001 – BBC World Service News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 25, 2001 – The collapse of a wedding hall during festivities in Jerusalem brought the instant assumption of a terrorist bombing. But after a few minutes, it was determined the Versailles Wedding Hall, hosting a...
Erasure – in session for Janice Long – BBC Radio 1 – Nov. 15, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – Legends of Synthpop Erasure for a Thursday night. Erasure formed in London in 1985 as part of the club scene. Their debut was single “Who Needs Love Like That“. With...
Zero 7 – In Session at BBC 6 Music – May 23, 2006 – BBC 6 Music – Zero 7 tonight featuring the sultry and hypnotic voice of Sia Furler, during her all-too brief stay with the band. Zero 7 are an English musical duo consisting of Henry Binns...
The Stranglers In Session for John Peel – September 13, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – The Stranglers in session to kick off he week. Their second session for John Peel, recorded on September 13, 1977. FYI: I ran the first session a couple years ago, so you might want...
Malaria! In session for John Peel – July 25, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 A breath of agitated air from Wester Berlin comes via Malaria! tonight. Malaria! was an experimental electronic band from West Berlin formed in 1981 by Gudrun Gut and Bettina Köster following the dissolution of Mania D with...
May 16, 2005 – BBC World Service – Newshour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 2005 – a day of contrasts. The violence over protests in Uzbekistan raged on, forcing thousands to flee the country. The unconfirmed death toll in Uzbekistan from a suspected crackdown by security forces...
The Desperate Bicycles – In Session for John Peel – recorded July 4, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – The Desperate Bicycles tonight. A good chance you may never actually have either heard them or heard about them. They weren’t together for very long. But . . . The Desperate...
Frightened Rabbit – live at Glastonbury 2016 – Recorded by BBC 6 Music – June 24, 2016 – BBC 6 It is one of the saddest things in the world to report on the loss of an artist, cut down in their prime. A life ahead of them; journeys left...
North Atlantic Oscillation – in session – BBC 6 Music March 23, 2011 – BBC 6 Music – Something Electonica and post-prog from Glasgow tonight by way of North Atlantic Oscilltion – in session at BBC 6 Music on March 23, 2011. The band currently consists of Sam Healy (lead...
