"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
BBC World Service – London Column – May 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the War in Europe ended, the horrors and atrocities of that war were coming to the surface in grim and graphic detail. Some…
Described in the European press as “one of Americas best kept secrets”, Smashing Orange were a band from Wilmington Delaware, who landed in the UK and became part of the wave of Shoegaze bands of the early 1990s. Sadly, the…
– Siouxsie And The Banshees – In Concert at Royal Albert Hall – 1988 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – A dose of Siouxsie and The Banshees, recorded in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1988. This…
– Traffic – in Session for John Peel – October 1, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – Traffic came along during a time when music was in full blown revolution. Those of us who remembered The Spencer Davis Group wondered…
– Newshour – January 13, 1998 – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 13, 1998 was a day mostly consumed with reports of on-again-off-again UN weapons inspections going on in Baghdad. Today it was off-again, owing…
Lora Logic – in session for John Peel – May 26, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Lora Logic tonight. A name synonymous with the Punk/New-Wave scene of the late 70s/early 80s. Her unique and distinctive sax playing, was prevalent…
– Pauline Murray – in session for John Peel – March 19, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Former lead singer for the Punk band Penetration, Pauline Murray launched a solo career when Penetration called it quits in 1979. This…
– Fun Boy Three – In Session for Kid Jensen – BBC Radio 1 – Jan. 16, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – Editors Note: In case you missed it, Terry Hall who was lead singer for The Specials, passed…
The Specials In Concert – 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Editors Note: I just heard the news about the passing of Terry Hall, who sang lead for The Specials in this…
The Style Council – in session at The BBC – May 5, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – The Style Council tonight. Their first session for the BBC (not John Peel, it appears). Fresh from the Mod trenches with The…