"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Staying with the 90s again this week and one of the less-celebrated bands of the Brit-Pop Invasion, Elastica. In mid-1992, ex-Suede band members Justine Frischmann and Justin Welch decided to form a group. By the autumn of that year, bassist…
The Bluetones – in concert at Newcastle Mayfair – May 10,1998 – BBC Radio In Concert series – 90s favorites The Bluetones tonight. A band which remained somewhat unnoticed in the States, despite one U.S. tour early on in their…
The Kinks in 1965, were one of the truly influential and pivotal bands in what became known as The British Invasion which began in earnest in 1964. They were a cut above many of the bands hitting the charts at…
Sleeper – live at Glastonbury 1995 – recorded June 23, 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sleeper this week. Recorded live at Glastonbury, on June 23rd 1995 by the ever present BBC Radio 1 an…
Blur – In session for Mark Goodier – 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – Blur to end the week on a high note. In session for Mark Goodier at BBC Radio 1 in 1992. Blur formed in London in 1988,…
The Divine Comedy – Live at Summer Sundae 2007 – Recorded August 10, 2007 – BBC Radio – The Divine Comedy in concert this week. Recorded by The BBC on August 10, 2007 at the Summer Sundae Festival in Leicester…
We could use a little love . . or even a little like: Become a Patron! Diving in the 80’s this weekend with none other than Depeche Mode, recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon by the BBC on October 6,…
Prior to the emergence of The Beatles, British Pop Music didn’t get nearly the attention it got after The Beatles arrived. Programs like Top Of The Pops, which began just as the British Invasion was getting started, fulfilled the nearly…
Heading in the direction of the weekend with a 1965 session from The Kinks. Another band that shaped the future of Rock in the 1960s with some of the most memorable and influential songs of the British Invasion period (and…
One of the things that’s often overlooked, when it comes to the History of Rock n’ Roll is how some musical genres, though highly influential, didn’t transform the landscape instantly. And that very often the ripple effect didn’t take place…