"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Membership has percs: Become a Patron! – April 18, 1956 – News Of The Day – Various newscasts – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 18, 1956. If you were around on this day you would be…
Subscribing works wonders: Become a Patron! Another historic performance this weekend – André Cluytens leads the Orchestre National de Radio France in a performance of Liszt’s Orpheus from a radio studio recording on September 28, 1953. Having made his debut…
– Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Live At Rock en Seine – August 25, 2012 – Radio France – Le Mouv’- Having been a fan of Oasis since Definitely Maybe, and a little puzzled by the whole Noel/Liam fracas,…
It adds up, so subscribe: Become a Patron! – Radio Paris Shortwave – Radio Moscow Shortwave – News – March 20, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As tensions increased throughout Europe, this first day of Spring in 1939,…
Become a Patron! Sarah Vaughan – Live at Antibes Jazz Festival, July 29, 1963 – Radio France – Sarah Vaughan this weekend. Sassy, The Divine One and possessor of one of the greatest singing voices in Jazz, in concert at…
You can do a lot with coffee: Schmitt: La Tragèdie de Salomè – Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Andrè Cluytens, cond. 1950 Besancon Festival – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The music of Florent Schmitt this weekend. A popular figure during…
We could use your support – Become a Patron! – Alexander von Zemlinsky – La Petit Sirène (The Little Mermaid) – Irène Jacob, narrator – Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – Andrey Boreyko, Conductor – live in concert – February…
– News Of The World – December 8, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This December 8 in 1947 saw the country battling Politics and Inflation, the Cold War unfolding and American cities squabbling for bragging rights. Politics and…
– Martinu: Piano Concerto Nr. 1 – Lucette Descaves, piano – French National Orchestra – Ernest Bour, cond. Radio Paris transmission – circa 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- I’ve been hesitating to post this for some time because the…
– November 30, 1939 – Victor Lusinchi Reports From France – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 30, 1939 – with the War in Europe now three months old, the anticipation of a long, drawn out series of battles and…