"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Belly – In Concert At Glastonbury June 23, 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – rebroadcast by BBC 6 Music – Belly, Live at Glastonbury, 1995. The 90s, I am coming to discover, was a very busy and productive decade,…
This is a repost from 2013, in case you missed it the first time: Unknown Mortal Orchestra have been a surprise hit at some of the recent Festivals in Europe this year (London Calling 2013), they were enthusiastically greeted at…
Aix-en-Provence Festival 1959 – The Belgian National Radio Orchestra, Igor Markevitch, Cond. – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic concert this week. From the 1959 Aix-en-Provence Festival, The Belgian National Radio Orchestra led by the legendary Igor Markevitch in music…
Another classic concert this week. From the 1960 Salzburg Festival, a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic, guest conducted by the legendary Opera conductor Joseph Keilberth and featuring the equally legendary French violinist Christian Ferras in music of Schubert, Berg and…
Lush – Live At Coachella – April 23, 2016 – One of the most anticipated reunions of the year, Lush finally made it to the West Coast and Coachella 2016. Despite an inordinate amount of hassles with work visas and…
Secret Machines – in concert at Glastonbury 2006 Festival – BBC 6 Music – Texas based-New York relocated Indie/Space-Rock band Secret Machines – in concert at the 2006 Glastonbury Festival, preserved for posterity by the venerable BBC 6 Music. Critically…
In the event you wanted to go to Jazz Fest in New Orleans, but couldn’t swing the airfare, had a domestic emergency or just spaced-out and forgot, here’s one you can’t forget. It was a good one. And Jazz Fest…
Pulp Live At Aston Villa Park – 1994 – BBC Radio In Concert – BBC Radio 1 – Perennial favorites Pulp to kick us over Hump-Day. In an extended excerpt of a concert from 1994 at Aston Villa Park for…
Lev Oborin, piano with The Czech Radio Symphony – Alois Klima, cond. – Prague Spring Festival 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lev Oborin, a highly respected and much admired Russian pianist of the Soviet era performs with the…
Cornelius in concert at Royal Festival Hall tonight. Staying off the beaten path and diving into (potentially) lesser-known territory (although fans would beg to differ, and rightly so). Cornelius, or Keigo Oyamada is a dyed-in-the-wool practitioner of Shabuya-kei, that genre…