"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Vivian Stanshall’s Big Grunt – In Session for John Peel – March 16, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – How do you explain The Bonzo Dog Band to people who have never heard of The Bonzo Dog Band? More…
– Darryl Way’s Wolf – In Concert At The Paris Theatre, London – 1973 – BBC Radio 1 – Some of the lesser luminaries of Prog-Rock tonight, by way of Darryl Way’s Wolf. After leaving late 60’s/early 70s Folk/Prog/Psych band…
Beach House in concert at Paleo Festival 2013 – Nyon, Switzerland – July 24, 2013 – RSR Heading over to The Paleo Festival 2013 tonight for a set by Baltimore Dream Pop/Space Merchants Beach House (actually, one half of the…
UB40 – in session for John Peel – January 9, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Editorial Note: With the sad news earlier today of the passing of Terence “Astro” Wilson, vocalist and founding member of UB 40, it was…
– Catherine Wheel – In Session for John Peel – July 12, 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – Another session tonight from one of my favorite bands of the 90s – Catherine Wheel, this time from 1995 for the inimitable…
– John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, featuring Eric Clapton – live on The Saturday Club – April 26, 1965 – BBC Radio 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not thought of, for the most part, as one of the British Invasion…
– Stone Temple Pilots – Live At Reading Festival 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – A dose of early 90s West Coast by way of Stone Temple Pilots, during their formative years under the influence of Grunge. After forming in…
The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Pierre Monteux, guest Conductor – February 17, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary French Conductor Pierre Monteux rehearses the Boston Symphony in a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony Number 4 this week.…
Jimi Hendrix Experience – live at Studio 4 – Radiohuset, Stockholm – September 5, 1967 – Sveriges Radio Jimi Hendrix this weekend. Recorded live at Sveriges Radio in Stockholm on September 5, 1967. The thing that always amazes me about…
News for September 7, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though it hardly made the mainstream news, more than an afterthought and a footnote to a gossip broadcast, the world did in fact lose one of the truly…