"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Some recently rediscovered Americana tonight. American composers of the early-to-mid twentieth century, aside from the big names such as Aron Copland, have been largely forgotten over the years. Their style of composition has fallen out of favor in the academic…
Skip Weshner’s Accent On Sound – Live From The Renaissance Club – KRHM-FM -Dec. 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Always a reminder floating around of just how active L.A.’s club scene was in the 1950s. One example comes by…
It helps, a lot: Become a Patron! From NPR’s legendary and much lamented Jazz Alive! series comes this weekend’s Downbeat post. Recorded at the 3rd Annual Art Park Jazz Festival in Lewiston New York, between September 1-3, 1979 and featuring…
I originally ran this post a few years via my old website, but many readers weren’t happy with the sound quality available at the time. So, as promised, I am running it again with new and improved sound and a…
Over to The Cameo Room in New York City this week for a session with The Bobby Troup Trio with Julie London on vocals. Bobby Troup’s earliest musical success came in 1941 with the song “Daddy” written for a Mask…
As long as we’re in dire need of some distractions (or at least alternatives), here’s a trip back to Los Angeles on January 9, 1959, via KFWB and disc jockey Elliot Field. Not quite Top-40, KFWB’s slogan was “full color…
While we’re on the subject of The British Invasion this week . . . I have rarely run Beatles material on Past Daily. No good reason – other than, the subject is covered so thoroughly by so many other sites,…
Looking for samples of Iconic Americana this weekend, I ran across this concert by the legendary Little Feat, recorded by KMET-FM in Los Angeles on March 20, 1973. Having been a fan of this group since their early days, I…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11844″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 1, 1961 – Projection ’61 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Most News programs spend the first day of a new year looking back on the events of the previous one.…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11513″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 13, 1941 – News Of The World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] It was now a World War, this December 14th in 1941. America was busy gearing up for what…