"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Shostakovich – The New Babylon – Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – Frank Strobel, cond. – October 9, 2010 – Radio France Musique – Shostakovich – the score to the 1929 film The New Babylon. Something a little different…
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…
David Bowie – live at The BBC Theatre, London – June 27, 2000 – BBC Radio 1 – David Bowie – who would be 75 today, and who we thought would be with us forever now is the subject of…
– Faces-live-at-the-paris-theater-1971 – Familiar territory tonight. The inimitable Rod Stewart and Faces, recorded in concert for the BBC at The Paris Theater in London in 1971. Faces formed in 1969 by members of Small Faces after lead singer/guitarist Steve Marriott…
– Poco – Live at The Amsterdam Concertgebouw – Feb. 13, 1972 – VPRO, Netherlands – Poco, in a 1972 concert recorded by the Dutch radio network VPRO. Arguably, the band probably most responsible for the popularity of the West-Coast/Country-Rock/Folk/Hard…
(Editors Note: Hearing the very sad news of the passing of Mike Nesmith earlier today, it only seems fitting to re-run this concert I had originally posted in 2013 as a tribute. Heavy hearts and speechless words.) Much as most…
– Poliça – Live at Debaser Hornstusstrand, Stockholm – January 22, 2014 – Sveriges Radio SR3 – Recorded at Debaser Hornstusstrand in Stockholm, Minnesota Experimental/synth-pop/dream-pop/Alternative band Polica delivered a wonderful and wonderfully well received set to a sold-out audience. As…
– Pulp – Live At Glastonbury 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – No week of 90s music can ever be complete, or even get started, without a set by the beloved and highly influential band Pulp. Fronted by the theatrical…
– Charles Mingus Quintet – In Concert from Liederhalle, Stuttgart Germany – April 28, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A classic concert this weekend from one of the undisputed giants of Jazz, Charles Mingus – along with a…
Ending up a hectic and strange week with a session from The Verve, recorded for John Peel at The BBC on February 13, 1992. Fronted by the charismatic Richard Ashcroft, The Verve had been around for a while before…