"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Modern Jazz Quartet – live at Newport Jazz Festival, Oslo – October 21, 1970 – NRK Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) this week. An extraordinary group, who not only typified Cool Jazz but became…
The Drones – In session for John Peel – Dec. 13, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – Continuing our exploration of Punk on its 40th anniversary since inception. Tonight it’s The Drones, a band long considered to be at Ground…
X-Ray Spex – In Session for John Peel – February 20, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – Continuing our 40th anniversary observance of the birth of Punk, a session tonight from X-Ray Spex and the inimitable Poly Styrene. Their first…
The Boys – In session for John Peel – August 3, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – As you all know, 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the dawn of Punk – yes, 40 YEARS AGO! Hard to imagine, but…
Jean-Phillipe Collard – In Recital at France Musique Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris – March 12, 2016 – Radio France Musique – If there was a concert which would constitute as therapeutic, cathartic, energizing, uplifting and the equivalent…
China Crisis – in session for John Peel – May 16, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Not that we’re staying in the 80s this week, but I ran across this John Peel session from China Crisis and was reminded…
A Flock Of Seagulls – Live at The Paris Theatre, London – 1982 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – A Flock of Seagulls tonight. One of those bands synonymous with the 80s and MTV – a band tailor-made…
Maurice Emmanuel – Sonatine Number 3 – Yvonne Lefébure, piano – Centenary Concert 1962 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Emmanuel this weekend, as played by the legendary French pianist Yvonne Lefébure, who…
Bob Dylan – Newport Folk Festival – July 25, 1965 – Pete Tesoro Collection – (Starting this week, we’re adding occasional guest editors who have spoken about favorite concerts and were asked to write about them – This week it’s…
Chvrches – Live At SOS 4.8 Festival, Murcia Spain – May 6, 2016 – RNE Radio 3 – Chvrches in concert at the SOS 4.8 Festival in Murcia Spain last week. Hard to imagine festival season is already kicking into…