"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
May 2, 2005 – BBC Radio 4 News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 2, 2005 – A day of hostage taking, insurgents attacking and terrorism in Iraq. As observed and reported by The BBC, the situation in Iraq was becoming entangled in violence and chaos with seemingly no...
The Good, The Bad And The Queen – live at BBC 6 Music Festival, Liverpool – March 30, 2019 – BBC 6 Music – The Good, The Bad And The Queen live at the BBC 6 Music Festival in Liverpool in March.A Standout performance at A standout festival. The Damon...
Boris Berezovsky, Piano – Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski, cond. – September 30, 2011 -RSR-Espace 2 – Over to Geneva this week for a concert by the celebrated Orchestre de la Suisse Romande lead by Marek Janowski and featuring Boris Berezovksy, piano in performances of works by Bartok...
May 1, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 1, 2001 – Four months into the Bush Administration, the familiar laundry list of issues to tackle; tax cuts and Defense spending. In a policy speech, he said he was going ahead with...
GUAI – Nega Nego – live on Portuguese TV, Lisboa – August 2, 2017 – GUAI in performance on Portuguese TV tonight. Taking it down a few notches, because it is Jazz Day and because it just seemed like the right thing to do; offering some peace and calm in...
Fidel Castro – Newspaper Editors Association Convention – April 18, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fidel Castro visits the U.S. – in what would become one of his rare public exercises in speaking English, Fidel Castro delivered a two-hour address to the assembled Newspaper Editors in Washington D.C....
The Nightingales – in session for John Peel – Recorded June 30, 1982 – broadcast July 28 – BBC Radio 1 – The Nightingales in session to start the week. Recorded for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 on June 30, 1982 and broadcast on July 28th of that year....
April 29, 1975 – Fall of South Vietnam – Bulletins – interview With President Ford – News – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 29, 1975 – Vietnam – the end had been predicted for some time, ever since word of the withdrawal of U.S. troops, and...
Carroll Glenn, violin – National Association Of American Composers And Conductors Orchestra – Thomas Sherman, conductor – April 9, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to concerts this week. A broadcast from the annual gathering of the National Association of American Composers and Conductors, featuring a complete performance...
Fletcher Henderson – live at Casa Mañana – Culver City – September 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dipping into the archives this weekend for a club date from 1945 with the legendary Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra, recorded at Casa Mañana in Culver City, California in September of...
