"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
High Fidelity – in session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – May 5, 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – High Fidelity to end the week. Formed by ex-Soup Dragons Sean Dickson, High Fidelity was around for only a short time (1995-2001), With two albums and a half-dozen singles...
The Earlies – In session at The BBC – Dec. 21, 2009 – BBC 6 Music – The Earlies, getting us reasonably into the holiday season. Yes, believe it or not, there are 4 shopping days until Christmas, and despite an avalanche of Christmas Music coming out of every speaker,...
Adorable – live at Glastonbury 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – Adorable at Glastonbury in 1993 tonight. Cast in the Alternative/Shoegaze vein, Adorable had a reasonably short life-span. Only together from 1990-1994 before splitting up on stage in Brussels in 1994. Adorable began life as The Candy Thieves, but decided...
MJQ With Paul Desmond – Christmas Concert at Town Hall, New York City – December 25, 1971 – Modern Jazz Quartet with Paul Desmond from Christmas Day 1971. I ran this one a few years ago, it’s one of my favorites and considering the year it’s been, more appropriate then...
A Christmas Sing With Bing – December 24, 1956 – CBS Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Bing Crosby and Christmas – for decades it was an institution. You couldn’t have one without the other. And every year, from 1955 up to the 1970s (and beyond, via repeats)...
Natalie Cole – in concert from Stuttgart 2000 – SWF Radio – Natalie Cole (1950-2015). The sad news today on the passing of the legendary Artist Natalie Cole, who died on New Years Eve at the age of 65, from congestive heart failure. Cole, daughter of Nat King Cole, who...
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