"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
KBLA – Harvey Miller – December 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s December 1966. You have a band; The Bow-Tiks. You’ve been practicing ever since you got your bass last Christmas. There’s six of you. You have three Rhythm Guitarists and nobody can quite sing. You’re all in...
Art Farmer Septet – Live at Yoshi’s Jazz House, Oakland, California – April 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Art Farmer this weekend; one of the legendary names I haven’t mentioned much in recent years, but always a welcome addition to the library whenever I run across a concert...
Chris Cornell – live at Personal Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina – December 8, 2007 – Argentina TV – Such strange days. Coming from seemingly nowhere and shocking as a lightning jolt, the news of the death of Chris Cornell Wednesday night in Detroit after what was to be his very...
Suarez – Saludos En La Nieve – from the album Horrible (1995) – FAN Discos (Argentina) – Suarez was one of the most interesting and engaging bands to come out of Buenos Aires in the 1990s. Pity they weren’t discovered this side of the border, and for the most part,...
May 25, 1986 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 25, 1986 – Thirty years to the day, America held hands with each other in the name of poverty and hunger and it became a huge media lovefest. Hands Across America was the brainchild of...
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berlin Staatskapelle – Sept. 4, 2015 – RBB Berlin – Daniel Barenboim this week. The iconic Pianist-Conductor, who has been a household name for decades leads the Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra in music of Arnold Schoenberg and Sir Edward Elgar. There are only two works in this...
Day 30 – only a few hours left. Only hours to go to make your contribution and change things around – I have to say it’s been a very disappointing last few days. I can’t stress to you how important and needed your contributions are in order to keep Past...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Jean-Philippe Collard and Michel Beroff In Recital – May 20, 2015 – Radio France Musique Over to Lyon, France this week for a concert given last week by celebrated Pianists Jean-Philippe Collard and Michel Beroff in a...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – La Ley – In Concert in Mexico City – July 17, 2014 – Terra Live Continuing our World Roundup of Rock Without Borders with two-time Latin Grammy Winners La Ley from Chile. Far from being obscure, La...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Intimate Stranger – live at Rockaxis, Chile – April 17, 2015 If you’ve been following the musical posts of Past Daily for any time now, you will quickly know that the Chilean/Croatian Indie/Psych/Alternative band Intimate Stranger have...
