"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Jack Benny Christmas – December 20, 1953 – CBS Radio – It wouldn’t be Christmas without at least one appearance from the legendary Jack Benny. Most people know Benny via his TV series that ran from the 1950’s well…
Temples: Live at Best Kept Secret Festival 2013 – Rapidly becoming no best kept secret at all, the Best Kept Secret festival has been attracting a lot of attention and promised to be yet another in the seemingly endless parade…
– Aztec Camera Glasgow Barrowlands 25th August 1984 – Since we’re heading in the direction of weekend, I thought I would take a side-trip to the 80s tonight with a mini-concert by Aztec Camera. Always a favorite. Founded by Roddy…
A Night At The Ash Grove with Les Claypool – KRHM-FM – October 24, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Anybody living in Los Angeles from the 1950s through the 1970s will instantly recognize The Ash Grove. It was one…
– Sen. Ernest Lundeen Discusses Future of Television and The FCC – April 6, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When Television was in the experimental stage – when it was just at the dawn of being realized as…
– NBC The Magic Key – Ignace Jan Paderewski in Recital- February 26, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A few years ago I ran the earlier (1938) concert with the legendary Pianist/composer/statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski. It originated in Switzerland…
– Sonny Rollins Trio – In Session for Swiss Radio, Zurich – March 5, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The legendary Sonny Rollins this weekend, recorded in session for Swiss Radio on March 5, 1959. Joining Sonny (as in…
– Hubeau – Violin Sonata – Another rarity this weekend – and another broadcast recital from French Radio in the 1950’s. This one features rising-young-star Renèe France Froment on violin with legendary pianist-pedagogue Louise Clavius-Marius on Piano in a performance…
– CBS Radio – Invitation To Music – Igor Stravinsky Conducts the CBS Symphony and Choir – Dec. 16, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something slightly out of the ordinary this weekend.Igor Stravinsky appeared frequently on the CBS…
– Johnny Guitar Watson – In Session at NDR – 1977 – It occurred to me I haven’t been giving much space over to the cause of Funk lately – no good reason. Getting overloaded with festivals and gearing up…