"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
December 21,1947 – Story Behind The Headlines – Marshall Plan news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Secretary of State George Marshall put together a plan for the economic rehabilitation and the reconstruction of post-war Europe. Two years after the end of World War 2, Europe was still struggling under...
Anna Ternheim – live at The Cirkus, Stockholm – March 14, 2016 – Sveriges Radio P3 – Anna Ternheim tonight. Jumping into something a bit more contemporary than what I’ve been running these past few weeks. Anna Ternheim has been around for a while, since 2003. She has six albums...
KYA – Bobby Mitchell Show – 5-6:00 pm – December 15, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you were a teenager anywhere in America in the 1960s, radio was your confidant, confessor, best friend and go-to buddy; it was the one place you found solace when things got...
Stevie Parker – Better Off – Recorded live at Factory Studios, Bristol – Sept. 23, 2016 A new face on the horizon. Stevie Parker, who has been back-up singer for several artists since she was a teenager, is finally breaking out on her own. At 24, she is a seasoned...
IAMX – In Concert from The Casbah, San Diego California – October 7, 2016 IAMX tonight in concert, purportedly from The Casbah in San Diego this past October 7th. Last night I ran a session from the criminally neglected and overlooked Talk Talk, and periodically write about bands from earlier...
Toy – Clouds That Cover The Sun – from the lp, Clear Shot – Heavenly Recordings– released October 28, 2016 – Toy. A band I hadn’t heard from in a while and was actually thinking about them today before I heard they have a new album, their third, released today....
Hungarian State Symphony – Janos Ferencsik and Zoltan Kocsis – September 25, 1981 – Part 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Hungarian State Symphony – Janos Ferencsik and Zoltan Kocsis – September 25, 1981 – Part 2 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic concert this week. This time from...
Haley Bonar – in session for 3VOOR12-FM, Amsterdam -October 12, 2016 – VPRO-Radio Haley Bonar ending up the week with a session recorded just this past Wednesday by Amsterdam FM station 3VOOR12. Bonar is a familiar face and voice on this side of the Atlantic. The Canadian-born and currently living...
October 5, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 5, 1987 – Day 4 and the earth kept shaking around Southern California. In what became known as the Whittier Narrows Earthquake, scores of aftershocks kept nervous Angelenos running for doorways and staying out of...
For Audio Files: Guillaume Lekeu – Trio for Piano, Cello and Violin – French Radio session circa 1958 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Gullaume Lekeu tonight. One of the most promising of the late 19th century composers, whose life was cut short after contracting...
