"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Erasure – in session for Janice Long – BBC Radio 1 – Nov. 15, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – Legends of Synthpop Erasure for a Thursday night. Erasure formed in London in 1985 as part of the club scene. Their debut was single “Who Needs Love Like That“. With...
Zero 7 – In Session at BBC 6 Music – May 23, 2006 – BBC 6 Music – Zero 7 tonight featuring the sultry and hypnotic voice of Sia Furler, during her all-too brief stay with the band. Zero 7 are an English musical duo consisting of Henry Binns...
Martial Solal Big Band – featuring Jacques DiDonatto, Clarinet – Live from Maison de la Radio, Paris – 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest you think Jazz is seldom seen and heard and has all but vanished from the musical landscape – not so in Europe, or throughout...
Adrienne Pauly – Four By Adrienne Pauly – 2006 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ending out the weekend with a few tunes from one of my favorite artists; Adrienne Pauly. Adrienne Pauly is an artist/singer/writer/actor who disappeared shortly after her debut album came out in 2006. There was a...
Bettie Serveert – live at Amsterdam Paradiso – April 4, 2011 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Bettie Serveert this weekend. With 10 albums to their credit and together since 1990, they are one of the more successful bands to come out of The Netherlands in recent years. Named after...
Pizzicato Five – In Concert At Roskilde Festival – June 26, 1998 – RTS Coleur 3 Rebroadcast – Pizzicato Five in concert at the 1998 Roskilde Festival. Since we take requests, and since you asked, here is a sample of a band who were huge throughout the world, yet didn’t...
March 26, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 26, 1942 – News from all the fighting fronts throughout the world this day. More calls for opening a second front – this time from Russia, as Soviet troops launched a counteroffensive, pushing German troops...
Mal Waldron – Jackie McLean duet – Recorded at Piazzo Dante, Verona Italy – June 25, 2001 – RAI-Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two legends of Free Jazz this weekend; pianist Mal Waldron and alto-player Jackie McLean in one of their many collaborations, recorded live at Piazzo Dante...
Aztec Camera – in session BBC Radio 1 -1983 – BBC Radio 1 – Making a brief stop in the 80s tonight with a session by Aztec Camera, a Scottish pop/new wave band formed by Roddy Frame, the group’s singer, songwriter, and only consistent member. Formed in 1980, they released...
Jules et Jim – Original Soundtrack – Philips ep 432.728 – 1962 – Diving back into vinyl this weekend for the original soundtrack recording to Francois Truffaut‘s landmark film Jules et Jim from 1962, composed by the veteran film composer Georges Delerue, who frequently collaborated with Truffaut throughout his career...
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