"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Ibert: Pieces en Trio – Ensemble Class of The Paris Conservatory – Fernand Oubradous, cond. – 1955 – Paris Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Jacques Ibert tonight, as performed by the Ensemble Class of the…
April 6, 2001 – CBS News Update – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 6, 2001 – Unlike the smiling and somewhat relieved faces in the photo above, the fate of the Navy EP-3E Spy plane,…
March 1, 1950 – Edward R. Murrow and The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 1, 1950 – World Peace, the Atomic Bomb, the Soviet Union – the Cold War. These were the issues at hand, this first…
Multi-instrumentalist/purveyor of the Bedroom Production, Marc Riglesford , aka: Magic Arm – in session at BBC 6 Music in November of 2012. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete session.
Oskar Morawetz – Overture To A Fairy Tale – CBC Symphony – Geoffrey Waddington, cond. circa 1957 – CBC Transcription Service – Back up to Canada this week for a sampling of the music of Czech-Canadian Composer Oskar Morawetz. His…
June 27, 1977 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 27, 1977 – a day of contrasts throughout the world. Beginning with news of a tragic fire in a Columbia Tennessee jail which took the…
May 19, 1997 – BBC World Service: News Desk – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- May 19, 1997 – News of the World this day. Rebel troops, loyal to General Laurent Kabila, took over the Zaire capital of Kinshasa, amid pockets…
Hilary Hahn, violin – Swedish Radio Symphony – Stefan Solyom, cond – January 20, 2027 – Sveriges Radio P2 – Hilary Hahn in concert this week. In performance with the Swedish Radio Symphony, conducted by Stefan Solyom and recorded live…
June 2, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup + CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 2, 1981 – The day started with news that a hostage situation was finally over at a nursing home in…
Our Foreign Policy – Question of China – May 25, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Post-war Far East. The long process of rebuilding and negotiating. The question in 1946 had much to do with China. Under attack and…