"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– NBC Radio – Meet The Press – Guest: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King – April 17, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday today, I unearthed this 1960 appearance on Meet…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7091″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 22, 1969 – Monitor News Roundup – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News on this Washington’s Birthday in 1969 had much to do with the anticipated European visit of newly inaugurated…
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…
Killing Joke – in Concert at The Lyceum, London – Feb. 29,1980 – Killing Joke to kick off the week. A concert from The Lyceum in London, recorded on February 29, 1980. This is early Killing Joke, fully five years…
– Other Lives – In Concert At Down The Rabbit Hole 2015 – July 28, 2015 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Netherlands The Embarrassment Of Riches Season continues – this one comes from the recently concluded Down The Rabbit Hole festival, which…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: While the United Nations were preparing to celebrate 10 years as a peacemaking body on the 20th of June, a military coup was going on in Argentina, with a plan to oust…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: As much as I like to run concerts from the past on Downbeat, I am always reminded that Jazz (or Modern American Music) is as vital today as ever. Certainly…
Click on the link here for audio player – part 1: John Cage Birthday Concert – Part 1 Click on the link here for audio player – part 2: John Cage Birthday Concert – Part 2 September 5th 2012 marked…
Click on the link here for audio player: The Who BBC Sessions – 1965-1967 Depending on where you’re reading this, it’s either still August 23rd or already August 24th. In any event, it would be criminal to let a birthday…
Click on the link here for Audio player: John Lee Hooker – No Shoes – 1960 August 22nd would have marked Number 95 for John Lee Hooker (born August 22, 1917). So by way of a tribute to one of…