"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Pierre Max-Dubois – Piano Concerto No. 3 – Raffi Petrossian – ORTF Chamber Orch. Pol Mule, Cond. – 1965 – Pierre Max-Dubois is a name which probably doesn’t ring any bells with a lot people. A student of Darius Milhaud, Max-Dubois adhered to the concept of Les Six (which Milhaud...
Hipsway – live at Reading Union – 1986 – BBC 6 Music – Hipsway – part of that flood of bands from Scotland starting in the early 1980s. Hipsway were a three-piece that dove straight into a mixture of Sophisti-Pop and Blue-Eyed Soul. The band was characterized by the deep...
Blossoms – live at Eurosonic 2016 – January 15, 2016 – VPRO/3VOOR12 The Netherlands – Blossoms at Eurosonic 2016. Voted 4th on BBC 6 Music’s Sound Of New Music for 2016 list, Blossoms from Manchester are getting around and getting noticed. Together since 2013, they have a string of singles...
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – live at Glastonbury 2004 – BBC 6 Music – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, or BRMC for short, ripping it up at Glasto in 2004. BRMC are a wonderful mashup of Psychedelia, Noise Rock, Noise Pop and Shoegaze, who have been around since 1998 and have...
Tin Machine – In Session for The BBC – BBC Radio 1 – 1991 – Tin Machine; short-lived, somewhat underrated, slightly overlooked but career rejuvenating for its front man, David Bowie. Put together at the spur of the moment in 1988, falling together effortlessly, David Bowie, along with Hunt and...
David Bowie – interview for Front Row Program – BBC Radio 4 – March 2002 – BBC Radio – David Bowie (1947-2016) – only last week, Friday to be exact, we were celebrating a birthday and the release of Lazarus, the new album from David Bowie; his second in nearly...
David Bowie – live at The BBC Theatre, London – June 27, 2000 – BBC Radio 1 – David Bowie – whose 69th birthday was observed yesterday (January 8th), has been the object of a flurry of congratulations, celebrations and tributes. But since it’s the weekend, I can’t think of...
– Devendra Banhart – live At Summer Sundae 2005 – BBC6 Music – Devendra Banhart tonight. The practitioner of Freak-Folk, Lo-Fi, Latin and by critical acclaim, the face of New Weird America, Devendra Banhart has been splitting his time between sonically dosing audiences with his music and visually challenging them...
– Conversation: The Good Life – Mid Century – November 29, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – What constitutes The Good Life? In mid-century America it ran the gamut. In 1956 we were hot in the throes of conspicuous consumption, and the Good Life to many people meant...
– Helen Traubel – RCA Magic Key program – August 30, 1936 – Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to legendary singers of the Stage from the 1930s. This week it’s Helen Traubel. Known primarily for her Wagnerian roles, Traubel was a very popular singer who...
