"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Ben Webster With MJQ – Live At Birdland – Feb. 21-28, 1953 – WADO-AM Something not all that rare, but certainly noteworthy this week. An unusual pairing between Sax legend Ben Webster and The Modern Jazz Quartet....
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Bryan Ferry – Live at Baloise Session – 2014 – RTS The inimitable Bryan Ferry tonight. Always a favorite, ever since his days with Roxy Music. He has never delivered less than a completely satisfying performance, and...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Roxy Music – Live at Paris Theatre, London – 1972 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series. When Roxy Music arrived on the scene in 1971, they were by and large the antithesis of what had been...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Roxy Music – Live at City Hall, Newcastle – October 29, 1974 Something special this week. The legendary Roxy Music, recored on the last night of their European tour on October 29, 1974, just a few days ahead of the release...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Roxy Music – In Concert At Oakland Auditorium – April 20, 1979 – KSAN-FM Live Broadcast Roxy Music this weekend. One of those pivotal bands which defined much of the 70s and 80s. A band you couldn’t exactly pin down as...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: 1979-06-02 BBC In Concert (Roxy Music) R+ One of the classic bands this weekend. Roxy Music, recorded live in concert on February 6, 1979 by the venerable BBC as part of their In Concert series. A consistently good and inventive band, Roxy Music...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Bryan Ferry – If There Is Something 1972 The Inimitable Bryan Ferry tonight. From a 1972 session at The BBC, and assisted by Roxy Music bandmates, Eno and Phil Manzanera, Ferry does an eleven minute rendition of If There Is Something. A...
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