"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Martin Luther King – A Christmas Sermon on peace – 1967- With so much madness sweeping over the world this week, perhaps the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King hold just as much, if not more, meaning and…
– May 22, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 22, 1979: The morning after the verdict in the trial of Dan White, accused murderer of San Francisco Supervisor and Gay Rights activist Harvey…
– Teenage Fanclub – In Session for Mark Goodier – Aug. 31, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Teenage Fanclub – one of the bands still very much together, still very much touring, still very much making records. Unlike the…
– 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…
Jean-Louis Martinet – 2 Pieces for Strings and Percussion – French National Orch. Pierre Dervaux, cond. 1963 – ORTF Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Overlooked composers of the 20th Century this weekend. 20th century French Composer Jean-Louis…
BBC World Service: London Column – June 21, 1945 While the war in the Pacific was heading into its final stages, the slow task of rebuilding Europe was only beginning. The painstaking dismantling of the vestiges of War were underway,…
Something a bit different this week. A concert from Canadian Jeunesses Musicales held during the Summer of 1964, and featuring (as always) a veritable who’s who of world musicians. This concert, all-Ravel, features the noted French cellist Guy Fallot, French/Hungarian…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18087″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 18, 1993 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] As the newscast so aptly put it – a month earlier, everyone on Capitol Hill assumed NAFTA was dead. But on…
Further evidence Athens Georgia is still a hotbed of creative endeavour with a concert this week by Athens born-and-based Of Montreal as performed at last years Motel Mozaique festival in The Netherlands. Always inventive, Of Montreal have been a staple…
I just ran across this one from the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland which was recorded on July 13, 2013. Sophie Hunger is from Zurich and she was a surprise hit at the 2008 Montreux Festival. Her sound is a mixture…