"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Miles Davis – Live at The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam – Dec. 8, 1957 – VARA/VPRO – The Netherlands – Miles Davis this weekend. It occurred to me, looking over the number of Davis posts I have put up the couple of…
February 24, 2002 – BBC World Service News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 24,2002 – With Israeli tanks surrounding PLO Headquarters in Ramallah, discussions between Ariel Sharon and the Israeli Security cabinet over what happens next and…
Savages – Live at BBC 6 Music Festival, Bristol – February 12, 2016 – BBC 6 Music – Savages, recorded live during the BBC 6 Music Festival in Bristol earlier today (February 12). Festival season is getting off to an…
January 21, 1958 – NBC News On The Hour -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 21, 1958 – the news of the hour was the situation in Caracas, Venezuela. A general strike was paralyzing the country which was under the…
Nicole Sabounè and Sudakistan – Live at Sveriges Radio – Dec. 12, 2015 – Sveriges Radio P3 – Nicole Sabounè with Sudakistan, in session at Sveriges Radio P3 Radio Hall in Stockholm, recorded earlier this month, on December 12. New…
– Balthazar – Live at Song Of The Year 2015 – Dec. 11, 2015 – NPO3 – Netherlands – Balthazar in concert tonight. The Belgian indie sensations concluded their set literally hours ago, as part of the Live presentation of…
– Code Superpoze & Dream Koala – Live At Trans Musicales 2015 – December 3, 2015 – Trans Musicales – Code, Superpoze & Dream Koala tonight – a summit meeting, of sorts between three musical entities, who decided to join…
– Lucille Dumont aux Rhythms de Paris – Nov. 2, 1951 – Radio Canada – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lucille Dumont tonight – an iconic Pop-Star and early TV personality from Quebec in the 1950s and who had her…
– Mehul – Symphony Number 2 – Ernest Bour Conducting the Strasbourg Municipal Orchestra – 1950 – Paris Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The Conductor Ernest Bour is a household name to enthusiasts of Contemporary Classical Music. His premieres…
– President Roosevelt – Fireside Chat – October 12, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You can read along while you listen: President Roosevelt: “This afternoon I have issued a Proclamation calling a special session of the Congress to…