"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The legendary Earl King in session for the BBC tonight, recorded on September 8, 1993. King was a mainstay in the New Orleans blues scene. An artist whose career spanned over several decades, and his contributions to Blues and the…
The Lilac Time – in session at BBC Radio 1 – 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Formed in 1986, The Lilac Time consists of permanent mainstays, Stephen and Nick Duffy. And even though Stephen Duffy has a solo…
Boomtown Rats – In Session For John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – May 25, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – Boomtown Rats in session tonight. Their second for John Peel. Promoting their second album A Tonic For The…
Lone Justice – in concert at Town & Country, London – 1986 – preserved for posterity by BBC Radio 1 and originally broadcast as part of the In Concert series. Lone Justice were part of that wave of bands who…
Sandie Shaw – In Session for BBC Radio 1 – August 24, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – Sandie Shaw is one of those artists whose career is more or less divided between her 60s British Invasion period and her…
– KPFK – William Strother Program – Panel discussion on the state of Culture and Modern Music – rebroadcast April 21, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In one of the more interesting dialogues on the state of…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Mothers Of Invention – Live at l’Olympia Paris – October 26, 1968 – ORTF, Paris I just ran across this concert a few weeks ago hadn’t…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention – In Session For Beat Club – October 6, 1968 Another rarity this weekend. Tonight it’s Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention in…
Click on the link here for Audio Player George Duke Band, live at Philharmonie Hall, Berlin – November 3, 1977 – RBB Radio Berlin With the sad news (again) today of the passing of one of the great Jazz/Funk/Fusion keyboard…
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…