"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Anna Calvi – live at The Music Hall of Williamsburg, New York – Dec. 13, 2011 Special thanks tonight to our Bristol UK correspondent Mig Schillace for mentioning Anna Calvi to me. I had only heard about her but not actually...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Ocean Colour Scene – live at Manchester Apollo – 1998 – BBC 6 Music History is jammed with bands who got sidetracked somewhere out of the starting gate and never regained their momentum; crashing and burning and left with a legacy...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Strawbs In Concert from London – 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series Strawbs were a band who went though a number of musical changes during their initial tenure from 1964-1980. Initially a bluegrass/folk-rock ensemble, boasting the likes of Sandy...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Mott The Hoople – In Concert at The Paris Theatre – 1971 – BBC 6 Music Sometimes I run into a dilemma, of sorts, over what to post for the “roundtable” feature. Tonight it was choice over whether to run the...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Elvis Costello and The Attractions -Live At Hope and Anchor – 1980 – BBC 6 Music This might kick off a return to 80s week, but I’m not sure yet. When I first heard Elvis Costello it was when Watching The...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Nanci Griffith – live at the 1992 Cambridge Folk Festival – BBC 6 Music A change of pace tonight. No reason, but I don’t recall running any Nanci Griffith on Past Daily ever – so tonight’s a make-good on that. Here...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Miguel – live at Malmö, Sweden – recorded live by Sveriges Radio P3 – August 5, 2013 Over to Malmö Sweden tonight for a mini-concert by West Coast native Miguel, recorded by Sveriges Radio in January of this year and broadcast...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jacco Gardner – Live at Soirèe de Poche – June 20, 2013 – RFI/Le Mouv’ A busy year so far for Jacco Gardner, whose latest album Cabinet of Curiosities has been getting a considerable amount of attention. Gardner has been touring extensively...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jack White, live in Stockholm – July 30, 2013 – Sveriges Radio P3. Over to Stockholm tonight for a concert by Blues/Punk-meister Jack White, recorded live by the venerable Sveriges Radio P3 during a race around Europe this summer. A full-plate, according...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Monica Heldal in concert at the 2013 Øya Festival, Oslo Norway – August 10, 2013 Further evidence New Folk has become a universal phenomenon in recent years. Monica Heldal is a twenty-one year old Norwegian singer/songwriter who has been playing since...
