"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Beach House – live at Pitchfork Festival 2015 – October 29, 2015 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Beach House – a band who have been almost constantly touring the past few years, is getting huge attention all over the…
Bayard Rustin – On Speaking Freely – March 3, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Bayard Rustin is a name synonymous with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s, but also was an Anti-War activist, campaigner for…
1960 – America’s Moral Crisis – The Open Mind – May 1, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1960 – America’s Moral Crisis. Yes, there was one, and people were starting to notice. American was becoming a hedonistic place;…
1936 Music Guild Awards – Mitya Stillman – 1st Prize Winner – The NBC String Quartet – January 1, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1936 Music Guild Awards – the 1st Prize winner was Russian emigre Mitya…
Glenn Frey – Live at The Paradise, Boston – October 3, 1982 (Early show) – Glenn Frey (1948-2016). Founding member of The Eagles, whose distinctive and evocative sound defined the evolution of West Coast Rock in the 1970s. A mix…
David Bowie – interview for Front Row Program – BBC Radio 4 – March 2002 – BBC Radio – David Bowie (1947-2016) – only last week, Friday to be exact, we were celebrating a birthday and the release of Lazarus,…
1936 Music Guild Awards – Rudolf Forst: String Quartet – The Gordon String Quartet – January 1, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 1936 Music Guild Awards. Begun in 1934 by NBC to promote serious music to a mass audience,…
Peter Max – interview with James Day – July 11, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Peter Max, a name practically embedded in the collective psyche of anyone who was around during the 60s. Peter Max took the free…
Pierre Boulez leads Orchestre National de France – October 29, 1981 – Radio France Musique Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) – With the sad and shocking news earlier today on the passing of the legendary composer-conductor Pierre Boulez, at the age of…
Louis Armstrong – Live At Basin Street, New York – May 14, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Louis Armstrong, holding court at Basin Street in New York during his stint of May 1955 and captured for posterity on…