"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Patti Page – I Didn’t Know About You Starting the year off on a sad note – this time it’s Patti Page, who passed away yesterday at 85. Known primarily for her forays…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: John Sebastian – Cambridge Folk Festival 1981 Introducing yet another feature to start the new year off with. Since the archives is fairly bulging with not-quite-full-length concerts, I thought it might be a…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: 03 – I Want Everyone to Know There’s a disturbing regularity this year, reporting on the passings of memorable and influential Artists. Fontella Bass is the latest. One of the truly distinctive…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Phoenix – Lisztomania – 2010 Interesting phenomenon of late – many European bands have taken to singing in English, rather than their native tongue. Makes perfect sense – the English speaking audience…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Polica – In Session at Crossing Borders – 2012 Polica are an Indie/Experimental band from Minneapolis, fronted by ethereal lead singer Channy Leaneagh. They’ve been together a little less than a year, and…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jimmy Smith – baby, it’s cold outside Continuing our celebration of the season with a word from the immortal Jimmy Smith and a track from his 1964 album Christmas Cookin’. The venerable…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: 15 Happy Holiday A word from Peggy Lee tonight. From her 1965 Happy Holiday album for Capitol Records, a track featuring the band of Sid Feller and a swinging rendition of, what else?…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Ramsey Lewis Trio – Merry Christmas Baby Continuing in our “Cool Yule” vein tonight with a contribution from The Ramsey Lewis Trio and a track from their 1961 album The Sounds Of…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Dave Brubeck – The Christmas Song A nod to the late, great and much loved Dave Brubeck tonight and a cut from his 1996 A Dave Brubeck Christmas album. The perennial Christmas Song,…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: kenny drew trio – season’s greetings – 05 – away in a manger I will go out on a limb tonight and say, even though there are no notes anywhere to claim otherwise,…