"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
I thought I would take a mellow turn tonight and run a session the inimitable Keb’ Mo’ did for the BBC back in October of 2011. Kevin Roosevelt Moore (born October 3, 1951), known as Keb’ Mo’, is an American…
Whiteout-Time And Again – In session for John Peel – October 11, 1994 – BBC Radio 1. Earlier this year I ran a track by the 90’s Brit-Pop band Whiteout with promises to run some of their session recordings at…
Robert Plant -Laughin, Cryin, Laughin – 1967 – CBS Records UK – Sometimes an artist going the solo route just can’t seem to get arrested until they become part of a group. In the case of Robert Plant, he recorded…
– Vanessa Paradis in session May 15 2013 – Radio France – Le Mouv – One of the things I find frustrating about aspects of our culture here in the U.S. is that propensity to pigeon-hole an artist into one…
– Pretty Things – BBC Session – Nov. 27, 1967 – One of those bands that have been largely overlooked by the mainstream when it comes to talking about influential groups of the 60s. The Pretty Things were always considered…
Since we’re in the middle of the weekend, I thought I’d get things partly rolling with a classic T.Rex concert, recorded at Wembley on March 18, 1972. There’s a lot of live T. Rex material out there, but unfortunately, not…
Become a Patron! It’s become a cliche in the world of music. A band with all the earmarks and potential, with every good reason to be a massive success, gets overlooked, ignored and largely dismissed by the music buying public.…
Wire in Session for John Peel – BBC – January 18, 1978 One of those bands who made a lasting impression on me during the halcyon days of the late 1970s. Wire had an uncanny knack of forcing your attention…
George Olsen And His Music – Sugar Plumb – 1925 – RCA Victor – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since the Studio/Past Daily Nerve Center has been undergoing renovations, I’ve been stumbling over buried shelves of old 78’s this week –…
Boyd Raeburn – Two Spoos In An Igloo – 1944 – Lang-Worth Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Looks like the archeological dig for dusty shellac has a few fans. So I’m going to continue putting up these fast-moving…