"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Trashcan Sinatras – Live at KDHX – Aug.8, 2009 – One of my all-time favorite bands, Trashcan Sinatras have been around for a good-long time and show no signs of wear, strain or boredom. They have always been a…
– Van Der Graaf Generator – In Session – BBC Radio 1 – 1970 – One of the most influential bands of the early 70’s Progressive Movement was Van der Graaf Generator. Virtually unknown in the U.S., save for pockets…
– Alvin Lee – Ten Years After – Helsinki 1969 – Finnish Radio Most people think of Alvin Lee and the images from Woodstock come to mind. How his performance electrified that festival, and in doing so, catapulted his career…
1973-06-09 BBC In Concert (Amon Duul II) – BBC Radio 1 – Heading earlier into the 70s tonight with a band that has been acknowledged as the cornerstone in what became the Krautrock movement in Germany in the late 1960s/early…
Beach House in concert at Paleo Festival 2013 – Nyon, Switzerland – July 24, 2013 – RSR Heading over to The Paleo Festival 2013 tonight for a set by Baltimore Dream Pop/Space Merchants Beach House (actually, one half of the…
– As Long As I’m Dreaming – Claude Thornhill Orch with Fran Warren 1947 – Lang-Worth Transcriptions – Jumping back into Big Band territory, after an extended hiatus (for no good reason). Tonight it’s the legendary Fran Warren with the…
Eno & The Winkies – In Session for John Peel – February 26, 1974 BBC Radio 1 – Probably one of the most interesting groups to emerge from the early 1970’s was Roxy Music. More than just the band itself…
– Faces-live-at-the-paris-theater-1971 – Familiar territory tonight. The inimitable Rod Stewart and Faces, recorded in concert for the BBC at The Paris Theater in London in 1971. Faces formed in 1969 by members of Small Faces after lead singer/guitarist Steve Marriott…
Jefferson Airplane – Live at The Calliope Warehouse – San Francisco Mime Troupe Appeal Party – November 6, 1965 – KSAN-FM – A bit of Rock history tonight. In what was billed as the first Bill Graham production, a fund…
(Editors Note: Hearing the very sad news of the passing of Mike Nesmith earlier today, it only seems fitting to re-run this concert I had originally posted in 2013 as a tribute. Heavy hearts and speechless words.) Much as most…