"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Vittorio Giannini – An Opera Ballet (World Premier) San Francisco Symphony – Edwin MacArthur, cond. – August 27, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Vittorio Giannini – a name mostly forgotten, but one of the leading lights of the…
– The Pretenders – In Concert From Montreux 1987 – RTS-Swiss Radio July 7, 1987 – Keeping up the festive weekend with a concert by The Pretenders from Montreux in 1987. In the middle of the then-controversial Get Close Tour,…
– Gruppo Sportivo – Live at Paris Theatre – 1978 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Gruppo Sportivo have been around since 1976. A Dutch Pop Band, who’ve had a few hits early-on in the U.S.…
– CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – August 18, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 15 years ago it was Campaign 2000 in full swing. With Al Gore consummating the nomination the previous night, he…
– John Frederick Peter – Quintet For Strings – Eastman Ensemble – Frederick Fennell, cond. – March 20, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Diving into early Americana this week – the music of German-American composer John Frederick Peter who…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – JFK – Dedication of Memorial To The Missing – Battery Park – May 23, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Since it’s Memorial Day weekend; amid traditional…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Discussion on Protests – May 12, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 45 years ago, May of 1970 was a month of upheaval, triggered by the…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Stan Kenton – live at Steel Pier, New Jersey – Sept. 21, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. As the era of the Big-Band began to fade,…
. . . or click on the link here for audio Player – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – broadcast from the Town Casino, Cleveland Ohio – September 17, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More classic concerts this weekend.…
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC International Bandstand – Ted Heath – March 2, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A slight stretch this week, but not all that much when you think…