"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Housemartins – in session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – November 3, 1987 – Further evidence the 80s produced a wide playing field of bands and artists. The Housemartins described themselves as Christian-Marxists, but the Press said…
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine tonight – recorded live at the Kilburn National in London in 1991 by the venerable BBC for their In Concert series. Further evidence music was all over the map, and getting further out there by…
Legends this weekend. The immortal Otis Redding, in concert from Stockholm and recorded by the venerable Sveriges Radio in 1967. It’s been said, and rightly so, that Otis Redding was one of the greatest singers in the history of American…
Blossoms – Glastonbury 2016. Recorded on June 24th by the venerable (and always amazing) BBC 6 Music. It occurred to me that I ran another Blossoms concert earlier this month and one last year. Okay, I’m a fan and it’s…
Shakespears Sister in concert tonight – further evidence the 90s were all over the map musically. Initially part of the all-girl Pop Group Bananarama, singer-songwriter Siobhan Fahey broke with the band and went solo in 1988, citing disillusionment and a…
. . .or Click on the link here for Audio Player: Sivert Høyem – In Session at Into The Great Wide Open 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR Staying in Europe this week with a session from Sivert Høyem, Norwegian singer-songwriter and former…
Or click on the link here for Audio Player – Racing Glaciers – Live at London Calling-2 – November 1, 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 No sooner have the Summer Festivals wrapped up and gone into the history books, but the Winter…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Patti Smith Group – Live At The Cellar Door, Washington D.C. – 1976 The inimitable Patti Smith this weekend – during the formative and explosive years of the New York…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Killing Joke – In Session For John Peel – July 4, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 Killing Joke tonight. In session for John Peel from July 4th 1983. Extending the Experimental/Alternative…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Blaudzun – live at Lowlands 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Continuing our look at Summer Festivals from Europe this year with a set from Blaudzun at the 2014 Lowlands Festival. Blaudzun is a…