"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Goes great with a double espresso: – Flaming Lips at Villette Sonique – May 24, 2013 – France Radio Le Mouv`- 2013 was an insanely busy year for the band, with a world tour that took them completely around the…
– Alt-J at Route du Rock – Aug. 10, 2012 – Starting off the week with Alt-J, performing live at the Route du Rock Festival 2012 and recorded for posterity by Oui-FM in Paris. In case you don’t already know,…
– Wire in concert from Paris (Black Session) – May 2011 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Wire in concert from Paris this weekend, recorded by RFI in Paris to be transmitted via Radio France‘ Le Mouv channel on May…
Over to Paris this week for one day of a multi-day recital of the complete solo Piano music of Claude Debussy, as well as music by other composers who inspired Debussy, performed by Pianist Phillippe Cassard. A pretty Herculean task,…
– 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…
Faurè: Impromptu No. 3 : Debussy: 3 pieces: Excerpts from a broadcast recital tonight by renowned Hungarian/French Pianist Livia Rèv, recorded around 1951 by ORTF (Radio France), circa 1951. Livia Rèv is regarded as something of an institution. In her…
Robert Casadesus – Quintet for Piano And Strings – Gaby Casadesus and The Pascal String Quartet – Back to French Radio transcriptions this week with a work by legendary pianist Robert Casadesus, who was not as well known as a…
Eugene Bigot was one of the most widely respected and recorded conductors during the 1930s and 1940s. During the era of the 78 rpm record, Bigot was responsible for recording more French repertoire heard all over the world than just…
Murray Perahia with Zubin Mehta, cond – N.Y. Philiharmonic – April 27, 1980 (broadcast date) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. The New York Philharmonic, led by Music Director Zubin Mehta and featuring the legendary…
Pomona Fairgrounds – Leonard Cummings Interviews J.C. Agajanian and Tony Bettenhauser – Feb. 24, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Car Culture – an integral part of our Society since someone had the brilliant idea of matching up the…