"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Propellers Live At Introducing – Berlin – June 28, 2013 – RBB, Berlin Sometimes things just sneak past me and I don’t discover them until much later. I had this for a while but misplaced it and only recently realized I...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Blecaute (Blackout) – Que Samba Bom – 1949 Something out-of-the-ordinary, but not so unusual if you spend any time over here. Tonight it’s a single by the legendary Brazilian singer/Samba practitioner Blackout, or Blecaute as it was spelled in Brazil. Blecaute...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The ongoing crisis over The Falkland Islands ratcheted up a few more notches, this May 21st in 1982. With British Special Forces landing, and more expected before nightfall, Argentina admitted troops had landed and that Argentine forces were fighting...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Cyan are a band from Barcelona. They’ve been together since 2008 and have just released their third album, Delapso and have been regarded by the Spanish press as one of the Best Bands of 2011. Fronted by Javi Fernandez whose...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Joy Formidable – London Calling 2009 Welsh trio The Joy Formidable have been enjoying good success practically from the get-go. So calling them “up-and-comers” would be something of a misnomer. With a new album (Wolf’s Law) slated for release on the 21st...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Soviet Invasion of Hungary – Nov. 4, 1956 Almost overshadowed by the Presidential election, the situation in Hungary quickly spiraled out of control by November 4th 1956. News reports were coming in thick and fast regarding Russian tanks heading for Budapest with...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Uppermost – Independent In all due likelihood, this is what they’re listening to in Paris tonight. Uppermmost isn’t a band or a duo, it’s one guy and he has managed to do the work of several in creating some of the most...
