MP3 direct download | Itunes | Mixcloud | Feedburner (RSS) “On or around December 1910, human character changed. I am not saying that one went out, as one might into a garden, and there saw that a rose had flowered or a hen had laid an egg. The change was not sudden and definite like …
January 1st – U.S. President William H. Taft opens the New Year by shaking hands with 5,575 members of the general public at The White House January 11th – Charcot Island is discovered by Antarctic expedition led by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot, while sailing on the ship Pourquoi Pas January 13th – The first radio …
James and Sean use their audio archeology skills to take you on another time travel adventure with original recordings from the distant past. This time we visit 1896 and 1897, hear the birth pangs of something not yet called ragtime, find out the true origins of ‘The Laughing Policeman’ and hear some jokes so rude …
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 6 (1896-1897) Read More »
The CoS Tapes are a series of CD-sized compilations available to Centuries of Sounds Members. A donation $5 per month will give you access to these compilations and other member benefits. Join here. Trailblazing artists are usually better-remembered than Vess L. Ossman. The first musician to make a ragtime record, the ‘King of the Banjo’, …
The CoS Tapes #1 – Vess L. Ossman “A Bunch of Rags” Read More »
Centuries of Sound is two years old now. I have made mixtapes / soundscapes for the years 1859 to 1909, plus 2016 and 2017. All of these will remain freely accessible without any advertising. But from the first of next month there will be a huge amount of other material available for anyone who becomes …
MP3 (full mix) | Itunes | Mixcloud | Feedburner (RSS) So, were you expecting 1910? Well the bad news is that it’s going to be another month until that’s ready. The good news is that I have finally finished this mix for 2017. It has been a bit of a monster, or a menace, is …
James and Sean continue their voyage into the distant history of sound recording. This time we cover the years 1894 and 1895, a time of popular unrest, great literature, and a burgeoning wax cylinder market, with at least two songs bound to be familiar to listeners in 2018. Also, as ever, plenty of Americans with …
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 5 (1894-1895) Read More »
Zinaida Serebriakova — At the Dressing-Table: Self-portrait Ambrose McEvoy — Euphemia Anna Archer – The Artist’s Mother Ane Hedvig Brøndum in the Blue Room Henri Matisse — The Conversation Giacomo Balla — Street Light George Bellows – Blue Morning Pablo Picasso – Brick Factory at Tortosa Henri Rousseau – The Banks of the Bièvre near …
