So that wasn’t the best year, was it? Fortunately I won’t need to think about it again much until 2027. The coronavirus has been bad news everywhere – on a personal level it has meant that I am now unemployed (CoS doesn’t really count as a job right now) – so before I get into …
MP3 download | Patreon | Apple | Mixcloud | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | Radiopublic | RSS This compilation of Christmas recordings spans an era which includes the entirety of WW1 and the influenza pandemic of 1918/1919, but of course you wouldn’t guess it from the contents. The only reminder perhaps is the two …
Centuries of Sound Presents – Deep Magic: Christmas Recordings 1902-1924 Read More »
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only the first 45 minutes. For the full 160-minute version please come to centuriesofsound.com to stream, or patreon.com/centuriesofsound for downloads and a host of other bonus materials for just $5 per month. This show would not be …
Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 5th December 2020Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Another trip back into the past with audio archivist James Errington, this time joined by folk musician Mark Bilyeu from Springfield, Missouri to delve into the music of 1922, the year of the first country music recordings, stride piano from Fats Waller and James P …
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 30 (1922) Read More »
All Quiet on the Western Front The Blue Angel L’Age D’Or Earth Hell’s Angels Under the Roofs of Paris Animal Crackers Anna Christie People on Sunday Morocco The Big Trail City Girl Little Caesar The Big House
I’ve put together a promotional clip, or if you prefer “advert” for Centuries of Sound, just as a simple thing to share with people to introduce the project. It includes quotes from the media and samples from the mixes so far, along with some bits of film. If you would like to share it with …
MP3 download | Apple | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | Radiopublic | RSS 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 …
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