January 2021

Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 32 (1924)

Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 30th January 2021Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Sound curator James Errington presents the story of recorded music year by year. This time we go back to 1924, the year of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and music critic John Lewis tells us about why this piece, this recording and this composer have …

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Radio Podcast #7 — 1898 to 1899

MP3 download | Apple | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | Radiopublic | RSS As we are coming towards the end of the 19th Century, I present an overview of the music and history of 1898 and 1899 — minstrel shows, vaudeville, cakewalk, the horribly-named “coon songs” and an exciting new genre called “ragtime.” Centuries …

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2019

At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only the first 55 minutes. For the full 170-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 …

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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 31 (1923)

Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 2nd December 2021Place: Cambridge 105 Radio James Errington once again takes you back to the early days of recorded music with original recordings, this time to 1923, which saw the debuts of Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and King Oliver and plenty of other pioneering jazz, blues and country records. You can …

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