Centuries of Sound and Vision

A new decade, a new project for Centuries of Sound. From now on I’ll be sporadically uploading video versions of the mixes. Eventually these will be a knitting together of contemporary films with the audio from the mixes. For the first ten or so, it’s a bit difficult to achieve this, as you will see …

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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 18 (1910)

Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 4th January 2020 Place: Cambridge 105fm Back for the new decade, that decade being the 1910s, audio historian James Errington returns for a deep dive into the sounds of 110 years ago. This time we’re joined by Cambridge 105’s own George Kirkman to listen to some ragtime frolics, eccentricities, proto-barbershop, proto-gospel …

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CoS on Your Podcast or Mine

I did an interview on Your Podcast or Mine, where I talk about the show, the process of making it and my favourite podcasts. The interview can be found by searching for ‘Your Podcast or Mine’ wherever you get your podcasts, or you can stream it by following the link below. https://www.blogtalkradio.com/yourpodcastormine/2019/12/23/your-podcast-or-mine–featuring-centuries-of-sound

Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 17 (1909)

Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 7th December 2019 Place: Cambridge 105fm More time travel to the earliest days of recorded sound with James Errington, this time joined by Cambridge 105’s own Dave Hammond. This time we go back to 1909 to hear novelty songs about moon-orbiting aeroplanes and juvenile smoking, wildly unpredictable vaudeville routines, “authentic” black …

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Elsewhere in 1920

January 2 — The first Red Scare in the United States – 4025 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested and held without trial in several cities January 7 – In the Russian Civil War, the forces of Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk – the Great Siberian Ice March ensues January 16 – …

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