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 …
Earlier this month I did an interview about the show and my life as an expat for an excellent show called ‘Geopats’ – here is the blurb from their site Has music ever soothed your soul and made you feel connected again? Yes, me too. And it sounds like the same happened to James when …
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari One Week Sumurun Haunted Spooks Anna Boleyn The Flapper The Golem: How He Came into the World Within Our Gates High and Dizzy Algol Convict 13 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Mollycoddle The Last of the Mohicans The Penalty Way Down East Suds Neighbors Huckleberry Finn Outside the Law …
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
It’s the first ever Centuries of Sound poll! Simply (1) listen to all the mixes from the 1910s, shouldn’t take more than a day or two, then (2) vote for the year you liked the best.
Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 12th October 2019 Place: Cambridge 105fm Audio historian DJ James Errington takes you on another time travel adventure, this time to hear some original sounds from 1907, including some wonderful stuff from Enrico Caruso, a few original vaudeville routines and some very premature Christmas cheer. Listen to the show on 105fm …
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 15 (1907) Read More »
Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 14th September 2019 Place: Cambridge 105fm Another journey back in time with James Errington bringing you original historic recordings, this time from 1906, the year of the San Francisco earthquake. We have a brace of songs from the brilliant Bert Williams, plenty of music hall and vaudeville, and a performance of …
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 14 (1906) Read More »
In the interests of continual growth, travel to new places, diversification, etc. Centuries of Sound is now available on some new platforms. Spotify Castbox Stitcher Radiopublic And you can still listen here Apple Podcasts RSS Feed (Feedburner) Mixcloud Email subscription Breaker Bullhorn Castbox Google Podcasts Listen Notes Luminary Player FM Pocket Casts Web Podchaser Podknife …
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. Another compilation of early recorded music – this one has a selection of virtuoso xylophone solos, from the time when this was …
The CoS Tapes #2 — Professors of the Xylophone 1897-1916 Read More »
Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 17th August 2019 Place: Cambridge 105fm Another sonic adventure through time with James Errington, this time joined by guests Dominic, Joanne & Adam to listen to the sounds of 1905 and discuss such pressing topics as skeleton xylophones, the hubris of Dick Dastardly, melancholy in Spanish music, the latter-day lack of …
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 13 (1905) Read More »
