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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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If you’re looking for stupid, pointless wastes of human life in the First World War, you really are spoilt for choice, but, even among such inauspicious company, the Gallipoli campaign manages to stand out as particularly stupid and particularly pointless. To sum up: The Ottoman Empire sort-of-accidentally entered the war on the side of the …
Centuries of Sound is going slightly open source as of today. Here is a google sheet which contains my planned listening for each year. And I’m inviting you to come and add to it. Data is taken from a number of sources including rateyourmusic and acclaimed music Should go artist – title – type – …
So, I have bought this book, but unfortunately have not had time to read it. Sorry Nigel Jones, it does look good. If I have time later this year I’ll return here to write something about it. Nigel Jones – Peace and War: Britain in 1914
One of the most widely-known stories of the first world war is the Christmas truce. The British soldiers hear the Germans singing ‘Silent Night’, they venture out into no-man’s land, exchange gifts and have a game of football. Much of this story appears to be true, though it is important to remember that the front …
On September 1st 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon in existence died. Three hundred years before, when the first settlers were arriving in North America, it was the most common bird in the continent, with up to 5 billion individuals. The story of the passenger pigeon is that of colonial destruction and contempt for the …
