Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 15th August 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio More treasures excavated from musical history with sound curator James Errington. This time it’s 1918, the war is nearly over, but the war records are just getting into their stride, and the shockwave of this new music we’re now calling jazz is still shaking …
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Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 18th July 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Audio curator James Errington is joined by jazz historian Joe Moore to discuss the astonishing year of 1917, when a new music called “Jass” or “Jaz” or “Jazz” swept the world, changing it forever. A genuinely astonishing time for music, brought to life with …
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Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 20th June 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio This time James Errington is joined by John Ashlin to explore the music of 1916. While Europe lies devastated in the midst of the darkest year of the first world war, America is hotting up, with the birth of jazz and blues music imminent, …
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Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 23rd May 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio James Errington takes you on another journey into the pre-history of recorded sound — this time joined by Cambridge 105 Radio’s own Alex Elbro to explore the music of 1915, from hot dance ragtime to South-American proto-tango, English music hall comedy and some surprising …
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Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 25th April 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio James Errington takes you on another trip into the ancient history of recorded sound, this time joined by Cambridge native Liam Higgins to review the music scene on both sides of the Atlantic in 1914, the year the lights famously went out all over …
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Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 28th March 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Another adventure back into the early days of recorded sound with James Errington, this time joined by Cambridge 105 Radio’s Maciek Pawlikowski to listen to some of the sounds of 1913, the year of the short-lived hot dance ragtime craze, led by the first …
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Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 29th February 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio More time-travel to the early days of recorded sound with James Errington. This time we find out about the interminable history of musical snobbery, hear some immensely beautiful, surprisingly thick Edison diamond discs and hear what Al Jolson and Billy Murray are up to. …
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Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 1st February 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Time travel through audio history with James Errington, this time joined by Cambridge 105’s own Kasia Wozniak to listen to the sounds of 1911, featuring Eastern European émigrés Al Jolson, Irving Berlin and Sophie Tucker; the future president of Poland playing some Chopin; scat …
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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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Georgia O’Keeffe – Blue and Green Music Edward Wadsworth — Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool Colin Gill – Heavy Artillery Paul Nash — The Menin Road Henry Lamb — Irish troops in the Judean hills surprised by a Turkish bombardment John Singer Sargent — Gassed Max Beckmann — The Night Stanley Spencer — Travoys with …
