Years
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 27 (1919)
Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 12th September 2020Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Another sonic journey into the pre-history of recorded music with James Errington, this time joined by London musician Cecily to listen to some of the sounds of 1919, a lull between the first jazz boom and the start of blues with a cornucopia of exotic …
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1928
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is a cut-down 45 minute mix, for the full three-hour 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. MP3 sample download | Patreon …
1927 in Film
Metropolis Wings The Jazz Singer Napoléon The Cat and the Canary Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Children of Divorce It College The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog Chicago Underworld When a Man Loves Why Girls Love Sailors Man from the Restaurant (Chelovek iz restorana) Mata Hari The Red Mill Il Gaucho The …
Radio Podcast #3 — 1890 to 1891
MP3 download | Apple | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | Radiopublic | RSS “Another journey into the history of recorded sound with James and Sean. This time we delve into the vaults for 1890 and 1891, explore the pop music of the gilded age, and hear the voices of P.T. Barnum, Florence Nightingale, Pyotr …
Elsewhere in 1927
January 1 – The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation. John Reith becomes the first Director-General January 1 – The Cristero War erupts in Mexico when Catholic rebels attack the government, which had placed heavy restrictions on the church. January 9 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, …
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 26 (1918)
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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1927
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is a cut-down 30 minute mix, for the full two-hour 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. MP3 sample download | Patreon …
1926 in Art
René Magritte – The Musings of a Solitary Walker Joan Miró – Dog Barking at the Moon Alexander Calder — Cirque Calder Edwin Dickinson — The Cello Player John Bulloch Souter — The Breakdown Norman Rockwell – The Love Song Salvador Dalà — The Basket of Bread Georges Malkine — Nuit d’Amour Hannah Höch — …