“Audio archeology with James Errington. This time we head back to 1937, a frankly astonishing year for swing in America and France, as well as for classic blues, country, Cuban son, Greek rebetika, and even a couple of things from the UK.” Time: 6pm GMT, Sunday 22nd January 2023Place: Cambridge 105 Radio You can listen …
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Time: 6pm GMT, Sunday 25th December 2022 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio This year’s Christmas show features me as usual, presenting a selection of Christmas music from the 1920s and 1930s, joined by my son Theo to share opinions and commentary. You can have listened to the show on 105fm in Cambridge, on DAB digital nationwide, …
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“James Errington takes a trip back to 1936, with peak swing-era cuts from Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday, Gene Krupa and Lionel Hampton, haunted delta blues from Robert Johnson and some truly transporting music from Django Reinhardt et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France, avec Stéphane Grappelli. It’s nobody’s favourite year for history, …
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Time: 6pm BST, Sunday 26th June 2022Place: Cambridge 105 Radio You can listen to the show on 105fm in Cambridge, on DAB digital across South Cambridgeshire, on the Cambridge 105 website here, or on any good radio apps, or (since the show has already been broadcast) you can play the whole extended version on this …
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Time: 6pm GMT, Sunday 27th February 2022Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Another trip into the archives with James Errington, this time to 1933. It’s the worst year of the great depression, terrible things are afoot in Europe, but with the first golden age of Hollywood, all America seems to want to do is celebrate. It’s an …
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Time: 6pm GMT, Sunday 23rd January 2022Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Another trip back in time, with original sounds from the year 1932, curated by James Errington. Aside from jazz we have foundational blues and roots recordings, highlights from Hollywood and Broadway, and an interview with White Town’s Jyoti Mishra about Al Bowlly, who he sampled …
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Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 25th DecemberPlace: Cambridge 105 Radio In this festive edition of Centuries of Sound, audio curator James Errington is joined by his son Theo to check out some Christmas records from the years 1902 to 1924. We have choirs, carols, brass bands, and of course a selection of bizarre novelty Christmas wax …
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Time: 6pm BST, Sunday 28th NovemberPlace: Cambridge 105 Radio James Errington presents an archaeological investigation into the year 1930. Wall Street has crashed, the great depression has arrived, record James Errington takes you on a journey to 1931, a year of sleazy pre-code speakeasy jazz, guitar blues from the Mississippi Delta, relentlessly inventive vocal groups, …
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Time: 6pm BST, Sunday 24th OctoberPlace: Cambridge 105 Radio In this very special episode of Centuries of Sound, sound curator James Errington plays a selection of Halloween-themed recordings from the acoustic recording era, prior to 1927. Be ready for ghosts, skeletons, vampires, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, “The Goose Bone Man” and Mr Halloween himself, …
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Time: 6pm BST, Sunday 26th SeptemberPlace: Cambridge 105 Radio James Errington presents an archaeological investigation into the year 1930. Wall Street has crashed, the great depression has arrived, record sales are down 95%, but the music goes on! Featuring Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Rodgers, Cab Calloway, Marlene Dietrich, Blind Willie Johnson and much more. You …
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