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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 28 (1920)

Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 10th September 2020Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Another trip into the early days of recorded music with audio curator James Errington, this time joined by Grammy-nominated blues, soul, and Americana singer and songwriter Janiva Magness to explore the sounds of 1920, the year Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds kicked off the …

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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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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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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 25 (1917)

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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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 24 (1916)

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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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 23 (1915)

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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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 22 (1914)

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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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 21 (1913)

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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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 20 (1912)

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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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 19 (1911)

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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