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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 35 (1927 Part Two)

Time: 6pm BST, Sunday 27th June 2021Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Audio archivist James Errington is joined by Cambridge 105 Radio’s Emily Dongray to explore the astonishing sounds of the greatest ever year for recorded music; 1927! You can listen to the show on 105fm in Cambridge, on DAB digital, on the Cambridge 105 website here, …

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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 33 (1925)

Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 27th February 2021Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Another trip into the early days of recorded sound with audio curator James Errington – this time joined by Cambridge 105’s own Greg Butler to dive into the sounds of 1925, including early jazz recordings by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson, pioneering country …

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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 30 (1922)

Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 5th December 2020Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Another trip back into the past with audio archivist James Errington, this time joined by folk musician Mark Bilyeu from Springfield, Missouri to delve into the music of 1922, the year of the first country music recordings, stride piano from Fats Waller and James P …

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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 29 (1921)

Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 7th November 2020Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Audio curator James Errington is joined from New York by Michael Daddino to explore original recordings from 1921, including more classical female blues, novelty piano, melancholy Klezmer, the organised chaos of Dixieland jazz, and the most unintentionally sinister recording of the decade. You can listen …

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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 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 18 (1910)

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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