Today in our Featured Music we look at the progression from folk into rock in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, we present another edition of “Where Have You” Been?, where we discover things to do and places to see around the Second Life Grid. Plus “Engines of Our Ingenuity” every four hours from 4am Pacific.
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Music of the Gilded Age
The Gilded Age, La Belle Époque… both terms, one from the United States, the other from Europe, refer to essentially the same period, corresponding to the late Victorian and the Edwardian periods in the UK.
The period is bounded by the First World War at the end, and somewhere around the mid-1870s for the start.
The term “Gilded Age” (allegedly coined by Mark Twain) is actually slightly pejorative. Gilding is a light covering of gold and it’s also ostentatious – but a “gilded age” is not a “golden age”. And the term La Belle Époque was coined after the period – looking back at the peaceful, prosperous past from the dark days of the Great War.
Today we’ll hear music of the Gilded Age from both sides of the Atlantic, including ballads (we’ve included some of Stephen Foster’s wonderful songs, which were well known during the period – and indeed still are today), dance music and some light classical pieces including items from Gottschalk in the US and Satie in France; and you’ll hear the first-ever film score, composed by Saint-Saëns.
Some original period recordings may contain negative stereotypes or language now regarded as offensive. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of attitudes of the time. The recordings are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of Virtual Community Radio.
Image: The Cup of Tea, Mary Cassatt (c. 1879)
Anthems In Eden: The Journey from Folk into Rock
Today in our Featured Music we look at the progression from folk into rock in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, in the latest edition of “Where Have You” Been?, where we discover things to do and places to see around the Second Life Grid, we visit “Monsters, Demons, & Chess” by Monique Beebe (Kondor Art Center). Plus “Engines of Our Ingenuity” every four hours from 4am Pacific.
Folk Music from the British Isles: Spell Songs II
Today, Weds December 15, we present a programme of folk music from the British Isles (well nearly — there are a couple of North American artists in there if truth be told), covering the last 50 years or so.
In particular, we are celebrating the new album from Spell Songs, “Spell Songs II — Let The Light In” by playing a track every hour.
Spell Songs is a musical evolution of both The Lost Words and The Lost Spells books by acclaimed author Robert Macfarlane and award-winning illustrator Jackie Morris; creating a listening experience that intersects music, literature, language and art, as a call to reawaken our love of the wild.
Anthems In Eden: The Journey from Folk into Rock
Today we look at the progression from folk into rock in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, we premiere the latest edition of Where’ve You Been?, where we discover things to do and places to see around the Second Life Grid. For more details of the latter, click here.
Folk Music from the UK
Today we present a programme of folk music from the UK (well nearly — there are a couple of North American artists in there if truth be told), covering the last 50 years or so.
This time we are also featuring a classic album from 1979, The Peacock Party, by virtuoso guitarist Gordon Giltrap. Amongst a talented group of musicians, it features Gryphon’s Richard Harvey on recorders and crumhorn. The tunes are inspired by characters from the book The Peacock Party written by George E Ryder and illustrated by Alan Aldridge — a sequel to the somewhat better known The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast.
