“Riding on Top of the Car”
A first video from our 21st May concert at the Museo del Romanticismo, Madrid: “Riding on Top of the Car”, first performed and recorded by George Lashwood, 1905.
Category: Workshops
Robert W Paul, British film pioneer
Little by little, week by week, we’ve been adding new topics and new content to our education programme, with 12 topics now offered. One of the new topics has taken me joyously back to an optional course I took while an undergraduate in modern languages and linguistics: the birth of cinema. So I’ve been having […]
Song(s) of the Week: Gus Elen and Charles Coborn
Since I missed a ‘Song of the Week’ last week when I was busy with other things, I think you deserve a double treat this week! In the course of yesterday’s event at East Sheen Library I was sidelined into talking briefly about Music Hall and early cinema. I mentioned that brothers Alfred and Reginald […]
WW1 music workshop at Hinchingbrooke House
Radio Days Music had the pleasure and privilege of participating in the excellent commemorative event, ‘The Last Day of Peace’ at Hinchingbrooke House, Huntingdon on Sunday 3 August, under the auspices of Cambridgeshire County Council. As part of a full day of re-enactment activities, performances, demonstrations, and exhibitions, the Radio Days team (Maria Hutchison, Christopher […]