Join Velvet Einstein on Thursday, July 16th at 2pm when he hosts Josh Rosenthal of Tompkins Square Records to discuss the label’s recent release, 1925 Songs.
1925 marked the advent of electrical recording, the dawn of the “Jazz Age”, a pre-“big bang” country recording session in Asheville, and a few landmark blues recordings. Tompkins Square’s new compilation brings it into focus.
Tompkins Square has teamed up with legendary musicologist, Dick Spottswood, to offer a selective view of favorite 78 rpm sides from 1925, a pivotal year in the development of jazz, blues and early country music.
Tune in to hear more about Spottswood’s deep knowledge of early jazz, blues, international, and vernacular American music from the first half of the 20th Century along with Rosenthal’s insights on how the album came to be.
