V&A ‘Epic Iran’ puts 5,000 years of artefacts on display

Photo: A V&A employee looks at colour images projected onto casts on loan from the British Museum, based on originals from the Palace of Darius, on display at Epic Iran, an exhibition soon to open at the V&A in London, […]

Sebastião Salgado Photo Exhibit Highlights Amazon Forest Destruction

Photo and video Copyright  @ Cité de la Musique – Philarmonie de Paris, 2021 A new photo exhibit featuring the work of Sebastião Salgado featurs 200 black and white photos taken during his seven-year stay in the Amazonian forest.  22 May […]

Eric Clapton says he had ‘Disastrous’ Reactions to Covid Vaccine

Photo: ©ArenaPlex/Courtesy Everett Collection “My hands and feet were either frozen, numb or burning, and pretty much useless for two weeks,” guitarist writes of reaction to vaccine. “I feared I would never play again” 16 May 2021 | Daniel Kreps […]

See How the Internet Archive Has Digitized More than 250,000 78 R.P.M. Records

 04 May 2021 | Open Culture (original link) In the history of recorded music, no medium has demonstrated quite the staying power of the phonograph record. Hearing those words, most of us envision a twelve-inch disc designed to play at 33 1⁄3 […]

Lucinda Williams says she is recovering from a stroke

Click below to hear I Envy the Wind from Essence, which I think is not only her best album but one of the best contemporary albums ever. JP 03 May 2021 | Joseph Hudak | Rolling Stone (original link) A […]