The much-loved instrument maker George Stoppani died over Christmas. Aside from making instruments he created a brand of ‘Real Guts Strings’ and was an international authority on instrumental acoustics. The post English luthier […]
The Baltimore Sun today scrapped its features department, reassigning its remaining writers to the news department. This leaves the 30th-ranked US city without any reporting on its busy music scene, museums, galleries and performing arts […]
Rumours are rife that the UK Department of Culture, Media, Sport and Digital is about to be scrapped in a giovernment efficiency drive. Few tears will be shed. The DCMS has long been a dumping […]