Let’s start with two minutes of English percussion

Raise a breakfast coffee to Ruth Slenczynska, still playing on her 100th birthday. She first played with orchestra in Paris 93 years ago. Her teachers were Artur Schnabel, Egon Petri, Alfred Cortot, Josef Hofmann, and […]

Princess Elizabeth’s Bridesmaid’s Dress – Christie’s Click here to watch This is a sweet film about a dress, worn only twice, which embodies a time long past when the country needed a spectacle and a […]

Peggy Lee  Fever, written by Otis Blackwell and Eddie Cooley (collectively known as John Davenport), was originally recorded in 1956 by Little Willie John (who?), Fever has been recorded by countless singers in hundreds of […]