Portable record player – the Oscar goes to Teppaz. For only one day in my life, 50 years ago, I saw, touched, and heard the most incredible music machine of my life. I saw it for the second time yesterday, in April 2025, and I was just as mesmerized. But it was behind a glassContinue reading “Portable record player – the Oscar goes to Teppaz”
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Left Bank in Song: Parisian history through lyrics and music
Left Bank in Song: Parisian history through lyrics and music. La rive gauche en chansons – The Left Bank in Song – was an evocative exhibition held in Paris from 10-28 April 2025. It offered a visual and artistic journey through the districts of the Left Bank – the Luxembourg Gardens, Montparnasse, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and more. Each neighbourhood wasContinue reading “Left Bank in Song: Parisian history through lyrics and music”