Louche Life
Meet Alessandro Ristori, the Riviera’s favorite retro lounge singer
Canon Blast
Sweet melodies from the Great American Songbook, as played by Louis Armstrong, Paul Robeson, Benny Goodman, Gene Austin, and more
A Dickens Masterpiece for These Times
David Copperfield is no dusty relic but something sparkling—and very modern
War Games
In 1946, John Hersey revealed the Hiroshima cover-up to the world. A new book tells how he got the scoop
Back to the Future
Alvin and Heidi Toffler’s book Future Shock, published a half-century ago, got a lot right about our current times
In Search of Lost Pianos
A journey to Siberia reveals the life of a 19th-century Russian princess who, in extreme isolation, found solace in music
The Movie Star’s Movie Star
A new podcast evokes the advent of the Valley’s adult-film stars and the awe they earned from their Hollywood equivalents
Warm Ways
Songs built to withstand the heat, from Fleetwood Mac, Delaney & Bonnie, Etta James, the Detroit Cobras, and more
Hidden Tunes
“Whatever story I’m telling, I tell it through music.” An interview with Bruce Adolphe, the mind behind the wildly popular Piano Puzzlers
Southern Gothic
New exhibitions at London’s Alison Jacques Gallery spotlight Black photographer Gordon Parks’s work chronicling the American South and more
The Going Is Good
At 61, Kathy Valentine, the subject of a new documentary on the Go-Go’s, shows no sign of slowing down
