That the current Russian leadership, and its lackeys, are pariahs does not – and should not – force us to reject Russia’s culture. In the Second World War, Beethoven and Brahms remained in British ...

The discovery of one old record is breathing new life into a genre of Soviet-era music that hasn't been widely heard overseas for decades. About a decade ago, music producer Vik Sohonie was in New ...

During the harshest days of Soviet censorship, it was nearly impossible — and also very risky — to get a hold of Western music. But people in the Soviet Union became experts at devising creative, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When Western Electric invented electrical sound recording 100 years ago, it completely transformed the public’s relationship to music. Before then, recording was done mechanically, ...