Peter DeVries once wrote that "nostalgia ain't what it used to be," and this is certainly true when it comes to music. The greater the time distance, the harder it is to maintain authenticity. As a ...

Exhibition catalog published on the occassion of the exhibition, The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s, at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, April 7 to August 20, 2017, and The Cleveland ...

Book accompanied the exhibition held at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, 23 September -- 15 January 2017. "Jazz Age Fashion focuses on women's clothing of the period, although not exclusively, ...

At the height of the Roaring Twenties, flappers took to the floor, arms flailing and feet kicking to a new beat: the Charleston. A century later, the dance still captivates—especially for performer, ...

From the 1920s to the 1940s, Shanghai was a global crossroads alive with sound. American musicians, Filipino jazz bands, and Chinese composers and performers converged in the same nightlife scene. In ...