LONDON: April 15, 2026 — The Music Is Black: A British Story is the landmark inaugural exhibition at the new V&A East Museum in Stratford, scheduled to open on Saturday, April 18, 2026. Curated by Jacqueline Springer, this multi-sensory exhibition traces 125 years of Black British music, exploring its evolution from early 20th-century origins and... Read more »

The time the world’s first record producer nearly burned down the Vatican and ended up changing music history. It was quite the trip ‘FEE EXORBITANT FORBID YOU TO RECORD’ screamed the telegram from head office. No nuance, no shades of grey there. This was as unequivocal as it got. The recipient, Fred Gaisberg, had always... Read more »

Here at the EMI Archive Trust we love returning the spotlight to enormously consequential people in the history of EMI and the music industry who are not so well known any more but absolutely deserve to be so. This time, the very wonderful and amazing Mr Trevor Williams. As will become clear, it really is... Read more »