Wales Is Where The Heart Is

Soundcheck | Sep 17, 2010

Photographer Cambridge Jones loves music. And he loves his native land of Wales. His “Talking Pictures” is a series of portraits of great Welsh musicians, from Robert Plant to Shirley Bassey, accompanied by each one talking about the music that inspired them. He’ll share some of them with us.

Talking Pictures: Portraits by Cambridge Jones opens at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Plaza Level Lobby at Lincoln Center on Thursday, September 23. For more information, please visit the NYPL web site.

 

 

 

Today's Playlist:

1. Shirley Bassey - 'Gold Finger' - The Greatest Hits

2. Robert Plant - 'Cindy I'll Marry You Someday' - Band Of Joy

3. Bryn Terfel - 'Mack the Knife'

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