On February 20, 1991, protesters in the Albanian capital, Tirana, toppled a statue of long-term dictator Enver Hoxha, marking the end of decades of isolation and repression. Thirty-five years on, how ...

Enver Hoxha ruled Albania from 1944 to 1985, transforming the small Balkan nation into one of the most isolated and repressive states in Europe. After breaking with both Yugoslavia and the Soviet ...

Enver Hoxha ruled Albania with absolute control for over forty years. He broke with Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, and later China. Albania declared itself the world’s first atheist state and shut down ...

For most Catholics, Dec. 8 is known as the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. In Albania, the same date carries an additional meaning. It marks the student protests of Dec. 8, 1990 — later ...

Stranger Things is known for many things, and among them is its absolutely killer soundtrack. Throughout all five seasons, the eclectic mix of 80s bangers and other songs from the era is part of what ...

One of the bonuses of making "Song Sung Blue" filled with Neil Diamond songs is how astonishingly prolific the globally beloved singer-songwriter was during his five decades of recording and ...

Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer's new movie, "Song Sung Blue," opens in theaters in Memphis and across the U.S. and Canada on Christmas Day. Here's some information that might be helpful or interesting ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...

When Lea Ypi published “Free” in 2021, the book was acclaimed for its account of life under Enver Hoxha, the communist despot who ruled Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985. It ...

Roland Sejko’s doc “A State Film,” culled from a vast archive of official footage made under the regime of Albanian strongman Enver Hoxha, is a fascinating study in the power of image and myth.