Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks – March 2013
BOB MAROVICH'S GOSPEL PICKS include new CDs, by the LEE BOYS, SHERI JONES-MOFFETT, HALF MILE HOME, MOSES TYSON JR. and SPEAK LIFE
Make Way for Lucky Ducklings & Yu Byun’s ‘Diminutive Paradise’
JULES declares Eva Moore's LUCKY DUCKLINGS, illustrated by NANCY CARPENTER, to be one of 2013's great picture books, and introduces us to DREAM FRIENDS by an impressive debut artist, YOU BYUN.
99 RIVER STREET (1953)
99 RIVER STREET is a forgotten gem of the film noir genre. Directed by PHIL KARLSON and starring JOHN PAYNE and EVELYN KEYES, it foreshadows Raging Bull.
Gone Home
A tribute to Alvin Lee, who walked away from the mammoth success of Ten Years After to pursue his solo muse. A true '60s guitar legend, Lee passed away on March 6.
The Luxurious Perfection of Chanticleer: 35 Years of ‘Clear Singing’
The early music vocal ensemble CHANTICLEER is marking its 35th anniversary with a new album, The Siren's Call. Herewith a retrospective salute and a listener's guide to Chanticleer musts.
Ladders to Heaven: A Legend
Famous as a children's book author in the mid-1800s, JULIANA HORATIA EWING was also devoted to 'the practical cultivation of flowers,' as is evident in her paaen to lilies in 'Ladders to Heaven: A Legend,' published in 1891, four years before her death.
Pianist-Entrepreneur-Innovator
Pianist-entrepreneur-innovator LARA DOWNES is back with her most ambitious project, EXILES' CAFE, focusing on the concept of music written in exile. The album, though, is only the beginning.
Taj Weekes’s Anthems of Hope
2013 is off to a great start for St. Lucia's TAJ WEEKES, a singer-songwriter with a topical bent and a clear vision of his responsibility to help make the world a better place now and for future generations.
Prokofiev, Conflicted: Great Composer or Great Compromiser?
SERGEI PROKOFIEV was a great composer, but was he also a great compromiser when it came to bowing to the demands of the Soviet regime, which viewed him as a threat to the people?
‘Hug’: Paws For Patriots Dogs Ease Wounded Veterans Passage Into Post-Combat Life
Since 2006 the non-profit organization PAWS FOR PATRIOTS has been training and providing, free of charge, guide dogs to veterans with visual impairments. DUNCAN STRAUSS has the inside story on this invaluable effort.