Wondrous Incandescence
Two folk veterans are at the top of their games: TOM PAXTON on his new REDEMPTION ROAD album…
It’s All Too Beautiful: Nellie McKay Sounds Off on…Everything
NELLIE MCKAY is never at a loss for words--about animals, the '60s, her new album (MY WEEKLY READER)--and…
THE DARK CORNER
First-class film noir here starring LUCILLE BALLS, CLIFTON WEBB, MARK STEVENS and WILLIAM BENDIX, directed by HENRY HATHAWAY.…
A Tribute to B.B. King
Remembering B.B.: The making of the King of the Blues's 1981 Grammy winning album THERE MUST BE A…
NASA Study Finds Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf Nearing Its Final Act
'Bad news for the planet': A NASA study has found that the last remaining section of Antarctica's Larsen…
It Might As Well Be Spring
Although it was not be design, noted jazz drummer-arranger-composer JERRY KALAF seems to have found the essence of…
Leave Her To Heaven (1945)
Directed by John M. Stahl with vivid cinematography by Leon Shamroy, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN, a 1945 film…
Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks
A great crop of new gospel CDs to consider. Featuring THE FAIRFIELD FOUR, THE NEW CHRISTIANAIRES, THE SUPREME…
The Deep Meaning of Passover For Us All
For MIA SHERWOOD LANDAU, Passover 'is more than a holiday to honor history.' For her, it's an opportunity…
Updike & Easter, 2015
Seven new perspectives on John Updike's enduring Easter poem, 'Seven Stanzas at Easter.'