Having worked his way through the sonatas of both Beethoven and Schubert for Signum, Llŷr Williams now turns his attention to Schumann’s piano music. Whether this generously filled two-disc set is intended as the first […]
Data scientist Hannah Ritchie has written a good-hearted, generous book that tries its very best to reassure us about the various environmental crises we face. Which, obviously, is much appreciated: God knows we need all […]
Since Bill Ryder-Jones left the Coral in 2008 after five Top 10 albums, he’s been quietly busying himself away in his Yawn studio in West Kirby on the Wirral Peninsula. He’s produced records for the […]
The American poet Cynthia Zarin was 19 when she first travelled to Venice. The trip was a summer sojourn of sorts with “a boy I thought I might marry”, and the city turned out to […]
Jilon VanOver and Ross Jirgl in ‘Butch vs. Sundance.’ Photo Couresy of Tubi. Actors Ross Jirgl and Jilon VanOver face off in the Tubi western “Butch vs. Sundance.” They reprise their roles as Butch Cassidy […]
Nick Carter. Photo Credit: Brian Doherty Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys released his new pop solo single “Never Break My Heart (Not Again).” Carter is wrapping up the year 2023 with some new music, […]
Actor Adam Huss. Photo Courtesy of Adam Huss On December 30, “General Hospital” actor Adam Huss participated in an in-person fan event on Long Island. Huss is known for taking over the role of Nikolas […]
2023 was the year of slaying, and the famous folks of Hollywood brought a plethora of sexy shots and were NOT playing … what better way to review the year than to highlight all the […]
A Uruguayan rugby team gets stranded in the Andes Mountains for 72 days after their plane crashes. Eventually the remaining survivors resort to eating the bodies of those who died in order to continue on. […]
Few works of historical fiction have been so imaginative in premise, yet so dull and lackluster in execution. Freud’s Last Session puts a powerhouse pair of actors, Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode, in the shoes […]
It was around the third time Jason Momoa was wiping piss off his face that I felt truly unmoored from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. I was all in on the original Aquaman, even putting […]
For those familiar with their animation studios, Illumination immediately brings to mind the flood of yapping yellow pills known as the Minions. Its new “Migration” flaps away from those movies, thanks to its director and […]
Laurie Berkner performing at The Paramount. Photo Credit: Markos Papadatos On December 17, children’s music performer Laurie Berkner played her “Live Holiday Concert” at The Paramount in Huntington on Long Island. Berkner kicked off her […]
It’s been over 60 years since France has made a movie version of one of its beloved literary benchmarks, Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 adventure “The Three Musketeers.” Not that the country’s filmmakers haven’t been busy reinventing […]
All his life, the churn of history has spoken to 78-year-old Anselm Kiefer, who has responded with imposingly environmental, mythic and beautiful paintings and sculptures that get at something intrinsic about postwar Germany’s hard relationship […]
“The most controversial thing I’ve ever done is stick around,” Madonna announced at the conclusion of a career retrospective montage during her “Celebration Tour.” It was certainly a “mic drop” by itself, but in the […]
Caleb Polaha performing live at Drom NYC. Photo Credit: Markos Papadatos On December 10, singer-songwriter Caleb Polaha performed an acoustic show at Drom NYC, which featured his original music. Polaha opened his set with “Black […]
In August 1791, a group of enslaved Haitians met in the woods of Bois Caïman, on the north coast of Haiti, and conducted a secret Vodou ceremony that planted the seeds for the Haitian Revolution. […]
New Cirque du Soleil holiday production. Photo Credit: Kyle Flubacker. Cirque du Soleil’s “Twas the Night Before…” premiered on Thursday, December 7, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. This high-flying extravaganza […]
More than any other genre, hip-hop loves a sequel. Jay-Z. Eminem, Future, Kid Cudi, Lil’ Wayne, Rick Ross, Method Man: all have felt impelled to release a branded follow-up to their best-loved work, usually years […]