Music on the global stage
Monday, 27 June 2016, 14:16
Last update: about 9 years ago
Nikki Petroni
The Fête de la Musique is a massive street music festival for both professional and amateur musicians held every year on 21 June. The first edition of the festival was held in 1982 and was...
Gritty and visceral, Brandy Clark reaches for greatness
Saturday, 25 June 2016, 16:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
Brandy Clark isn't the first singer-songwriter to bring a smart feminist perspective to country music. Loretta Lynn sang defiantly about "The Pill" 40 years ago, well before her audience was ready for...
'Finding Dory' is no trophy fish but it's a keeper
Saturday, 25 June 2016, 15:33
Last update: about 9 years ago
In Pixar's hands, the ocean - equal parts danger and wonder - is a vast metaphor for the choppy waters of parenting. Cloistered coral reefs of home are surrounded by frightful drop-offs and strong...
History, travel & comedy collide in 'Wonder Trail'
Saturday, 25 June 2016, 15:14
Last update: about 9 years ago
Steve Hely's plan is vague: travel south and make lots of stops along the way until he reaches the end of the world. And so begins "The Wonder Trail," Hely's account of everything from the history of...
Little Big Town's Pharrell-shaped CD is fun but lightweight
Friday, 24 June 2016, 16:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
Little Big Town, country music's top vocal group, achieved widespread fame by continually taking artistic risks and pushing boundaries. With "Wanderlust," they step out even further, working with...
The hocus pocus of 'Now You See Me 2' wears thin
Friday, 24 June 2016, 15:32
Last update: about 9 years ago
The magician heist movie "Now You See Me 2" disappears with not a poof, but in a hyper-kinetic blur of hectic plot mechanics, ceaselessly nattering characters and so many ploys of...
'Ink and Bone' is a tale of horror and mystery
Friday, 24 June 2016, 15:13
Last update: about 9 years ago
Lisa Unger returns to the small town of The Hollows with "Ink and Bone," another gut-wrenching tale of horror and mystery. Finley Montgomery has been visited by ghostly figures and experienced...
Neil Young continues revolutionary streak with 'Earth' album
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 16:24
Last update: about 9 years ago
When Neil Young turned his 1959 Lincoln Continental into an electric car, developed a high-tech digital music system and mixed animal sounds into his latest album, he didn't think it was...
'Warcraft' a visual spectacle
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 15:31
Last update: about 9 years ago
So it may take a while for non-gamers to figure out who's who in the battle of orcs and humans at the center of the "Warcraft " film, which complicates an already dense mythology. Once it becomes...