Michael Jackson, "Xscape" (Epic Records)   Michael Jackson was such a perfectionist about his music that he was notorious for releasing albums on a painfully slow timeline: His...

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Acoustic rockers Rodrigo y Gabriela have always let their eloquent guitars do their talking. No longer.   In recent appearances, Rodrigo Sanchez has tried something special, using a soft...

Like many music fans, Taylor Swift's relationship with the "Now That's What I Call Music" series stretches back more than a decade. She and her brother would listen to...

Stevie Nicks thought former bandmate Christine McVie was joking when she told her that she wanted to go on tour with Fleetwood Mac last year.   "I'm like, 'Well, you've...

Hunter Hayes, "Storyline" (Atlantic Records)   At 22, Hunter Hayes isn't one for subtlety on his sophomore album: His up-tempo songs ("Tattoo,"...

Dolly Parton, "Blue Smoke" (Sony Masterworks)   Dolly Parton, at age 68, creates her best album in more than a dozen years by returning to the bluegrass-flavored sound that worked...

Maltese violinist Nadine Galea has been chosen to form part of the 2014/2015 season of the European Union Youth Orchestra, joining the exceptionally talented group of young musicians who will bring to...

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Last Saturday 9th May the Stella Maris Band of Sliema, under the baton of its able conductor Mro.Michael Pulis, BMus, A(Mus)LCM, ALCM, has performed an Oratorio “Marija Kewkba tal-Bahar”,...