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Ira Losco releases new music video for single ‘Hey Now’

Thursday, 1 November 2018, 18:21 Last update: about 9 years ago

Ira Losco has just released a brand new music video called “Hey Now”. This is the fifth single off her double album “No Sinner No Saint.” A first on the local scene, the album...

Cher sings ABBA songs and the reason is sadly clear

Thursday, 1 November 2018, 14:17 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Cher, "Dancing Queen" (Warner Bros.) OK, everyone, settle down. We have a question. This is important. No, really. Can someone turn the music down? Ready? OK: Put your hand up if you've ever...

'A Star Is Born' is dizzyingly wonderful

Thursday, 1 November 2018, 12:40 Last update: about 9 years ago

It's hard not to go into "A Star Is Born " without a lot of prejudgments. Even if you haven't seen the other three versions, the mere fact that they exist, and with such formidable talent, is enough...

'The Most Dangerous Branch' looks at the Supreme Court

Thursday, 1 November 2018, 12:17 Last update: about 9 years ago

"The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court's Assault on the Constitution" (Crown), by David A. Kaplan If Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings have inspired you to dig...

Alaskan thriller 'Hold the Dark' is brutal and bleak

Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 14:20 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The Alaska tourism board can't be all that thrilled with Jeremy Saulnier's "Hold the Dark ," a grueling but beautifully shot mystery about a small town where it seems the very best quality of life one...

Wilson keeps 'Immortal' tracks alive on covers album

Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 14:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Ann Wilson, "Immortal" (BMG) Ann Wilson is one of rock's immortal performers, having earned her spot among the greatest vocalists of all-time. On "Immortal," an album of covers, the Heart singer...

'Tear Me Apart' by J.T. Ellison is gut-wrenching thriller

Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 12:15 Last update: about 9 years ago

"Tear Me Apart" (Mira), by J.T. Ellison "Tear Me Apart," J.T. Ellison's latest gut-wrenching thriller, asks the question: How far would a parent go to save the life of a child? Mindy Wright...

Willie Nelson swings, croons Sinatra set on 'My Way'

Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 14:14 Last update: about 9 years ago

Willie Nelson is country music personified, but he's no red-headed stranger to the Great American Songbook, either. On "My Way," the prolific Texan swings and croons through 11 songs associated with...

In 'Colette,' a literary great is finally unbound

Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 12:39 Last update: about 9 years ago

Wash Westmoreland's "Colette" is a very British movie about a very French feminist icon. A handsome and lively period film, it's too timid to capture the ravenous appetites of the literary force that...

Surprise: Publisher to celebrate Salinger centennial

Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 12:13 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

With J.D. Salinger's centennial coming next year, the big news so far is that his publisher is planning to celebrate it. Little, Brown and Company announced Tuesday that new editions of "The...

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