Joe Bonamassa rocks the blues hard on 'Redemption'
Monday, 22 October 2018, 14:03
Last update: about 9 years ago
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Joe Bonamassa, "Redemption" (J&R Adventures) There are a few months left in the year, so though "Redemption" is his third album of 2018 — after a strong collaboration with Beth Hart and...
Michael Moore takes on Trump _ via Flint, Michigan
Monday, 22 October 2018, 12:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"I hope he never does one on me," Donald Trump once said of Michael Moore. It was in 1998, on Roseanne Barr's syndicated talk show. Trump complimented Moore's "Roger & Me," a takedown of...
Latest Pelecanos book about transformative power of reading
Monday, 22 October 2018, 11:50
Last update: about 9 years ago
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"The Man Who Came Uptown" (Mulholland Books), by George Pelecanos Anna Byrne, a prison librarian in Washington, is good at selecting books that keep prisoners entertained, but seldom does she...
Gary Shteyngart's road novel in the time of Trump
Monday, 22 October 2018, 11:49
Last update: about 9 years ago
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"Lake Success: a Novel" (Random House), by Gary Shteyngart It's possible there's a hedge fund bro out there whose heart is as big as his AUM (assets under management). Who thinks Donald Trump is...
Black Eyed Peas tackle gun violence, immigration in videos
Saturday, 20 October 2018, 09:50
Last update: about 9 years ago
The Black Eyed Peas tackle gun violence at schools and immigration in two new music videos for their song, "Big Love." The trio — it's unclear if Fergie is still part of the group —...
McConaughey gives heart to 'White Boy Rick'
Saturday, 20 October 2018, 09:12
Last update: about 9 years ago
There's a "where are they now" at the end of "White Boy Rick ," an astonishing true story about a teenager in a rough part of Detroit in the 1980s who became an undercover FBI informant, that might...
Author weaves two related stories in 'Sunrise Highway'
Saturday, 20 October 2018, 08:58
Last update: about 9 years ago
"Sunrise Highway" (Minotaur), by Peter Blauner. Forty years ago on Long Island, a teenage boy helped murder a young girl and then lied about who did it, sending an innocent black man to prison....
Book collection on great artists
Friday, 19 October 2018, 11:57
Last update: about 9 years ago
Art Gallery is a book collection that capture the lives and work of the greatest artists ever known....
Billy F. Gibbons feels right at home on blues album
Friday, 19 October 2018, 09:48
Last update: about 9 years ago
Billy F. Gibbons, "The Big Bad Blues" (Concord Records) Billy F. Gibbons hasn't strayed far from the blues but after a 2015 solo debut awash in Afro-Cuban influences, "The Big Bad Blues" is a...