"Bobby Kennedy: a Raging Spirit" (Simon & Schuster), by Chris Matthews How many books about the Kennedys are enough books about the Kennedys? If public response is any indication, we have yet...

Joe Henry, "Thrum" (earMUSIC) These songs don't wish to be labeled. They're not pop, even though the singer is Madonna's brother-in-law. You won't hum to "Thrum." They're not country, Joe...

The point of paying for a baby sitter, fighting traffic and paying huge ticket prices to go see your favorite music act in the flesh is to see them working hard — to see them sweat. But you'll...

Nikki Giovanni has a thing about words, even a single one — like "needed." "I'm not needed," the beloved poet, drinking coffee at a hotel lounge in midtown Manhattan, insisted during a...

One day, it must have been between 1999 and 2006, I was alone at home in Victory Street, Hamrun when someone knocked on the door. It was the famous composer Charles Camilleri, accompanied by a...

Ex-ambassador of France to Malta, author Daniel Rondeau, was recently honoured with the prestigious Grand Prix du Roman by the esteemed Académie française for his latest novel entitled...

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At 64, his pancreatic cancer in remission, South African musician Johnny Clegg kicked high and stomped five consecutive times - the signature move of Zulu war dancing - during a packed Johannesburg...

The Rule of Law À La Maltaise is Professor Kevin Aquilina's recent book on quite a topical subject. It consists of several thought provoking writings which the author published over the years,...

As a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, Rhiannon Giddens crosses musical divides. Trained as an opera singer, she also plays a mean country fiddle. Folk, bluegrass, gospel and Irish ballads...