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'The Lost Boy' by Camilla Lackberg is psychological thriller

Friday, 28 October 2016, 12:53 Last update: about 10 years ago

Camilla Lackberg proves why she's called Sweden's "queen of crime" in her superb seventh novel set in the coastal town of Fjallbacka. "The Lost Boy" combines a gripping police procedural with a ghost...

Keane's Tom Chaplin bares emotions on 'The Wave'

Thursday, 27 October 2016, 14:17 Last update: about 10 years ago

Keane singer Tom Chaplin bares his emotions and confronts his demons on "The Wave," a solo debut with soaring vocals vulnerable and victorious. Chaplin is honestly blunt in describing lapses and...

Dern, Williams are spellbinding in 'Certain Women'

Thursday, 27 October 2016, 13:24 Last update: about 10 years ago

"Certain Women" is a quiet, introspective film about three women living and existing in a frozen Montana town. Does it sound dull? Sure. But on the screen it plays out like a slow-burning folk song...

Posthumous book by Shimon Peres coming next spring

Thursday, 27 October 2016, 12:53 Last update: about 10 years ago

A book about Israel's character and the "turning points" in its history that Nobel laureate Shimon Peres completed just weeks before he died will come out next spring. The HarperCollins...

Guitar hero Eric Johnson displays acoustic talents on "EJ"

Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 14:16 Last update: about 10 years ago

Texas guitar hero Eric Johnson concentrates on piano, acoustic guitar and intimate ballads on "EJ," a quieter effort with oscillating results. Covering Jimi Hendrix, Les Paul and Simon &...

In 'Voyage,' the history of life on a very big screen

Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 13:23 Last update: about 10 years ago

About 20 years ago, Andrew Knoll, a professor of natural history and NASA consultant, was sitting in his office at Harvard when he got a strange phone call. "The person on the other end of the...

'Fractured' moves at satisfyingly addictive pace

Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 12:52 Last update: about 10 years ago

The end of summer doesn't need to mean the end of beach reads. And a beach read doesn't need to mean lightweight or purple prose. Take Canadian novelist-attorney Catherine McKenzie. With her...

David Bromberg Band shine on new blues album

Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 14:16 Last update: about 10 years ago

Among his many attributes, David Bromberg is a generous bandleader, and so the first guitar solo on his latest album is performed by sideman Mark Cosgrove. It's a doozy fittingly punctuated by a...

New doc shows militarization of US police from the inside

Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 13:22 Last update: about 10 years ago

The documentary "Do Not Resist" provides a timely look at the state of policing in the United States, from the escalation of SWAT raids to the unregulated technology police departments are...

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