Wayne Marshall to conduct The New Choral Singers’ summer concert
Monday, 4 July 2016, 13:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
The New Choral Singers, under the direction of the internationally acclaimed Wayne Marshall, and in association with the Hilltop Gardens, are proud to present their annual summer concert, which is to...
BOV employees experience the Teatru Manoel up close
Monday, 4 July 2016, 13:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
For the second year in a row, a group of BOV employees, accompanied by their family and friends spent a Sunday afternoon discovering the marvels of the Teatru Manoel. The visit started off with...
Laura Mvula's vocals sublime on 'The Dreaming Room'
Saturday, 2 July 2016, 16:51
Last update: about 11 years ago
Laura Mvula creates her trademark festival of vocals on "The Dreaming Room," an ambitious album full of rhythms and drama, with some songs suitable for recital halls and others for the dance...
Mumford & Sons' 'Johannesburg' a rich, rhythmic romp
Friday, 1 July 2016, 16:51
Last update: about 11 years ago
Mumford & Sons' new five-song EP is a tonal and rhythmic departure from the band's past three albums. Written with Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, Malawian group The Very Best and South African band...
'Widowmaker' by Paul Doiron is fast-paced tale
Friday, 1 July 2016, 16:26
Last update: about 11 years ago
In the first few pages of Paul Doiron's "Widowmaker," game warden Mike Bowditch seizes an illegal animal (10 percent dog and 90 percent wolf) from a violent, drug addled couple; is stabbed in the back...
Red Hot Chili Peppers reflective on 'The Getaway'
Thursday, 30 June 2016, 16:50
Last update: about 11 years ago
The Red Hot Chili Peppers' first album in five years, "The Getaway," is a melancholy set, even when the rhythms accelerate. Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) sits in for Rick Rubin in the producer's...
Free State of Jones' bares forgotten Civil War tale
Thursday, 30 June 2016, 16:40
Last update: about 11 years ago
Newton Knight was a poor Mississippi farmer and Confederate soldier who deserted the Army in early 1862, waged a rebellion against the Confederacy and ended up forming a little colony of exiles, which...
'Sweetbitter' is a novel to be savored
Thursday, 30 June 2016, 16:25
Last update: about 11 years ago
Tess comes to New York in the summer of 2006, 22 and aching for adventure. Things seem to fall into place when she aces an interview at a famous restaurant in Union Square - unnamed, but bearing quite...
Kristofferson hits 80 with new album of beloved hits
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 16:48
Last update: about 11 years ago
The title had some Kris Kristofferson fans fearing his 2013 album "Feeling Mortal" was his last. Now, entering his ninth decade, Kristofferson is feeling sentimental, with a new offering that's like a...