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Homage to Scandinavian composers

Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 09:59 Last update: about 12 years ago Marie Benoît

You have had a distinguished career and you have featured as soloist during recitals and concerts across Europe, Asia and the USA. You have come to Malta from New York to perform with the Malta...

A true virtuoso

Sunday, 6 December 2015, 09:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Coryse Borg

I usually like to listen to music while I write. It helps me concentrate and puts me in the right frame of mind to work creatively. While I was writing this article on double bassist Gjorgji...

Wainwright Sisters keep it in the family

Saturday, 5 December 2015, 16:02 Last update: about 12 years ago

There can be something magical about the voices of siblings singing together, as a listen to the Beach Boys or the Everly Brothers shows. More proof comes in this subtly haunting album by Martha...

Yo Rocky! Gritty, soulful 'Creed' goes the distance

Saturday, 5 December 2015, 14:33 Last update: about 12 years ago

Admit it. When you heard another "Rocky" movie was coming out - a seventh - you thought, really? How many "Rocky" movies do we need? Well, it turns out we needed seven. At least. From its...

Tess Gerritsen's 'Playing With Fire' is compelling story

Saturday, 5 December 2015, 14:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

Tess Gerritsen, author of the series featuring Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and coroner Maura Isles, delivers an outstanding story that's totally different with "Playing With...

Trey Anastasio finds groove on 'Paper Wheels'

Friday, 4 December 2015, 16:01 Last update: about 12 years ago

When Phish frontman Trey Anastasio settles into a groove, his latest solo record "Paper Wheels" shines. Anastasio, on his first solo record in three years and 10th of his career, produces a tune,...

With lessons for today, movies bring back the '50s

Friday, 4 December 2015, 14:30 Last update: about 12 years ago

Fear of unexpected strikes from overseas. Battles over First Amendment rights. Simmering tensions of inequality. It's no wonder the 1950s are all over movie screens. Whether by fortune or...

'The Promise' is intense, thrilling mystery

Friday, 4 December 2015, 13:59 Last update: about 12 years ago

Robert Crais takes the most popular characters from previous novels and shakes them up in "The Promise," an intense and thrilling mystery. Private Investigator Elvis Cole is asked by the boss of...

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