One can confidently say that DJ duo Tenishia hold the record when it comes to the most gigs performed abroad by a local act. With over than 155,000 fans on their official Facebook page that adds an...

"The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara" (Del Rey), by Terry Brooks   Terry Brooks is a grandmaster of the fantasy genre, and his latest will both captivate and...

Ever since the original exposure of Malta's larrikin hero Manwel Dimech, through the then youthful yet no less comprehensive research efforts of the budding historian Henry Frendo, much has risen...

Judas Priest, "Redeemer of Souls" (Epic)   It takes a lot for a band to make up for a "farewell tour" that ended up not being a farewell after all. But on its new studio...

Two months into its most lucrative season, Hollywood's summer is down nearly 20 percent from last year at North American theaters.   WHAT'S WORKING   — Sequels....

"The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing" (Random House), Mira Jacob   At the start of Mira Jacob's beautiful debut, "The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing," Amina...

Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, "Last Dance" (ECM)   There's a sense of both joy and sadness to "Last Dance," which surprisingly is the first album in pianist Keith...

Digital characters have by now long populated our movies like unwanted house guests. Some of these CGI inventions, like Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings," have been pleasant, even precious...

"A Moveable Famine" (The Permanent Press), by John Skoyles   In an autobiographical novel, which parts are fiction and which are fact? Only the author knows for sure. But when such...

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