Morning Ale: a look back
Wednesday, 2 January 2013, 15:35
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Wayne Flask pays a tiny outsider’s tribute to the great musician Steve Caruana Smith, a former member of Winter Moods. I could be sitting here telling you the obvious. You’d be...
Ska music from beyond the grave
Wednesday, 2 January 2013, 15:22
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
An unstoppable new force with the intriguing title of Baron Bubblebeef has been unleashed on an unsuspecting Maltese music scene. Say the words ‘a month ago’ loud enough and...
Balmy summer nights
Friday, 28 December 2012, 11:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Malta famously has a couple of books set in and around Paceville, but these were written one or two decades ago. Most of the more recent young adult Maltese fiction, incuding Ivan Buġeja’s...
Silver Linings Playbook
Thursday, 27 December 2012, 15:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Life doesnt always go according to planPat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything -- his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father...
Pitch Perfect
Thursday, 27 December 2012, 15:30
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Beca (Oscar®- and Tony-nominated actress Anna Kendrick of Up in the Air, ParaNorman) is that girl who’d rather listen to what’s coming out of her headphones than what’s coming...
Jack Reacher
Thursday, 27 December 2012, 15:28
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
On a mundane morning in an average town, five people are randomly shot dead while going about their everyday lives. All of the evidence points to one man: A sharp-shooting assassin who also is...
‘La Boheme’ live from The Royal Opera House
Thursday, 27 December 2012, 12:24
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Giacomo Puccini's much loved opera, La Boheme, will be screening at Eden Cinemas on 15 January, in an exclusive, one-night-only event, starting at 8.30pm. The opera, which unfolds in four breathtaking...
Rihanna donates $1.75 million to Barbados hospital
Wednesday, 26 December 2012, 22:16
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Pop star Rihanna has given $1.75 million to a hospital in her Caribbean homeland of Barbados in memory of her late grandmother. Rihanna says the donation to buy three pieces of medical...
Renowned opera singer in Vienna going strong at 95
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 10:14
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
It was 1947 in post-war Vienna, and Hilde Zadek remembers taking a deep breath behind the curtain. A rookie on her first opera gig, she was about to sing the prestigious role of Aida for an audience...
Chicano rock pioneers Los Lobos marking 40 years
Tuesday, 18 December 2012, 14:40
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
They are seen as the progenitors of Chicano rock 'n' roll, the first band that had the boldness, and some might even say the naiveté, to fuse punk rock with Mexican folk...