Like ursine creatures in the winter, the book publishing world slips into hibernation during these long nights. Most publishers shepherded their big books into the world well ahead of the holidays, and this was an especially busy and challenging fall, […]
As the world around them shut down and shuddered because of the pandemic and the troubled political landscape, husband-and-wife duo Waterfield and Fielder did what they do best: They wrote poignant and emotionally soaring songs that not only capture the […]
Sir Barry Gibb is staying alive with this album of collaborations with country, bluegrass, and Americana artists. Of course, many of the Bee Gees’ early songs flow as gently as a country stream, so his reimagining of some of those […]
When Warner Bros. opened its own recording division, Warner Bros. Records, in 1958, it released a number of humor albums with titles such as Terribly Sophisticated Songs: A Collection of Unpopular Songs for Popular People, Songs the Kids Brought Home […]
Despite a few glimmers of hope in the last few weeks, 2020 nevertheless continues to lurch and shuffle like the infamous twirling black-clad figure that leads the line dance of death in The Seventh Seal. As the year staggers toward […]
While 2020 has been a challenging year for the publishing industry — as it has been for the music business — with sales swaying up and down, sometimes wildly, and with author events being canceled because of the pandemic, there […]
The challenge of writing about books — and music or film, for that matter — is sheer volume. Writing about only one book a week means that there are far more books about which I don’t write than those I […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: As album releases slow down in December, we like to catch our breath and write about albums that came out earlier in the year that we didn’t get a chance to review but we think are worthy of […]
What happens when gospel music artists cross over into R&B or hip-hop or rock? Have they abandoned glorifying Jesus for the glories of fame and fortune? Can they sing about light, redemption, and sanctification with the same fervor in large […]
’Tis the season to love Dolly! In October, Dolly Parton released A Holly Dolly Christmas, an album of Christmas favorites that includes duets with, among others, Miley Cyrus, Jimmy Fallon, Michel Bublé, and Willie Nelson. And Parton has recently been […]
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