Church this past Sunday was held a little late. We had a special guest preacher that evening. He was from Indianola, Miss., and he's been preaching for nearly 50 years.
It's not too much hyperbole to say that a B.B. King concert is like church Sunday. People come dressed in their finery. Everyone knows most of the words, and what's going on. Most importantly, everyone who goes feels a little bit taller when they walk out.
B.B. crowned King of the Hill
PBS builds Lloyd Wright
"Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance." Frank Lloyd Wright. Egotist, genius, monster, rebel, artist, eccentric, self-indulgent, legend, visionary. While he's been called many things, to anyone and everyone who knew him, he was simply Mr.
'Horse' put to pasture
Bill Clinton and his political bandwagon storm the big screen in the new video "I Went Down." Well, not really, but this film set in Europe, is the story of two strangers thrown together by fate, one just out of prison and the other one step away.
History repeats itself. And, judging by "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie," so does Alanis Morissette.
In some ways, the repetition is good in that the music on "Junkie" is as comfortable and enjoyable as on "Jagged Little Pill." In fact, "Junkie" stands as a continuation of "Pill" - all the familiar guitar and bass-beat love-and-life songs that the royalties from 15 million copies of your debut album can buy, tailored for today's slightly edgier times.Bland in her Pocket
The fine line between sanity and genius seems to have been blurred on Sweden's Meshuggah's new release, "Chaosphere." The album sounds as though it was made by a group of graduate engineering students who decided to form a technically sophisticated heavy music group utilizing the knowledge of upper level math.Meshuggah pushes into 'Chaosphere'
Following the recent release from one real, big Phish, the Pittsburgh ensemble Rusted Root plays a story of its own with its new self-titled release, "Rusted Root."
But a sad misconception may be astir - this "Rusted Root" isn't the earthy rockers we have come to know and hail. Band rooted in stagnation
With more than enough enthusiasm to warrant an extra generous supply of exclamation points in this review, the Rondelles uses '60s girl-group harmonies as the springboard for its garagey pogo-pop songs. Jam-packed with odes to rebels, math nerds and any other boys to cross paths with this band, "Fiction Romance, Fast Machines" is an exhilarating trek to the heart of the teenage crush.Rondelles romance fans in fun rock 'n' roll
It took longer than other cities, but Chicago is slowly-but-surely establishing its own hip-hop identity. The city is represented by super-lyricists Common and Da Brat, but is known more for super-fast rappers like Twista, Psycho Drama and Do or Die.Conflict chooses Crucial 'side'
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