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Music Review: Harmonica guru Lee Oskar's all sunshine on funky instrumental album 'She Said Mahalo'

Music Review: Harmonica guru Lee Oskar's all sunshine on funky instrumental album 'She Said Mahalo'

On the instrumental album “She Said Mahalo,” Lee Oskar plays funk, reggae, a lullaby and more, all while using less than a dozen harmonicas.

Met Opera, Lincoln Center Theater commission work about detained Ukrainian children

NEW YORK (AP) — A Ukrainian composer has been commissioned to write an opera about mothers from that country going into Russia to rescue their forcibly detained children.
In Toronto, Paul Simon takes a bow with a new career-spanning documentary

In Toronto, Paul Simon takes a bow with a new career-spanning documentary

TORONTO (AP) — After a three-and-a-half-hour documentary on his life, Paul Simon had only sympathy for the audience.
Music Review: 'Who's Next/Life House' is a dive into The Who's masterpiece that mostly slipped away

Music Review: 'Who's Next/Life House' is a dive into The Who's masterpiece that mostly slipped away

“Who's Next/Life House” — The Who's massive new box set — dives deep down the archival rabbit hole to shed light on the development of one of the band's greatest records — and one grandiose idea that (mostly) slipped away.
Music Review: A little too much beauty and not enough beast on new Pretenders album, 'Relentless'

Music Review: A little too much beauty and not enough beast on new Pretenders album, 'Relentless'

Chrissie Hynde 's talent is a musical gift from heaven, a one-of-a-kind voice that powered her band, the Pretenders, into creating some of rock's most memorable songs in the 1970s and '80s.
Book Review: Millie Bobby Brown of 'Stranger Things' weaves a romance novel into a WWII disaster

Book Review: Millie Bobby Brown of 'Stranger Things' weaves a romance novel into a WWII disaster

“Nineteen Steps” by Millie Bobby Brown (William Morrow) The actor who plays Eleven on “Stranger Things” wrote a romance novel! That’ll be the headline for too much coverage of “Nineteen Steps,” so let’s set that aside and consider the debut book from
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 17-23

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 17-23

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 17-23: Sept. 17: Singer-turned-photographer LaMonte McLemore of the Fifth Dimension is 88. Singer Fee Waybill of The Tubes is 75. Actor Elvira is 72. Comedian Rita Rudner is 70.
Bernie Taupin, Elton John's lyricist, would like to have a word

Bernie Taupin, Elton John's lyricist, would like to have a word

NEW YORK (AP) — If you're thinking of checking out the new memoir by Elton John's lyricist to learn more about the Rocket Man, you're out of luck. This is Bernie Taupin's song to sing.
Get a taste of the world of Catan with a cookbook inspired by the hit board game

Get a taste of the world of Catan with a cookbook inspired by the hit board game

NEW YORK (AP) — You can work up quite an appetite sitting around a table plotting world domination. Luckily, a new cookbook lets Catan fans savor the board game even more while out-trading opponents.
Next time you invite friends over to play Catan, why not feed them Chicken Under a Brick?

Next time you invite friends over to play Catan, why not feed them Chicken Under a Brick?

Everyone knows that one Brick and one Lumber make a road in the game Catan. But what about two bricks and four chicken thighs? That’s the beginnings of an amazingly delicious, yet simple, main dish included in the new “Catan: The Official Cookbook.
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