Various Artists, “Fifty Shades Darker – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Republic Records)If “more” is the name of the game for new film “Fifty Shades Darker,” it shouldn’t have been the case for its music. At a staggering 19 overwrought songs, the soundtrack committed ...
Chuck Prophet, “Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins” (Yep Roc)The song titles suggest this is an album worth hearing. They’re Prophetic.Along with the title cut, there’s “Bad Year for Rock and Roll,” “Jesus Was a Social Drinker,” “If I Was Connie Britton” and “Post-War ...
NEW YORK – At the forefront of this year’s Oscar race are two filmmakers in their 30s with seemingly limitless careers ahead of them: Damien Chazelle, the 32-year-old wunderkind behind “La La Land” and Barry Jenkins, the 37-year-old writer-director of “Moonlight.” The combined ...
Elton John says his late friend and fellow Brit George Michael was one of the best vocalists in the world.John paid tribute to Michael during his Beats 1 Radio show Monday, calling him one of Britain’s “most brilliant songwriters.”John and Michael famously collaborated on the 1991 version ...
Elbow, “Little Fictions” (Concord Records)Less, it turns out, is more for the British band Elbow. On their seventh studio album, the art-rockers have lost a founding member, but the music they deliver is some of the best they’ve made in years.“Little Fictions,” Elbow’s first CD ...
NEW YORK (AP) – Irwin Corey, the wild-haired comedian and actor known for his improvisational riffs and nonsensical style who billed himself as “The World’s Foremost Authority,” died Monday at his home in Manhattan, according to his son, Richard. He was 102.Corey’s dizzying mix of ...
