Two things sorely lacking from modern popular music are depth and wit (sorry, Katy Perry), so if you happen to be someone who relishes that particular combination, Amy Correia’s “You Go Your Way” is something of a wonder to behold.
A native of Lakeville, Mass., Amy Correia’s third album, “You Go Your Way” has been met with universal critical acclaim, and won the Folk/Singer-Songwriter album prize from this year’s Independent Music Awards. Here, she answers our questions about her hometown, her influences and her approach to songwriting.
As his personal troubles begin to deepen, Harry Clifton, the hero of Jeffrey Archer's "Only Time Will Tell," enlists in the Merchant Navy in 1939 after Britain enters the war. When his ship is sunk by a German U-boat, Harry, Lt. Tom Bradshaw, and a handful of survivors are rescued by an American cruise liner. Bradshaw's death later that evening offers Harry a chance to chuck his past and assume a new identity. But Bradshaw had his own set of problems. He was wanted for murder, and soon the unwitting Harry is convicted and sent to prison. Harry's trials continue in "The Sins of the Father."
Al Dickens created “Uncle Yah Yah: 21st Century Man of Wisdom,” which was also Dickens’ solo debut on the literary scene. Now, volume two is set to be released. This second installment ends on a hook imbedded in the future third book of the series.
Congratulations to Jermaine Paul for winning Season 2 of “The Voice.” Paul, former back-up singer for Alicia Keys, beat out three other amazing singers to capture the top prize — a recording contract with Universal Republic Records.
The first thing I see when I open Mark Kurlansky’s entertaining new biography, “Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man,” is a portrait of Clarence Frank Birdseye II sitting at his desk in September 1943. By the end of the book you have to wonder when he ever sat down. The small, wiry genius didn’t stop till his heart gave out.
Wahida Clark has been called the “Official Queen of Street Literature” and “Queen of Thug Love Fiction,” and credited with the creation of the “thug love fiction” genre itself, a sub-genre of street lit fiction. Wahida’s storytelling abilities initially grabbed readers’ attentions with “Thugs and the Women Who Love Them,” her first bestseller. “Thugs” is the story of three women rising within the educational system to become a lawyer, psychologist, and a doctor. What they share is a magnetic attraction to men who can destroy not just their ambitions, but their very essence.
Reviews of the latest from Boston blues great Paul Rishell, fledgling Philadelphia rock act D&M and New York "popcore" punks Well Excuse Me, Princess, along with capsule reviews for Bonnie Raitt, Counting Crows and fun.
For anyone not living on the northeast coast of the United States, the title of this joyful new book of yummy lobster recipes may seem rather shocking. “Lobster! 55 Fresh & Simple Recipes for Everyday Eating.” Everyday eating? Lobster?
For 41 years, Mimi Alford had locked away the facts surrounding her affair with President John Kennedy, which began when she was a 19-year-old intern at the White House and continued until his assassination in Dallas.
Brigid Kemmerer is making her debut on the young adult (YA) book scene with a four-part paranormal series titled “The Elemental Series.” The first novel “Storm” revolves around 16-year-old Chris, one of four brothers each gifted, or cursed depending on whose perspective we’re viewing, with subtle power of an element. Chris’s power is over water.
Lionel Richie is probably dancing on the ceiling. His latest album, “Tuskegee,” remains at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 200 Album’s chart for its second consecutive week.
England's royal family has certainly had its share of scandal and public missteps, but through it all Queen Elizabeth II has remained solid and steadfast in her sense of duty to her country. Sally Bedell Smith gives us a refreshingly frank look at Elizabeth as daughter, wife, mother, and monarch in her new biography, "Elizabeth the Queen," now celebrating her diamond jubilee.
Philadelphia’s Eve Marie Mont teaches high school English and creative writing. Though happily married, Eve has a timeless crush on Edward Rochester of “Jane Eyre” fame.
Kristin Baker has found that simple everyday objects and experiences can become art. This concept is expressed through the simplicity of her art work.
At the start of Roger King’s remarkable autobiographical novel, “Love and Fatigue in America,” his unnamed narrator is at the top of his game. He’s 43 years old, well-traveled, educated, British, attractive to women and opportunity alike. He’s also headed for a fall from which he never quite regains the full extent of his powers.
Motivated by composers, poets and writers exploring new paths, the Bisonettes, OBU’s Women’s Glee Club, will present their Spring Concert, titled “Swimming Against the Tide,” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 24, in Yarborough Auditorium.
It’s pretty much a given that on any Friday afternoon, some classic rock station somewhere in America (maybe it’s every classic rock station, everywhere) will be playing “Working for the Weekend.” The driving rocker by the Canadian band Loverboy first hit the airwaves in 1981, and immediately became a radio staple. The video of the song was one of the early hits on MTV.
Song and dance legend Mitzi Gaynor made her name in the movies — starring in 17 feature films including 1958’s “South Pacific,” for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination — but her lasting success has come in television and from her decades as a celebrated nightclub headliner.
Artist Nan Rossiter, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, created art for internationally recognized companies such as Viking, MasterCard and UPS. Eventually, she opted to pursue her love of writing and combined that passion with her art to become an author-illustrator. She quickly gained national attention with “Rugby & Rosie,” an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists and winner of Nebraska’s Golden Sower Award, “The Way Home,” one of Smithsonian Magazine’s Notable Books for Children, and “Sugar on Snow.”
