Copland Dust Bowl "folk opera" still feels fresh and interesting on its 60th anniversary in this impressive production from Chelsea Opera.
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Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado are a Danish blues band that pump hot new blood into old forms.
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David Tennant stars in the latest installment of PBS's "Masterpiece Mystery," "The Escape Artist."
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'The GAMBIT – Original Soundtrack' will definitely get you moving in one way or another with a nice genre blend between country western and classic orchestral music.
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This book offers very practical examples of how you can communicate better with your children.
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If we can have a World Cup for soccer/football, there is no reason why we cannot have a “real” World Series for baseball.
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Murder in the First is a serial, thankfully, but TNT joins the high-concept crime genre game late and with a weak entry, not worthy of its excellent catch.
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The funniest film of the year so far and one of the funniest films I have ever seen period.
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'Dawn' is the kind of successful collaborative effort that presages more to come.
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Held in solitary confinement for months for publishing an educational newsletter for inmates, I eventually had the guilty findings overturned, but not before much suffering.
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