Arsenio is a music reviewer for WORLD Magazine and one of its original contributors from 1986.
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Bob Stanley has spent decades making music with Saint Etienne, but he’s never outgrown his boyhood habit of making mixtapes. Now he’s digging up forgotten pop songs and giving them another listen. WORLD’s Arsenio Orteza joins the treasure hunt.
MUSIC | Streaming has destroyed music’s monoculture
MUSIC | Four fresh albums
Tree63’s cover of “Blessed Be the Name” became a Christian-radio hit, but founder John Ellis says something started to feel off: fans would come to shows, wait for the song, then leave. WORLD music critic Arsenio Orteza talks with Ellis about what happened next—and why Tree63 is back after 11 years with Voyage.
MUSIC | Remembering an icon’s younger years
MUSIC | Tree63’s Voyage
MUSIC | Reviews of four recent albums
WORLD History Book: Ed Sullivan said he would never have Elvis Presley on his program—until a ratings loss changed his mind. WORLD’s Arsenio Orteza revisits the 1956 broadcast that drew 60 million viewers and became the most-watched U.S. television broadcast to that point.
Americana publicist Lance Cowan set aside a performing career to protect his marriage and raise his sons. Thirty-five years later, he has released three albums of his own. WORLD’s Arsenio Orteza reports.
MUSIC | New albums from Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones
