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Arsenio Orteza

Arsenio Orteza

Arsenio is a music reviewer for WORLD Magazine and one of its original contributors from 1986.

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MUSIC | Reviews of four recent albums

Mike Peters completed his final album the day before starting a new cancer treatment. WORLD’s Arsenio Orteza talks with his widow, Jules Peters, about the album and her husband’s legacy.

Singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur’s latest album traces a spiritual journey still marked by questions but increasingly anchored in biblical truth. WORLD music critic Arsenio Orteza reviews You're Not a Ghost Anymore: Faith.

MUSIC | The Petersens play bluegrass with Christian themes


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MUSIC | Reviews of four recent albums

What began as one father’s effort to keep his children off video games grew into one of America’s most successful family bands. WORLD music critic Arsenio Orteza talks with the Petersens about their new album, Father, a Moment with You.

Sixty years after “Like a Rolling Stone,” Bob Dylan’s landmark recording still sounds startling—and still shapes what listeners expect from popular music. WORLD’s Arsenio Orteza has this week’s WORLD History Book.

MUSIC | Three recent Christian-themed albums

MUSIC | Four new albums reviewed

Producer Ron Nevison reflects on the late Dave Mason’s commercial peak—from “We Just Disagree” to the breezy California sound that helped define soft rock in the late 1970s. WORLD’s Arsenio Orteza reports.