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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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Articles by Arsenio Orteza

A confident debut

With Enough, newcomer Mary-Clair Brickell brings authenticity, talent, and spiritual depth to Christian pop

BOOKS | The music and ministry of Andraé Crouch

MUSIC | The lives of Brian Wilson and Sly Stone

MUSIC | Four fresh albums


Recent

Three homeschooled brothers bend the genre with harmony, heart, and unexpected influences

MUSIC | Minimalism and the new Steve Reich box

The Beach Boys’ genius reshaped American pop with intricate harmonies and lyrics of youthful utopianism

MUSIC | Two new albums from two old British blues singers

MUSIC | Reviews of four albums

Ronnie Martin fuses vintage synthesizer, Biblical poetry, and raw vulnerability