Arsenio is a music reviewer for WORLD Magazine and one of its original contributors from 1986.
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Lou Reed mixed a nihilistic anti-aesthetic with sentimental sweetness
Recent classical or semi-classical releases
Another open letter to Miley Cyrus
New or recent pop-rock releases
Box set explores the music of leftist folk singer Woody Guthrie
New or recent CDs
New or recent CDs
The music is beautiful even though its true origins are decidedly not
New or recent jazz releases