Arsenio is a music reviewer for WORLD Magazine and one of its original contributors from 1986.
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New albums from Jay-Z and Kanye West feature sonic trailblazers trending in cultural destruction
Harry Connick Jr. Isn't resting on his many laurels—at least not this year
Four recent folk-pop releases
New or recent jazz releases
Martha Redbone and Mavis Staples sing truth with beauty and impunity
A collection of sung poems feels largely superfluous
New pop-rock releases
A secular environment, says pianist Alex McDonald, is the right place for his Christian calling
New or recent pop-rock releases
Major soundtracks fail to live up to—or in one case down to—their films
