Arsenio is a music reviewer for WORLD Magazine and one of its original contributors from 1986.
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<em>Billboard</em>'s historic hits make a soundtrack for America's 55-year dance with adolescence
New or recent classical releases
New or recent gospel and CCM releases
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
