Arsenio is a music reviewer for WORLD Magazine and one of its original contributors from 1986.
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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
Recent classical releases
“The Possum” lived and died with the choices he made
New or recent releases