Arsenio is a music reviewer for WORLD Magazine and one of its original contributors from 1986.
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Four new or recently released CDs
The deaths of Dave Brubeck and Elliott Carter mark the end of a musical world
Taylor Swift’s <em>Red</em> answers Toby Keith’s boisterous <em>Hope on the Rocks</em>
Four new or recent albums reviewed
Meat Loaf and Kid Rock are Republicans of a sort
Five Christmas albums
New or recent classical releases
Enough performers produced enough good songs to make a decent holiday music season
Five new or recent pop-rock releases
