I grabbed a handful of new CDs I wanted to listen to the other day as I headed out to the car. ...more

January 16, 2009

The troupes from the Little Theatre have once again out done themselves in their production of Elton John and Tim Rice's "Aida," a timeless love story. It was wonderful: the acting, the singing, the dancing, the costume design and the set. It was all outstanding. ...more

August 21, 2008

Whether it's hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk, hit songs from the 1970s are entrenched as "oldies but goodies." ...more

February 22, 2008

Music by two of the best and most prolific hit-makers of that era will be brought together when Pasco-Hernando Community College presents "The Piano Men" at 8 p.m. Friday at the Performing Arts Center on school's West Campus, 10230 Ridge Road, New Port Richey. ...more

February 16, 2008

SEBRING — Thursday evening's Heartland Idol competition was a chance for 16 local performers to wear goofy hats, sport huge shades, or to wear it short and tight and dance up a storm. The music – and especially the dress – of Madonna and Elton John took center stage at the Downtown Circle as four contestants were eliminated from a pool of 16. It was at least the third time that each singer had performed for ever-increasing audiences, emcee Don Elwell pegged Thursday's crowd at 400. As part of a regular refrain, Elwell told performers to "leave nothing on the stage" and none did. ...more

October 20, 2007

The same egomania that turns Kanye West boorish in public is part of what makes him one of hip hop's most fascinating artists. On 'Graduation,' his third album, his self-esteem comes out in clever, disarming rhymes; and it's tempered with some equally rampant self-doubt. ...more

September 21, 2007