Arts & Culture

21 July 2003

Deva Premal's "Love is Space" is a perfect album.

Such gems do exist. They're rare, but most great musicians have at least one.

The Beatles had many, including "Rubber Soul" and "SGT. Pepper". My favorite of...

17 July 2003

Dreaming of the Chieftains: An Appreciative Review of a Reel Life Legend

Harvey Wasserman

Sometimes dreams come true. And sometimes reality exceeds your hopes.

That happened to me---and my four-year-old daughter---at the Palace. Thanks to CAPA, Columbus was treated to THE great Irish band in a concert that can...

20 June 2003

The Fitrakis Files: Spooks, Nukes and Nazis

Harvey Wasserman

Written by Bob Fitrakis
Edited by Brian Lindamood
Published by: Columbus Alive/Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism 246 pages; $15.00

Buy this book at: Free...

28 May 2003

Stomp: At the Palace Theatre

Harvey Wasserman

STOMP is a hell of a kick. It's the Oltatunji of the Ashcans. The Kodo Drumming of the Alleyways. It is offbeat, imaginative, relentlessly unique in its working-class creativity, and, at its best, downright inspirational.

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