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No regrets: Anita Baker let go of fame to raise her sons, save her marriage, and hold her dying mother in her arms. Now the Grammy-winning songstress is
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU COULDN'T BE IN LOVE AND NOT HEAR ANITA BAKER'S SMOKY contralto whispering into your soul to go for it. She preached a biblical ......(Continue Reading) Northern lights: Peter Conrad is dazzled by two new recordings of Scandinavian songs
In Stockholm or Helsinki at this time of year, the sun sceptically peeps over the horizon in mid-morning, hovers at roof level for a while and hurts ......(Continue Reading)Official! It really is a mad, mad, mad, mad world: dark thoughts about humanity's future don't usually get to the top of the Christmas singles charts.
The Christmas number one can signify not only the taste but also the mood of the nation. Record companies know this, too, and market their product with ......(Continue Reading)Gays and the military: in Sons of Ulster a gay lad finds love in the trenches of World War I. The play's director, Nicholas Martin, talks about balancing
"I've been accused in productions of leaning a little heavily on the humor in the plays," admits stage director Nicholas Martin cheerfully. "After I ......(Continue Reading)Caregivers find capacity for spirituality lingers: Alzheimer's, dementia patients respond to songs, prayers, religious symbols
An hour before her Aunt Amelia died in September, Gisela Webb stood at her bedside, rubbing her arm and singing "Tantum Ergo." Webb's cousin, ......(Continue Reading)
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