Local Rhythms - Movie Music

I saw Jodie Foster’s latest movie recently. Though I’m not a film critic, let me offer this piece of advice – wait for the DVD. “The Brave One” looks like the studio took a knife to Neil Jordan’s dark vision of a conflicted avenger.
The director’s cut, I’m sure, will be much different [...]

The Sophomore Class - KT Tunstall, James Blunt

Two standout singer/songwriters from across the pond have just released their second efforts:  KT Tunstall’s “Drastic Fantastic” and James Blunt’s “All the Lost Souls.”   Tunstall shifts slightly away from the percussive one-girl band tricks that marked her debut “Under the Telescope.”  Blunt sports a fuller sound than 2005’s “Back to Bedlam,” all the while channeling [...]