Of all the year-end best-of lists you’ll ever read, the ones devoted to music are, by and large, the most helpful. Chances are, you already know what the best movies of the year are. “Up In The Air,” ...

We made it! After this brutal year of war and economic near-collapse, survival is an accomplishment. Boom! Boom! Pow! Indeed. It's no wonder the year's best songs were mostly pleas for help and ...

Well, it’s the last day of 2009. In the spirit of such things, I’m going to let you know about what I thought about the year in music. If you haven’t seen it yet, The World-Herald ran with my best ...