Metro Weekly

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  • Farm Fresh

    By on January 16, 2008

    There was a time when Nicole Reynolds didn't know she could sing. The 24-year-old native of Pittsburgh worked behind the scenes of the music industry,...

  • Buzz Down Under

    By on January 16, 2008

    In the summer of 2005, HBO's Six Feet Under ended on a haunting note, with its characters' deaths foretold in a montage that un-spooled to...

  • Creep Show

    By on January 16, 2008

    As the mysterious caller asked the isolated teenager: Do you like scary movies? If you do, then you've probably already seen everything that takes place...

  • Retrograde

    By on January 9, 2008

    Before there was Amy Winehouse, there was Sharon Jones. In fact, Winehouse plays the mistress to Ms. Jones. That Mr. Jones Winehouse sings about in...

  • Sound and Fury

    By on January 9, 2008

    There are those in the theater who will tell you that their ultimate goal is to transport the audience. They will say the greatest success...

  • Rising Star

    By on January 9, 2008

    Life has changed for local singer-songwriter Tom Goss since he appeared suggestively nude on the cover of his debut album Naked Without in 2006. The...

  • Fairly Perfect

    By on January 2, 2008

    Fair? Hardly. This Lady is fabulous. From the first note to the last, My Fair Lady, now in the Kennedy Center Opera House, is a...

  • Movie Heaven (and Hell)

    By on December 26, 2007

    Tim's Best Good movies make you cry, or laugh, or jump out of your seat in fear. Sometimes they just make you think. What makes...

  • Pop Maestros

    By on December 26, 2007

    In today's multi-media world, an album is only one measure of impact, especially in today's pop music scene. Compelling concerts, videos, remixes, covers, cross-promotions --...

  • Mature Mary

    By on December 26, 2007

    The most surprising thing about Mary J. Blige's new album, Growing Pains (), isn't that she still gets angry -- and corporeal. She is human...

  • Soundwaves

    By on December 26, 2007

    GIVING ULTRA IN 2008... It's only days away now, and the excitement is palpable. The year 2008 holds oodles of promise for pop music in...

  • Human Remains

    By on December 19, 2007

    Sweeney Todd It all seems so familiar. The first few notes are reminiscent of a tune you've heard before. Then Edward Scissorhands appears -- he's...

  • Friend of Judy

    By on December 19, 2007

    It's been said imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that's the case, then Rufus Wainwright's live double-disc recording Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie...

  • Daredevils

    By on December 19, 2007

    Attending a performance of the Washington Shakespeare Company feels a little like getting admitted to a very hip club. Like the hole-in-the-wall bar that always...

  • Tangled Kite

    By on December 12, 2007

    I'm not someone who cries easily. So when I do, and when I feel like it's because of some heavy-handed movie making, I get a...