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...some years Proulx (rhymes with true), 69, has been a virtuoso chronicler of Wyoming's beleaguered ranchlands and the sinewy characters who insist on inhabiting them, generally in the face of good evidence that it would be a wise idea to move on. She covered this territory for the first time in Close Range, a magnificent 1999 collection of short stories. Now comes Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 (Scribner; 219 pages), another terse, twisty and entertaining assemblage...
Haynes, often considered one of the leading guitar virtuosos of the 21st century, is in fine form on this album. He’s so much better than almost all of the guitarists on the rock and jam circuits these days due largely to his innate feel and strong fingers; his playing really makes some of these songs sing, as on “New World Blues.” However, anyone familiar with the latest iteration of the Allman Brothers Band knows that Haynes is capable of much more when paired with young virtuoso Derek Trucks. When...
...GAEL GARCIA BERNAL IN THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES AND BAD EDUCATION This hunky, soulful Mexican could be his own toughest competitor. We'd pick his virtuoso turn in Pedro Almodvar's Bad Education over his more conventional role as the young Che Guevara...
...month's publication of Antonio's People (Thames & Hudson; 176 pages), Paul Caranicas--who was Lopez's best friend until the illustrator's death in 1987--would like to change that. Caranicas' book is filled with hundreds of Lopez's outrageous and colorful drawings and photographs. "He was a virtuoso artist," Caranicas says. "He could draw in any style he chose." Lopez was renowned for his impeccable representation of the human form. His subjects included Pat Cleveland, Diana Vreeland and Audrey Hepburn. Not to mention Jerry Hall, above, whom he discovered when she was 15. Known as Antonio's Girls...
...field is Asia's musical ascendancy more evident than the piano. By the end of the 20th century, the long-reigning archetype of the keyboard virtuoso, the temperamental Eastern European ?migr?, in the mold of Artur Rubinstein, was on the decline; impresarios, critics and audiences were growing despondent at the dimming of star magnetism among the new generation of players. The scene was set for Lang Lang and Yundi Li, two young Chinese musicians who are today the emerging stars of the rarefied world of concert-hall pianism. Both men were born in 1982, and have exclusive recording contracts with...