Scott D. Parker: Writer

(Third in a short series noting my favorite Christmas CDs. Previous entries: Chicago ; Bruce Cockburn .) Brian Setzer loves Christmas. He’s ...

If Season One of “Foyle’s War” considered the emotional impact of the war on regular folks, Season Two emphasizes the war’s toll on the home...

In the three weeks since I wrote my first review of a Foyle’s War episode (“Fifty Ships,” episode 1, season 2), I have had a chance to watc...

David Bowie, in the 1990s, played the most important character of his career: himself. Many critics and fans consider Bowie’s 1990s output...

Brian Setzer can travel through time. Want proof? Just look at his resume. In the early 80s, when synthesizers and flaming pop metal ruled t...

Mozart never made a concept record. And, no, I don’t count opera. It wasn’t until the 1800s that music took the natural next step and create...

Now what? That must have been the thoughts of the members of the band Chicago after fellow founding member Terry Kath’s untimely death in Ja...

If, as the trailer proclaims, Paul Newman is Harper and if “Harper” the movie is a little dull, does that make Paul Newman dull? In a math w...

I know what you’re thinking? Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis? Together? I thought the same thing, too, when I saw them on The Tonight Show...

Bill Champlin wears the mantle of a musician’s musician. He’s a studio wizard. He’s an in-demand vocal stylist and arranger. He shows up in ...

In 2004, Diana Krall tried something different and was savaged for it. Up until that year, Krall had been riding high. She crept slowly to t...

If you really stop and think about it, listening to Chicago XI can be difficult. You see, the album was released in September 1977. Four mon...