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Articles by Eric Althoff

Soja's album "Amid the Noise and Haste" is up for best reggae album at the Grammy Awards this weekend. Rolling Stone raved that the record "will likely win friends, influence people, and make this country a better place. It's hip!"

New rock music albums worth a listen

Now that everyone and their mother has a demo CD and/or a YouTube channel, it's hard to cut through the fog and find the quality music that's being released.

February 17, 2015
Christine McVie, 71, who has spent the past decade and a half at her home in Kent, England, was clearly joyous to be back with her old bandmates. (Associated Press)

Christine McVie returns to Fleetwood Mac for ‘On With the Show’ tour

British-American pop rock band Fleetwood Mac, performing before a sold-out crowd Friday night at the Verizon Center in the District of Columbia, was in a celebratory mood for reaching a four-decade milestone and for the return of keyboardist/vocalist Christine McVie to the lineup for the first time since 1998.

February 1, 2015
Jude Law

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Black Sea’

There was a time in Hollywood where genre-bending was all the rage, and this year's first major entry in cinema hybrid comes in the form of "Black Sea," a combination submarine/heist thriller from Scottish helmer Kevin Macdonald, who directed the Oscar-winning "Last King of Scotland."

January 29, 2015
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Reel Big Fish on tour to meet music business challenges

California ska/punk band Reel Big Fish has been entertaining audiences for two decades with their upbeat songs celebrating partying, drinking and slyly enjoying life — usually peppered with a rather colorful vocabulary. The band spends a good chunk of the year on the road, as most established bands must now do to turn a profit.

January 29, 2015
Author and comedian Jim Breuer, known of his role as Goat Boy on "Saturday Night Live," brings his brand of relatable comedy to Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse for four shows Friday and Saturday. (Associated Press)

Jim Breuer comedy riffs on aging parents, teenage daughters, Goat Boy

While subjects like elderly parents afflicted with failing memories might ostensibly not seem all that humorous, Mr. Breuer is quick to point out that it's shared experiences like caring for an ailing parent that allow his audiences to laugh at life in all its shades.

January 28, 2015
George Clooney wears a button reading "Je suis Charlie" at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Mr Clooney was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

Golden Globes honor best in film, TV

With an open bar and a less formal atmosphere than the Oscars, the 72nd annual Golden Globes got under way from The Beverly Hilton in California Sunday. The annual honors are handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for excellence in film and TV.

January 11, 2015