Weekend forecast: cooler temperatures and chance of showers

ST. LOUIS — Friday morning greeted the residents with a much nicer feeling as the intense humidity had finally dissipated. The day began with a watchful eye on spots of fog and increasing clouds. In the southernmost counties, the forecast called for a cloudy day...

Sam Burton – Dear Departed

There’s always been a fine line between the nostalgic and the timeless. Both acknowledge the past, of course, but one depends upon former glories to justify its present, while the other’s historical ties are a mere bedrock for its future. The line’s becoming ever...

Gal Costa – Índia (reissue, 1973)

In the mid-’70s, in opposition to the repressive fist of the military junta, the Brazilian counterculture flourished, finding their métier in resistance through dropping out and turning on. The return of two exiled musicians and legends, Gilberto Gil and Caetano...