https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_kkA0Zb6BY The production of “Once a Day” ticks all the Nashville Sound boxes — rich orchestral arrangements, sweet-but-somber backing choir — yet sounds less mainstream-oriented than Jim Reeves’ ’60s recordings. Much of this country flavor comes courte...
In “The Harder They Fall,” Pickett is played by Edi Gathegi. Stories like that of Pickett’s, as well as legendary lawman Bass Reeves (inspiration for The Lone Ranger) have been crying out for big-budget Hollywood studio treatment, and there has been the occasional mention, especially of...
Adapting a stage musical to the big screen is no easy task, and if you ask me, I’d much prefer if all these big Broadway shows go the Hamilton route and just record the darn thing for everyone to see, but if this is the only way that most people will have a chance to experience...