Star Spangled Sisters 3 (Vibewrangler)Forty-somethings will hear echoes of folky sibling trio the Roches on this debut CD by sisters Cassandra, Annachristie and Beatrice Sadler. Though released in 2007, Star Spangled didn’t come our way until a few months ago. On it, these local gals tackle love, politics and the general state of being, their […]
Smile Tonia Tecce (Self-release)On Smile, Gladwyne’s Tonia Tecce lends her emotive, lilting soprano to classics like “When You Wish Upon a Star” and “What the World Needs Now Is Love.” Tecce has commanded the stage everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Kimmel Center. Yet, when paired with these well-known tunes, she’s never sounded so intimate […]
Jailing the Johnston Gang By Bruce E. Mowday(Barricade Books, 256 pages)One of Chester County’s most relentless historians and a former managing editor of the Daily Local News, Bruce E. Mowday takes on the infamous West Chester-based Johnston Gang 30 years after covering their investigation and prosecution. This true crime tale draws on his substantial reporting […]
Gardens of Water By Alan Drew (Random House, 354 pages)This smart, compelling, impressive first novel by Villanova University English professor Alan Drew is set in Istanbul, a city reeling from the 1999 Marmara earthquake, which killed almost 30,000 people. The story is told from the perspective of a Kurdish survivor and his family, who […]
The Imperfect Leader Davis H. Taylor (AuthorHouse, 143 pages)As founder and leader of TAI Incorporated, a Yardley-based consulting company that specializes in maximizing leadership effectiveness and developing high-performance teams for its clients, entrepreneur Davis H. Taylor has accrued a long list of valuable insights—all of which he shares in this well-crafted read. A pragmatic work […]
