Email Author Rick Koster

1997 Stories by Rick Koster

• Utmost Blue

  published October 16, 1997

  All sorts of hip musical movements have grown up around Toronto's Blue Rodeo, from the odd Canadian country of the Cowboy Junkies and pre-Ingenue... More >>

• Rotation

  published September 25, 1997

  Bjork Homogenic Elektra Following the release of her wildly eclectic 1995 record Post, Bjork told me that "the album is sort of... More >>

• Bully Boys

  published September 25, 1997

  Comedian Chris Rock has certainly become comedy's stand-up flavor of the month, but what you might not know is that Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is at... More >>

• Rotation

  published September 4, 1997

  Oasis Be Here Now Epic It's tempting to write off Oasis's third CD as a vague facsimile of the two that preceded it; Definitely... More >>

• Out of the Swamp

  published September 4, 1997

  Blue Moon Swamp may be John Fogerty's first CD in ten years, but you only have to go to a baseball game to know that he's never really been out of... More >>

• Strange Days

  published August 28, 1997

  Just before the May release of Strangest Places, Austin singer/songwriter Abra Moore's major label debut, the Arista Austin promotions department... More >>

• Rotation

  published August 7, 1997

  Echo and the Bunnymen Evergreen London Even by the drastically reduced standards of your typical reunion release, Echo and the... More >>

• Lilith Fair-ness

  published July 31, 1997

  Sarah McLachlan has only herself to blame. After all, in a country where Baywatch can pass as high drama, her idea to put together Lilith Fair, a... More >>

• Color of the Blues

  published July 17, 1997

  Dallas guitarist Smokin' Joe Kubek was playing obscure, backroom blues circuit gigs before he could qualify for a driver's license. A few years... More >>

• A Bug to Be Different

  published June 5, 1997

  Rodney Crowell is one of those guys who was probably never meant to be a Nashville high roller in the first place. Sure, he's penned huge hits for... More >>

• Lip Service

  published May 22, 1997

  For much of the '90s, rock and roll scenesters -- from Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson to Alex Chilton and Peter Buck -- have moved to New... More >>