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Rotation

By David Simutis, Hobart Rowland, Jim Caligiuri, Frank-John Hadley and Rob Patterson
Aug 27, 1998

Cracker Gentleman's Blues Virgin After the disappointing commercial showing of their last release, The Golden Age, it would be easy to forgive David Lowery and the rest of Cracker for continuing to streamline the formula that earned them a gold record with 1993's Kerosene Hat. But rather than further refining...
Rotation

By Keith Moerer, Frank-John Hadley, Liz Belile, Stephen Gershon and David Simutis
Feb 26, 1998

Kristin Hersh Strange Angels Rykodisc When sung to children, lullabies are meant to induce sleep. When sung to adults by Kristin Hersh, they have the opposite effect. And it seems that no matter how sweet or hushed the sound of Strange Angels, Hersh's lullabies disturb more than they comfort, jolting...
Tupelo's Curse

By Seth Hurwitz, Frank-John Hadley and Brendan Doherty
Jan 15, 1998

Anyone who follows popular music knows that success is often a matter of timing. Yesterday's cool, after all, is today's Wang Chung. It wasn't long ago that alt-country was supposed to save the world. The genre even had its own supergroup in Uncle Tupelo, which, after putting out a string...
Rotation

By Craig D. Lindsey, Stephen Gershon, Frank-John Hadley, Hobart Rowland and Bob Ruggiero
Jan 15, 1998

H-Town Ladies Edition Relativity Back in 1993, three local boys with the handles G.I., Shazaam and Dino made good nationally with a smoldering little ditty called "Knockin' Da Boots." The song peaked at number two on the Billboard pop charts, and for a while there, it looked as if H-Town...
Spanish Rocks

By Bob Ruggiero and Frank-John Hadley
Jan 8, 1998

Until recently, a mention of Spanish-influenced rock and roll would cause most people to think only of Los Lobos, Santana ("Oye Como Va" anyone?) or War's "Low Rider." Folks whose knowledge of rock history extended more than a few years into the past might also throw Ritchie Valens into the...

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