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Girl in the Spotlight

Lisa Loeb is figuring it out in public

By Matt Weitz
Jan 1, 1998

Rod Serling walks out of the sound-stage gloom and into a pool of light cast by a single spotlight. "Submitted for your approval," he says, pulling his lips back from his teeth. "A portrait of a young woman who wants nothing more than to sing, and who wishes for a...
Spit and Polish

By Matt Weitz, Hobart Rowland and Bob Ruggiero
Oct 30, 1997

Slobberbone has never quite fit into any of the usual country-rock categories, and there has always been a suspicion that the songs of leader Brent Best simply encompassed too much for that kind of easy treatment. Barrel Chested, the Denton outfit's latest release, confirms that, and makes a compelling case...
Honky-Tonk History

He had 78 hits over 50 years and revolutionized country music. Now, Hank Thompson gets a new green light.

By Matt Weitz
Sep 4, 1997

They're raiments an Aztec priest would envy, a bit faded with age, perhaps, but still arresting in their brilliance. One suit is blood red, with black patterns that race up and down its sleeves. It almost seems to breathe as country music legend Hank Thompson drapes it across the barstool...
Rotation

By Jim DeRogatis, Matt Weitz and Michael Roberts
Aug 21, 1997

Brian Eno The Drop Thirsty Ear Colin Newman Bastard Swim By no means technically accomplished or perfect in the classical sense, Brian Eno and Colin Newman's singing have some things that are much more important when it comes to rock and roll: character and an endearing uniqueness. But you won't...
The Reason of Rimes

LeAnn Rimes has taken country music by storm. She's only 14. And that's the rub.

By Matt Weitz
Feb 13, 1997

It was a Saturday night at Billy Bob's in Dallas, and the cavernous honky-tonk -- so big that the beer lights seem to follow the curvature of the globe as they disappear into the blue smoke -- was alive with ritual: girls in tight jeans eyeing guys in starched Western...

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