Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...beauty that almost amounts to delicacy. The run and layering of red oxidation reminds you of Abstract Expressionist painting. More than that, it recalls nature itself: there are moments, particularly in the double-ellipse pieces, when walking between the rusty walls is almost like being in a red-rock gorge...
...trace of the idealistic spirit that fueled the hippie music scene of the 1960s has survived into the skeptical '90s, one place to look for it might be southern Vermont, a region that has produced millionaire ice-cream philanthropists Ben and Jerry, a socialist mayor and, most interesting, the rock band Phish. Launched by guitarist Trey Anastasio and three buddies in a University of Vermont dorm room in 1983, Phish has built a hugely successful career as an underground band around the quaint notion that music can be used for building a sense of community, not just making money...
...verge of breaking into the mainstream. Phish's musical essence resides more in its live shows than its discs. The band's concerts are known for their peaceable vibes and grand scale (one show drew 135,000) as well as for marathon, free-floating jams that range across rock, jazz, blues and whatever inspiration the moment brings. Songs gather into easy crescendos that encourage audience self-discovery rather than catharsis. For Ghost the band culled the best of a dozen new jams, trimming and rerecording them in the studio. Songs like Birds of a Feather have the spark of spontaneity...
...moved an audience to tears. The son of a pastor and a teacher, he began acting in a third-grade production of Julius Caesar and knew he had found his calling. Two years later, he wrote his first poem, influenced by early "big word" rapper T La Rock. But it wasn't until grad school that he attempted to meld his dramatic training with spoken-word performances. Kicking around the improv poetry circuit in Manhattan, he met Levin and landed the main role in Levin's loosely scripted, no-budget feature about victims of unjust drug laws...
...live up to the advance billing. Classic mid-tempo heartbreakers like Tell Me Baby and Set You Free are her specialty, coaxing a gorgeously plaintive edge from her voice. Moorer may not have the pipes to belt it out like k.d. lang, nor the furious inner fire to rock and roll like Lucinda Williams, but if you like your country smooth and straight up, Moorer is someone to watch--or at least listen...