Brad Webber

Pop Will Eat Itself Dos Dedos Mis Amigos (Interscope) (STAR)(STAR) Pop Will Eat Itself led the charge in the U.K.'s late-'80s "grebo" scene in which avowed low-life slackers crafted techno-dance...

Robert Palmer Honey (EMI) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 A few years before David Byrne notched raves for his foray into world music, English pop singer Robert Palmer was incorporating elements of Afro-Caribbean...

Gil Scott-Heron Spirits (TVT) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 With his jazz-talk baritone, Gil Scott-Heron reminds us that civil rights is an ongoing struggle. Scott-Heron's riveting "Spirits" latches on to some familiar catch...

Saint Etienne Tiger Bay (Warner) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) English quartet Saint Etienne crafts a soothing amalgamation of lush instrumentals and hypnotic, house-music beats in "Tiger Bay." A throbbing instrumental, "Urban Clearway," begins...

Julia Fordham Falling Forward (Virgin) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Julia Fordham takes a stutter-step, opening her melodic album "Falling Forward" with a song "I Can't Help Myself" that bumbles along a silly refrain...

Love Spit Love Love Spit Love (Imago) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Love Spit Love, the new band and eponymous album from Richard Butler's new quartet, essentially reinvents the wheel. He offers a...

David Arkenstone Another Star in the Sky (Narada Equinox) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Like the stars in the sky that Romans believed were fallen heroes, David Arkenstone's brushstrokes of soaring keyboards and lithe...

Nando Lauria Points of View: Brazilian Jazz (Narada Equinox) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Nando Lauria melds the Afro-Latin sensibilities of his native Brazil with American contemporary jazz to soothing effect on "Points...

Edie Brickell Picture Perfect Morning (Geffen) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 "Picture Perfect Morning" is billed as Edie Brickell's first solo album, but make no mistake, her previous three records with the New...

Earl Klugh Move (Warner) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Few can make a guitar string sing like Earl Klugh. The Motor City's contemporary jazz master caresses each note with unrivaled clarity. Whether carrying...