Brad Webber

Peter Himmelman Skin (550 Music/Epic) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) "Skin" is an attempt at a concept album about a man's change from selfish clod to enlightened guru of spirituality. That's its only failing-a...

Moxy Fruvous Bargainville (Atlantic) (STAR)(STAR) Moxy Fruvous was allegedly named for two boars in the hog-calling contest the members participated in at one time. Though goofiness abounds in "Bargainville," Moxy...

Course of Empire Initiation (Zoo) (STAR)(STAR) Course of Empire, a five-man Dallas outfit, is like a lot of booming rock bands that issue a clarion call for the revolution of...

Inspiral Carpets Devil Hopping (Mute) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) England's Inspiral Carpets popped out of the indie scene in the late '80s with a loopy, if sometimes pompous, stab at '60s psychedelic rock....

Alison Moyet Essex (Columbia) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Sassy and street-smart, Alison Moyet knows all the tricks of the music business-cultivating the image of alternative-rock talent while keeping one foot planted in...

Ana Caram: Maracana (Chessky). Singer Ana Caram's name, spelled backwards, yields the title of this album, "Maracana," which happens to be the name of the largest soccer stadium in Caram's...

Celine Dion The Colour of My Love (Epic) (STAR)(STAR) Canadian songstress Celine Dion has become a pop-chart plugger with an Academy Award-winning theme song to "Beauty and the Beast" and...

Tori Amos Under the Pink (Atlantic) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Tori Amos' songs seem to have one salient feature: women who can't find good men and men who come to a bad...

Cowboy Junkies Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (RCA) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) With each passing Cowboy Junkies album, singer Margo Timmins becomes more impassioned and resolute in elevating the swanky, honky-tonk saloon genre to...

GRP All-Star Big Band Live! (GRP). Dave Grusin's 17-man GRP All-Star Big Band lineup is a supergroup of contemporary jazz frontmen and session performers, but the sum isn't equal to...