Dan Kening

Another year, another summer outdoor concert season. It's time to get out in the open air, hit the lawn or-if you have really deep pockets in this year of wildly...

Primal Scream Give Out But Don't Give Up (Sire) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Glasgow, Scotland's Primal Scream does the '70s better than just about anyone in the '90s. The band's second U.S. album...

Pam Tillis Sweetheart's Dance (Arista) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Forget plastic modern-day cowboy's sweethearts like Trisha Yearwood and Lorrie Morgan. If you want to hear genuine heart and soul in the ever...

Has the "Voice of a Generation" (as he was dubbed by the British music press) mellowed out? A listen to former Jam and Style Council leader Paul Weller's second solo...

Mike Henderson Country Music Made Me Do It (RCA) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 One of Nashville's premier session guitarists, Mike Henderson steps out in front with this fine collection of whiskey-soaked, honky-tonk...

It'll be a somewhat different NRBQ than longtime Chicago fans have come to expect when the veteran group hits the stage Saturday at the Cubby Bear. After a mind-boggling 20...

One of the more beguiling songs currently in heavy rotation on adult alternative album rock or "Triple A" radio these days is Sarah McLachlan's "Possession." Sung with the same emotional...

The members of King's X have been through a few changes-both professionally and personally-in the last two years. On the professional front the Houston-based group, which plays Sunday at Park...

NRBQ Message For the Mess Age (Forward/Rhino) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Has NRBQ turned serious on us? Several songs on "Message For the Mess Age" find the veteran rockers with something to...

Through three albums and goodness knows how many gigs over their seven-year existence, the Subdudes have carved out one of the most identifiable sounds in rock 'n' roll. Primarily using...