Dan Kening

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is scheduled to finally break ground in Cleveland in late summer or early fall. Its opening is set for 1994. Originally...

Katie Webster No Foolin`! (Alligator) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)(STAR) It`s almost criminal that Bay area blues pianist-vocalist Katie Webster has done nearly 30 tours of Europe in the past 10 years but remains...

Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters Surrounded by Love (Black Top) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Former Roomful of Blues guitarist Ronnie Earl`s assured playing on his sixth solo album demonstrates that he can...

Chicago abounds with treasures we often take for granted. For the scenic view it`s hard to beat Lake Shore Drive; for culture there`s the Art Institute; for world-renowned architecture you...

Lloyd Cole Don`t Get Weird on Me, Babe (Capitol) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 On his second album since the breakup of his old band, Scotland`s Commotions, Cole does get a bit ''weird''...

Questionnaires Anything Can Happen (EMI) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Nashville`s Questionnaires mine an eclectic array of rock `n` roll styles on their second album and manage to pull them all off effortlessly....

Bruce Cockburn Nothing But a Burning Light (Columbia) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 On his 20th album, Cockburn has come up with perhaps his most cohesive work yet. ''Nothing But a Bright Light''...

Roy Rogers and Norton BuffaloR&B (Blind Pig) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Guitarist Roy Rogers and harmonica player Norton Buffalo team up for some delightfully eclectic acoustic music on ''R&B.'' A former member...

Schascle Haunted by Real Life (Reprise) (STAR)(STAR) Madonna producer Patrick Leonard has a real find in singer-songwriter Schascle Huygens, plucked out of the obscurity of the Sarasota, Fla., blues scene....

Sally Fingerett Unraveled (Amerisound) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 On her second solo album, native Chicagoan turned Ohioan Sally Fingerett gives ample proof why she won the ''new folk'' award for her songwriting...