Robbie Robertson: Making a Noise (NY Rock)
Score: 79
Related Artists: - Neil Young - Tom Waits - Bruce Springsteen - Joni Mitchell - Bob Dylan - Sheryl Crow - Latin Playboys - Tom Petty Other Features: - Music News - TRUE! This album is the latest and largest step in a musical journey Robertson began with the 1994 TV documentary, Music For the Native Americans, in which he first examined his Native American heritage. Without a trace of World Music condescension, Robertson fuses cutting-edge sounds to Native American chants and myths, while ...

God to Grammy Winners: Don't Thank Me for That Lousy Song (NY Rock)
Score: 79
Best Pop Vocal Album went to Steely Dan for Two Against Nature, their first all-new album since 1979. Steely Dan also picked up the awards for Album of the Year and Worst Attitude at an Awards Show. Musical Show Album: "Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida," original Broadway cast, lyricist Tim Rice, composer Elton John.

Ani DiFranco: Just an Old-fashioned Girl (with Blue Hair) (NY Rock)
Score: 77
Forget about the Spice Girls: on stage, you can barely hear DiFranco for the screams. But being the poster punk girl for America's angry, literate, green-haired masses tends to obscure the humor and tunefulness inherent in DiFranco's music. When the big-budget glossy included DiFranco amongst their "21 feminists for the 21st century," DiFranco was lauded mainly for her financial acumen ("what, she writes songs, too"?)

Ani DiFranco: Concert Photos (NY Rock)
Score: 77
Ani DiFranco at the Hammerstein Ballroom New York City, November 4, 2000 All Photos © 2000 NY Rock Send this page to a friend! More Ani: - Concert Coverage - Previous Feature: Ani DiFranco: Just an Old- fashioned Girl (with Blue Hair) - Ralph Nader Rally - Cover Photo: March 1998

Ani DiFranco: Still Righteous After All These Years ... (NY Rock)
Score: 77
There was a time, not too long ago, when feminists (young girls, especially) were obsessed with Ani DiFranco. You couldn't go to an Ani show and hear an Ani song without hearing thousands of fans scream every single lyric, drowning out the 5'2" bisexual totem of fierce folk music. You couldn't have a conversation about women in music (or, for that matter, women in general) without someone trying to debunk another's opinion or theory with the phrase, "Well, look at Ani DiFranco…," "But then ...