Patrick Kampert

Dan Fogelberg River of Souls (Full Moon/Epic) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Talking about politics, the environment and spirituality doesn't always go over well commercially-just ask Jackson Browne. So it's somewhat surprising that Dan...

Steve Miller Wide River (Polydor) (STAR)(STAR) As bookends, the "Jet Airliner"-like title track and the smoky, atmospheric blues of the closer, "All Your Love," nicely frame "Wide River," Steve Miller's...

Pat Benatar Gravity's Rainbow (Chrysalis) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 After spending several years exploring other musical forms, Pat Benatar returns to her hard-rock roots, but the results are only a mild echo...

Blues Traveler Save His Soul (A&M) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) The interplay between John Popper's harmonica and guitarist Chan Kinchla's riffs make for dynamic listening on the New York band's third album. But...

David Baerwald Triage (A & M) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) As part of David + David, which scored with "Boomtown" in 1986, David Baerwald's vision of life wasn't exactly optimistic. His first solo...

Whitecross High Gear (Star Song) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) With "High Gear," Waukegan's Christian heavy metal missionaries make a triumphant return to respectability after their previous weak effort, "In The Kingdom." Guitarist Rex...

Lenny Kravitz Are You Gonna Go My Way (Virgin) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 It would be easy to fault Lenny Kravitz for his perpetual eclecticism, for his swooning embrace of late '60s-early...

Drivin-N-Cryin Smoke (Island) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 With "Smoke," Drivin-N-Cryin has put behind it most traces of its southern roots. And the path it now travels is no mystery road: hard-charging, blues-based...

Sand Rubies Sand Rubies (Atlas) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)(STAR) If you put R.E.M., Buffalo Springfield and Dinosaur Jr. in a blender, you might come up with a gem like the Sand Rubies, who...

Emerson, Lake & Palmer Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Victory) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 A disc that weighs in at close to 70 minutes somehow seems appropriate for the much-maligned monarchs...