Music Feature

No dummy, ¨Weird Al¨ Yankovic has outlasted many of his parody subjects.

After eschewing booze and blow, Ray Wylie Hubbard is one of country music’s most reliable and giving songwriters.

In search of the historic double live album. Who started it, and who finally finished it off?

Ian Astbury of the Cult narrowly escapes becoming a rock star cliché.

Luscious Jackson’s maturing street funk warms the soul.

Music Tapes’ Julian Koster finds his muse in the death of a Superman.

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band expounds on an old tradition.

The Donnas are punk rockers with hair-metal dreams.

New Captain Beefheart boxed set documents 17 stormy years of brilliant eccentricity.

Ozric Tentacles’ psychedelic grooves unite ravers and hippies.

Pennywise entreats its angry young fans to get off their cans.

Hard work, charm, and a handsome mug pay off for Cleveland native Jim Brickman.