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Slick Williams puts the 'brit' in celebrity

By Suzannah Evans | April 8, 2003

Poor Robbie Williams. In Europe, he's the biggest pop star next to Kylie Minogue, he sells out stadiums in record time and he does it all while getting away with snarky lyrics like "give no head, no backstage passes." But in America, the most airplay he ever got was Take That's lame boy band ballad "Back For Good," released nearly eight years ago. Williams is handsome, accented, cheeky, talented, successful with the ladies in a scandalous, tabloid-happy way, and noe he wants to conquer America.

Fixing a hole: Hull pays psych rock its due

By Suzannah Evans | January 21, 2003

For those of you who packed away your incense and peppermints after Alderman Library's "The Psychedelic '60s" exhibit closed its doors in 1998, there's good news.

'Best of' isn't even better than the real thing

By Suzannah Evans | November 19, 2002

I've always had a pet theory running around my head regarding the secret to U2's long-term success.

A Little of the Gloria

By Suzannah Evans | August 26, 2002

Nearly a year after Sept. 11, the United States still faces a host of unanswered questions, now buried under a mess of corporate scandal, West Nile virus, wildfires and rising unemployment.

'New Day' dawns for Celine Dion

By Suzannah Evans | April 2, 2002

I was tempted to not actually listen to Celine Dion's "A New Day Has Come" in order to write this review.

Alanis emerges from 'Under Rug Swept'

By Suzannah Evans | March 5, 2002

We were all a little worried about Alanis Morissette when she filmed the video for "Thank U" in the nude and sang tranquilly, "How about no longer being masochistic?" This was all wrong.

Handicapping the Grammys

By Suzannah Evans | February 26, 2002

Ah, the Grammys. Every year the music awards show prompts a number of questions: What's the difference between Record of the Year and Song of the Year?

Kylie: The Australian and U.K. pop mega-star tries to make waves Stateside but makes only a small splash

By Suzannah Evans | February 19, 2002

It's discouraging, as a critic, to pick up an assigned album and see a track listing that includes "In Your Eyes," "Fever" and "Fragile." And it's not a cover album.

U.Va. alum Sharif reaches for the moon

By Suzannah Evans | February 5, 2002

The McIntire School of Commerce is known for many wonderful things. No classes on Friday, for example.

Bloom crafts a soundscape between the mountain and the moon

By Suzannah Evans | January 29, 2002

The much-ballyhooed death of irony after Sept. 11 has been declared null and void. Turns out, irony was merely on hiatus.

Suzannah Evans

Slick Williams puts the 'brit' in celebrity

Fixing a hole: Hull pays psych rock its due

'Best of' isn't even better than the real thing

A Little of the Gloria

'New Day' dawns for Celine Dion

Alanis emerges from 'Under Rug Swept'

Handicapping the Grammys

Kylie: The Australian and U.K. pop mega-star tries to make waves Stateside but makes only a small splash

U.Va. alum Sharif reaches for the moon

Bloom crafts a soundscape between the mountain and the moon

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