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11.10.97: THE SLIP
Commited to improvisation
11.3.97: PHIL VINCENT
Hard-rock champion does it all
10.27.97: MAX CREEK
Jam-oriented rock flows from Max Creek
10.20.97: RACKETBALL
Racketball surfs the U.S. ska wave
10.13.97: BLACK & WHITE
Black & White plays across musical spectrum
10.6.97: KINGS ROW
Coachmen become kings of romance
9.29.97: ALLEY SWAY
Bamboo turns full-time and looks for a label
9.22.97: BLANK FASIZ
Hip-hop with a positive twist
9.15.97: BAMBOO
Dark lyrics color this perky pop
9.8.97: THE FLY SEVILLE
The Fly Seville: intimate, melancholy music
9.1.97: MEDICINE BALL
Medicine Ball specializes in change of pace
8.25.97: THEE MR. ROGERS PROJECT
'Trash' rock from the Neighborhood
8.18.97: PROVIDENCE WHOLEBELLIES
Wholebellies put a spin on tradition
8.10.97: BALLISTIC:
Ballistic sets its sights on hard rockers
7.28.97: JOHNNY WEST
'Midwestern' Johnny West
7.21.97: TISH ADAMS
Tish Adams keeps her jazz cool with a few hot surprises
6.30.97: GHOST DOG & SCOTT
Ghost Dog makes music for earthly creatures
6.23.97: FOLKS TOGETHER
Duos Wire & Wood plus Bellaire & Dunn equals Folks Together fivesome
6.16.97: BEYOND 7
Literature inspires Beyond 7's pop-oriented rock lyrics
6.9.97: SATELLITE ELVIS
This band has more to dish than just energy and noise
6.2.97: SUNDOWN
Sundown's country sound is 'down-to-earth'
5.26.97: VOLCANIC SKAHUNAS
Band surf on Reggae turf
5.19.97: THE TENANTS
Tenants at home with 'garage pop'
5.12.97: BLUESHIFT SIGNAL
Blueshift Signal: Dreamy, rhythmic
5.5.97: JIGGLE THE HANDEL
Hard to get a handle on 'Jiggle'
4.28.97: HENRIQUE J. MONIZ (DJICAI)
Djicai captures his 'Memory of the Island'
4.21.97: D.J. LAURIA BAND
Supercharged pop is power trio's forte
4.14.97: STICKLEBACK
Evolution of Stickleback is a big fish story
4.7.97: ROCKHARD
An aggressive, guitar-heavy mix of pop, blues and rock
3.31.97: MARY ANN ROSSONI
'Acoustic' singer-songwriter gives voice to middle America
3.24.97: THE RHODE ISLAND FEMINIST
CHORUS
Feminist Chorus joins voices in folk, pop, freedom songs
3.17.97: SHINY GREEN FLIES
Musical fashion isn't foremost for Shiny Green Flies
3.10.97: RYEDUC
Ryeduc harmonizes in a rock/funk mix
3.3.97: LOADED DICE
Playing the blues with Loaded Dice
2.24.97: JEFFREY LIGGINS
Liggins's 'smooth R&B': Lush, funky, romantic
2.17.97: DELTA CLUTCH
Delta Clutch is a grab bag of styles, emotion
2.10.97: JOHN "CRAWLIN' SNAKE"
MAC
John Mac's blues roots run deep into the Delta
2.3.97: THE TURNSTILES
Melody-driven pop/rock from the 'Beatles camp'
1.27.97: QUESTION
Question beats back boredom with funky alternative rock
1.20.97: STATE OF CORRUPTION
State of Corruption blends rap and heavy metal
1.13.97: VIC FOLEY'S SOUTHERN
FRIED SWANG THANG
Southern Fried Swang Thang is 'a blues-rock thing'
1.6.97: V. MAJESTIC
V. Majestic's sound is psychedelic, improvisational
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