I recently asked ’90s, “What’s your favorite album that was recorded after we graduated in 1990 or who’s your favorite musical artist whom you discovered after we graduated in 1990?” Here is Part 2 of your answers. Allison Berger writes, “Radiohead. Hail to the Thief may be their best album.” Cristina (Infante) Smith writes, “The album that immediately comes to mind is Bruce Springsteen’s We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. It is a family favorite, especially for long trips in the car. My husband and I heard it for the first time as we sat on my cousin’s porch drinking whiskey at ‘dusk,’ which I put in quotes because we were in Norway that summer for a family reunion and dusk was at 2 a.m. or so. The wonderful folk songs on that album have been the background music for so many of our family adventures. I just love it.” Derek Symer writes, “I’m a pretty big new music nerd and former AM 1340 DJ. I’m going to skip over the grunge bands of the ’90s and the Smashing Pumpkins, which get an honorable mention in my book. Recently I’ve been really grooving on Manchester Orchestra’s new LP The Million Masks of God. However, my vote goes to Jason Isbell. I admire his guitar mastery, lyrical genius, and songcraft almost as much as his dedication to his personal sobriety, justice, and equal rights.” Two days later Derek wrote me a second email: “I’m having my morning coffee and saying to myself, ugh, you idiot! Radiohead, of course. How could you forget Radiohead or Wilco?!” Quincy Vale writes, “One band that is absolutely fantastic is the Finnish progressive band, Nightwish. Their North American tour this fall will be the first live music I have seen since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.” Michelle Brownlee writes, “Maceo Parker. Before he became a solo artist, Maceo was James Brown’s saxophone player. His brother, Kellis Parker, was a professor at Columbia Law School, and I took a music contracts class with him. Kellis talked about Maceo all the time in class, but I didn’t think much of it until I finally had the chance to go see Maceo play a show. I’ve definitely seen him live more than any other artist, at least 10 times. The last time I went to see him, two or three years ago, he reminisced onstage about his law professor brother, Kellis, who died very young, a few years after I graduated law school. Maceo’s tribute to my professor made that show the best of all.” Ute Otley writes, “I am a huge Beyonce fan. Her Homecoming concert is the most entertaining thing I’ve seen or heard in music in a long time. The flirtatious girl power vibe is a winner! In other news, one of my CVU basketball players, Mekkena Boyd, will be playing at Dartmouth this year. I feel like a proud mom sending one of my basketball offspring to my alma mater!” Christian Henrich writes, “Stone Sour.”

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