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Release Date: Jan 15, 2002; Lead Performance: Alan Jackson; Genre: Country/Bluegrass

BIC RUNGA Drive (Columbia) The It Girl of New Zealand, 22-year-old Runga holds a winning hand: exotic background (she's Maori and Chinese), drive (she writes, produces, and plays four instruments on her debut), and timing (she's a girl rocker). Drive veers, often beguilingly, between delicately sung acoustic dreaminess and edgy-but-not-angry guitar pop. Her first single, ''Sway'' -- already a Kiwi hit -- seems poised to be the next ''Torn.'' B


Posted Aug 07, 1998
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