EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group; Genre: Indie Rock

Pushing music genre-hybridization to its most bizarre extreme, the Minneapolis family affair The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group (Jim is backed by wife Stephanie and brother Chris) combines deadpan Astrud Gilberto-style crooning with indie-rock energy. Improbable as it sounds, Oh Brother Where Art Thou? is striking. Without slipping into cutesiness, these genuinely romantic tunes could lighten any introspective slacker's mood. A-

Originally posted Jul 28, 1995 Published in issue #285 Jul 28, 1995 Order article reprints

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