THE WEEKLY NEWS
February 2006
The queer side of the current music scene
By GREGG SHAPIRO
Contributing Writer
Rick Berlin had a taste of the major-label spotlight when, as a member of Orchestra Luna, he was signed to Epic in the 170s, and in 1982, his Boston-based band Berlin Airlift1s full-length debut album was released on the CBS distributed Handshake Records. In the years that followed, Berlin worked in various musical incarnations and on 3Me & Van Gogh2 (Hi-N-Dry), he goes it alone, with just his voice and a piano. The openly gay Berlin is at turns dramatic (the title track, 3Criminal2), theatrical (3The Ride,2 3A Letter,2 3Beerbelly2), reminiscent of Jimmy Webb (3Party Dress,2 3Do You Still Love Me?2) and never less then completely original and inspiring..