Even with her wavy blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, Sophie B. Hawkins has remarkably managed to avoid sex symbol status in favor of her artistic integrity. Since the high profile debut 1992 release, Tongues and Tails, that garnered a Grammy nom and added, “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover,” to your permanent memory bank, Hawkins has moved about without much commotion. Now, twelve years later, she is releasing her first independently recorded album, Wilderness, which strips the eclectic persona in favor of an album that annunciates womanly playfulness. It
