BOOKAZINE
No Depression and University of Texas Press have joined forces to produce a new "bookazine" – a book/magazine hybrid, edited by No Depression cofounders Grant Alden and Peter Blackstock, which will be issued twice annually. The first edition, due out in October 2008, is identified as No Depression #76, acknowledging the tradition of its 75 predecessors from the publication's 13-year history as a magazine.
This debut issue centers on the regeneration of the roots music community and extends the theme of the magazine's March-April 2008 cover story, a collective overview of the changes swirling around an impressive community of young string bands. Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet are featured on the cover.
In addition to more than a dozen feature articles (ranging in length from four to 14 pages), ND #76 inclues a photo essay featuring the works of many of the magazine's most frequently-featured photographers over from the past decade. The bookazine concludes with a 14-page appendix featuring extended reviews of 11 high-profile albums released during the past few months.
Table of contents for ND #76:
• Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet (plus a sidebar on Ben Sollee), by Barry Mazor
• Crooked Still, by Lloyd Sachs
• Infamous Stringdusters, by Jewly Hight
• Duhks, by Roy Kasten
• Carrie Rodriguez, by Don McLeese
• Hanson (yes, THAT that Hanson), by David Cantwell
• Gary Clark Jr., by Michael Hoinski
• Basia Bulat, by Peter Blackstock
• Homemade Jamz Blues Band, by Edd Hurt
• Sierra Hull, by Silas House
• Sarah Jarosz, by David Baxter
• Samantha Crain, by Mark Guarino
• Bowerbirds, by David Menconi
• "Younger Than That Now" (essay), by Paul Cantin
• Appendix: Reviews of albums by Mark Olson & Gary Louris, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell, Mudcrutch, John Mellencamp, Al Green, Irma Thomas, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, Ray LaMontagne, and Ry Cooder.
