ON THE COVER: Alejandro Escovedo and Jon Dee Graham. Photographs by Todd V. Wolfson.
FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Letter From New Orleans; Farther Along (Cindy Walker, Billy Cowsill, Charles K. Wolfe).
MIKED live reviews
Van Morrison in Nashville, TN; Jeff Tweedy in Iowa City, IA; Wilco in West Des Moines, IA; Jesse Daytons Honky Tonk & Hot Rods Music Festival in Houston, TX; Bobby Osborne Tribute Concert in Nashville, TN; Mavis Staples in Carrboro, NC; Ray Davies in Chicago, IL; Silver Jews in Atlanta, GA.
TOWN & COUNTRY brief regional features
Imaad Wasif (Los Angeles, CA); James Hunter (London, England); Sugar Pie Desanto (Oakland, CA); Rocky Votolato (Seattle, WA); Mammals (Woodstock, NY); Blind Corn Liquor Pickers (Lexington, KY); Mark Pickerel (Seattle, WA).
THE LONG WAY AROUND extended features
Cassandra Wilson by Lloyd Sachs
Danielson by Kurt B. Reighley
Drive-By Truckers by Jeff Vrabel
Buck Owens: Farther Along by Rich Kienzle
Buck Owens: A final conversation by Laura McCorkindale
Josh Ritter by Linda Ray
Jon Dee Graham by Grant Alden
Alejandro Escovedo by Don McLeese
Dr. John by Robert L. Doerschuk
SITTIN & THINKIN essay by Lloyd Sachs
Jazz and its place in ND.
NOT FADE AWAY reissues
Nina Simone; Johnny Cash; Bill Haley & His Comets; Tompall Glaser; K.D. Lang; David Ruffin; Eddie Kendricks; Alabama; Marshall Tucker Band; Loudon Wainwright III; Alligator Records 35 x 35; Darondo; Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label; Two-Headed Dog; Tarkio; Betty LaVette; Irma Thomas; Otis Rush; Fred Neil; Essential Irish Drinking Songs And Sing Alongs.
WAXED reviews
Dixie Chicks; Bruce Springsteen; Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs; Dave Alvin; Radney Foster; Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris; Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin; T Bone Burnett; Tim Easton; Grandaddy; Randy Newman tribute; James Luther Dickinson; Josh Rouse; Bryan Sutton; New Orleans Social Club; James Hand; Shooter Jennings; Hank III; Lee Roy Parnell; Alan Jackson; Voices Of The Spirit; Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver; Del McCoury Band; Dale Watson; Garrison Starr; Albert Lee; Bob Delevante; Mountain Heart; Jolie Holland; Weepies; Bonnie Bramlett; Danielle Howle; Pine Leaf Boys; Cowboy Mouth; John McCutcheon; Lucky Tomblin Band; Van Halen tribute; Smokin Joe Kubek & Bnois King; Slick Ballinger; Sean Watkins; Marshall Chapman; Marleys Ghost; Lanterna; Essex Green; Low Skies; Brigitte DeMeyer; Rhonda Towns; Seth Kauffman; Three Ring Circle; Jenny Scheinman; See You On The Moon.
BACK PORCH
Film At 11; Bound; No Depression Top 40; Screen Door.
