Issue #73 Jan-Feb 2008
WEB EXCLUSIVE: 2007 Critics Poll Individual Ballots
The pen is mightier than the sword. Thats pertinent to me. Whoever said that, though, theyre probably dead.
MALCOLM HOLCOMBE
ON THE COVER: Shelby Lynne. Photograph by Brydget Carrillo.
FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along.
MVP supporting musicians
Mickey Raphael by Joe Nick Patoski
MIKED live reviews
John Mellencamp, Los Lobos in Des Moines, IA; Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello in Iowa City, IA; Neil Young, Pegi Young in St. Louis, MO; Old Town School Of Folk Musics 50th Anniversary Concert in Chicago, IL; Swell Season, Martha Wainwright in Seattle, WA; Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks in Ligonier, PA; Tenth Anniversary Tribute to Rainers Inner Flame in Tucson, AZ.
TOWN & COUNTRY brief regional features
Steeldrivers (Nashville, TN); Seth Walker (Austin, TX); Amanda Shaw (New Orleans, LA); Jonas Fjeld (Drammen, Norway); Ha Ha Tonka (Springfield, MO); Macon Greyson (Dallas, TX).
THE LONG WAY AROUND extended features
Otis Taylor by Edd Hurt
Band Of Horses by Kurt B. Reighley
5th Annual No Depression Critics Poll
Shelby Lynne by Bill Friskics-Warren
Malcolm Holcombe by Peter Cooper
NOT FADE AWAY reissues
Preservation Hall Jazz Band; City Of Dreams: A Collection Of New Orleans Music; Gram Parsons & the Flying Burrito Brothers; Robyn Hitchcock; John Work III; Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey; Accelerators.
WAXED reviews
Drive-By Truckers; Blind Boys Of Alabama; Marah; Jason Miles; The Harlem Experiment; Lurrie Bell; Blue Rodeo; Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh; Rhonda Vincent; Cat Power; Allison Moorer; Lizz Wright; Im Not There soundtrack; North Mississippi Allstars; Eric Taylor; Jens Lekman; Dan Wilson; Liam Finn; Tim Krekel Orchestra; Brave Combo; Reverend Organdrum; Grayson Capps; Birdie Busch; Jennifer Niceley; Owen Temple; Sunshone Still; Tripwires; Whigs; Robin & Linda Williams; Mountain Heart; Regina Hexaphone; Anna Egge; Namoli Brennet; Corinne West; Dollar Store; Jon Shain; Tommy Alverson; Bill Staines; Glossary.
BACK PORCH
Film At 11; Bound; Screen Door.