Issue #55 Jan-Feb 2005

Features
Gourds – Appetite for agglomeration
Kris Kristofferson – Freedom’s still the most important thing for me
Mary Gauthier – Late train to mercy
Sonny Landreth – Bayou Blues
Articles
Box Full of Letters from Issue #55
Chatham County Line – Comin’ around to bluegrass
Chronicles: Volume One
Field Reportings from Issue #55
Foghorn Stringband – Old and unadorned
Hello Stranger from Issue #55
Herald Nix – Hark! He sings, again
Issue #55 Jan-Feb 2005
Lone Star Attractions
Mando Saenz – Life’s little ups and downs
Nathaniel Mayer – A showman’s life
Ray LaMontagne – Flying beyond the treetops
Remembering Larry Brown
Retail Chart from Issue #55
Terry Melcher / Jacques Levy / Henry “Tommy” Vaden / Bruce Palmer / Johnny Faulk
The Second Annual No Depression Critics’ Poll
You’re Cookin’ It Country: My Favorite Recipes And Memories
Live Reviews
Alejandro Escovedo Benefit – Paramount Theatre (Austin, TX)
Buckskin Stallion – Conor O’Neill’s (Boulder, CO)
Del McCoury Band – Egg (Albany, NY)
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Palais (Hepburn Springs, Australia)
Jim Bryson – Rivoli (Toronto, Ontario)
Signature Sounds Tenth Anniversary Concert – Calvin Theatre (Northampton, MA)
Susan Cowsill – Vintage Wine Bar (Charleston, SC)
Album Reviews
Al Green – The Immortal Soul Of Al Green
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Lonely Runs Both Ways
Amber Digby – Music From The Honky Tonks
Bettye Swann – Self-Titled
Bill Mallonee – Dear Life
Blaze Foley – Oval Room
Cerys Matthews – CockAHoop
Clive Gregson – Long Story Short
David Ball – Freewheeler
Eleven Hundred Springs – Bandwagon
Elliott Murphy – Lost Generation/Night Lights
Great Unknowns – Presenting The Great Unknowns
Holly Williams – The Ones We Never Knew
Jay Bennett – The Beloved Enemy
Jesse McReynolds With Travis Wetzel – Bending The Rules
Julie Lee – Stillhouse Road
Lefty Frizzell – That’s The Way Life Goes 1950-1975
Leonard Cohen – Dear Heather
Low – The Great Destroyer
Madeleine Peyroux – Careless Love
Mark McKay – Shimmer
Michael Hurley – Down In Dublin
Moaners – Dark Snack
Mother Earth – Living With The Animals / Make A Joyful Noise
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues
Polecat Creek – Leaving Eden
Porter & Pam – Something To Brag About
Roger McGuinn – Roger McGuinn & Band
Spade Cooley – Fidoodlin’
Thomas Fraser – You And My Old Guitar
Tom Freund – Copper Moon
Tom Gillam – Shake My Hand
Tommy Alverson – Heroes And Friends
Trent Willmon – Self-Titled
Two Cow Garage – The Wall Against Our Back
Various Artists – Brown Eyed Handsome Man: St. Louis Salutes The Father Of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Various Artists – Moody Bluegrass: A Nashville Tribute To The Moody Blues
Various Artists – Stompin’ At The Savoy: The Original Indie-Label 1944-1961
Various Artists – Where Will You Be Christmas Day?
Vern Williams Band – Traditional Bluegrass
Wynn Stewart & Jan Howard – The Very Best Of