Features
Charlie Daniels – In the pines
Dierks Bentley – Are you ready for the country?
John Darnielle – Where the truth lies
John Prine – To believe in this living
Little Milton – Reconsider me
Robbie Fulks – The man in the mirror
Robert Earl Keen – Can you patch together a feeling that’s going to stick with somebody ten years…
Solomon Burke – The return of the king
Tracy Grammer – Beautiful dreamer
Articles
Amos Lee – Storied soul
Box Full of Letters from Issue #57
Comrade Rockstar
Cooking In The House Of Cash — At Home With Johnny, June And Mother Maybelle — My 33 Years Ins…
Decemberists – Do they know it’s Christmas?
Field Reportings from Issue #57
George Scott: 1929 to 2005
Goldie Hill: 1933 to 2005
Hello Stranger from Issue #57
Issue #57 May-June 2005
Jalan Crossland – How the west was written
Kelly Pardekooper – You can take the boy out of Iowa, but…
Martha Wainwright – All in the family
Merle Kilgore: 1934 to 2005
Milton Mapes – A little bug music
Retail Chart from Issue #57
Roger Schutt / Jimmy Smith / Keith Knudson / Jimmy Crawford / Tyrone Davis / Larry Kingston / Chr…
Sammi Smith: 1943 to 2005
The Living Bubba
The Mayor Of Macdougal Street: A Memoir
This One’s for Dan
Truckers & Tributes, Bluegrass & Rainbows
William Elliott Whitmore – This land is his land
Live Reviews
Alejandro Escovedo / Jon Dee Graham – Fitzgerald’s (Berwyn, IL) / Mark Olson & Gary Louris – Main…
Bob Dylan / Merle Haggard / Amos Lee – Chiles Center, (Portland, OR)
Cindy Cashdollar / Steve James & Del Rey – Kleinert/James Arts Center (Woodstock, NY)
Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Tift Merritt – Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN)
Flatliners – Anderson Fair (Houston, TX)
International Folk Alliance Conference – Palais Des Congres and Hyatt (Montreal, Quebec)
Jimmy Webb – Blue Door (Oklahoma City, OK)
Tom Russell – World Cafe Live (Philadelphia, PA)
Album Reviews
Aimee Mann – The Forgotten Arm
Alison Brown – Stolen Moments
Allison’s Sacred Harp Singers – Heaven’s My Home Religion Is A Fortune: Sacred Harp Singing
Amy Ray – Prom
Anders Parker – The Wounded Astronaut
Audrey Auld Mezera – Texas
Avett Brothers – Live, Volume 2
Beck – Guero
Believers – Crashyertown
Billie Holiday – The Ultimate Collection (2 CDs & 1 DVD)
Billy Don Burns – Heroes, Friends & Other Troubled Souls
Charanga Cakewalk – Loteria De La Cumbia Lounge
Charlie Poole – You Ain’t Talkin’ To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music
Chely Wright – The Metropolitan Hotel
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodruiguez – Red Dog Tracks
Chris Stuart & Backcountry – Mojave River
Cindy Bullens – Dream #29
David Olney – Migration
Delbert & Glen – Self-Titled / Subject To Change
Devil In A Woodpile – In Your Lonesome Town
Don Williams With Pozo Seco – Spend Some Time With Me
Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet – The Complete Mercury Recordings
Eels – Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Fire Marshals Of Bethlehem – Songs For Housework
Geoff Berner – Whiskey Rabbi
Greg Trooper – Make It Through This World
Heather Waters – Shadow Of You
Hickmen – California Dreamin’
Iron & Wine – Woman King
Jack Nitzsche – Hearing Is Believing: The Jack Nitzsche Story 1962-1979
James Reams & The Barnstormers – Troubled Times
Jeannie C. Riley – The Songs of
Jim & Jennie & The Pinetops – Rivers Roll On By
Jim Watson, Tommy Thompson & Mike Craver – Meeting In The Air: Songs Of The Carter Family Sung An…
Joel Plaskett – La De Da
John Evans Band – Circling The Drain
Jordan Chassan – East Of Bristol, West Of Knoxville
Keren Ann – Nolita
Kevin Pakulis – Yeah Yeah Yeah
Larry Campbell – Rooftops
Liz Durrett – Husk
Los Lobos – Live At The Fillmore
Lucero – Nobody’s Darlings
Lucinda Williams – Live At The Fillmore
Magnolia Electric Co. – What Comes After The Blues
Malcolm Holcombe – I Never Heard You Knockin’
Maria McKee – Peddlin’ Dreams
Michael Shelley – Goodbye Cheater
Nathan Maxwell – Undone
Nic Armstrong & The Thieves – The Greatest White Liar
Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy
Otis Clay – Respect Yourself
Over The Rhine – Drunkard’s Prayer
Phil Leadbetter – Slide Effects
Robert Cray – Twenty
Roky Erickson – I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology
Sarah Borges – Silver City
Scott H. Biram – The Dirty Old One Man Band
Shelby Lynne – Suit Yourself
Shurman – Jubilee
South San Gabriel – The Carlton Chronicles: Not Until The Operation’s Through
Special Consensus – Everything’s Alright
Tara Angell – Come Down
Various Artists – Clawhammer Banjo, Volumes 1-3
Various Artists – Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
Wrights – Down This Road
Zincs – Dimmer
Charlie Daniels – In the pines
Dierks Bentley – Are you ready for the country?
John Darnielle – Where the truth lies
John Prine – To believe in this living
Little Milton – Reconsider me
Robbie Fulks – The man in the mirror
Robert Earl Keen – Can you patch together a feeling that’s going to stick with somebody ten years…
Solomon Burke – The return of the king
Tracy Grammer – Beautiful dreamer
Articles
Amos Lee – Storied soul
Box Full of Letters from Issue #57
Comrade Rockstar
Cooking In The House Of Cash — At Home With Johnny, June And Mother Maybelle — My 33 Years Ins…
Decemberists – Do they know it’s Christmas?
Field Reportings from Issue #57
George Scott: 1929 to 2005
Goldie Hill: 1933 to 2005
Hello Stranger from Issue #57
Issue #57 May-June 2005
Jalan Crossland – How the west was written
Kelly Pardekooper – You can take the boy out of Iowa, but…
Martha Wainwright – All in the family
Merle Kilgore: 1934 to 2005
Milton Mapes – A little bug music
Retail Chart from Issue #57
Roger Schutt / Jimmy Smith / Keith Knudson / Jimmy Crawford / Tyrone Davis / Larry Kingston / Chr…
Sammi Smith: 1943 to 2005
The Living Bubba
The Mayor Of Macdougal Street: A Memoir
This One’s for Dan
Truckers & Tributes, Bluegrass & Rainbows
William Elliott Whitmore – This land is his land
Live Reviews
Alejandro Escovedo / Jon Dee Graham – Fitzgerald’s (Berwyn, IL) / Mark Olson & Gary Louris – Main…
Bob Dylan / Merle Haggard / Amos Lee – Chiles Center, (Portland, OR)
Cindy Cashdollar / Steve James & Del Rey – Kleinert/James Arts Center (Woodstock, NY)
Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Tift Merritt – Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN)
Flatliners – Anderson Fair (Houston, TX)
International Folk Alliance Conference – Palais Des Congres and Hyatt (Montreal, Quebec)
Jimmy Webb – Blue Door (Oklahoma City, OK)
Tom Russell – World Cafe Live (Philadelphia, PA)
Album Reviews
Aimee Mann – The Forgotten Arm
Alison Brown – Stolen Moments
Allison’s Sacred Harp Singers – Heaven’s My Home Religion Is A Fortune: Sacred Harp Singing
Amy Ray – Prom
Anders Parker – The Wounded Astronaut
Audrey Auld Mezera – Texas
Avett Brothers – Live, Volume 2
Beck – Guero
Believers – Crashyertown
Billie Holiday – The Ultimate Collection (2 CDs & 1 DVD)
Billy Don Burns – Heroes, Friends & Other Troubled Souls
Charanga Cakewalk – Loteria De La Cumbia Lounge
Charlie Poole – You Ain’t Talkin’ To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music
Chely Wright – The Metropolitan Hotel
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodruiguez – Red Dog Tracks
Chris Stuart & Backcountry – Mojave River
Cindy Bullens – Dream #29
David Olney – Migration
Delbert & Glen – Self-Titled / Subject To Change
Devil In A Woodpile – In Your Lonesome Town
Don Williams With Pozo Seco – Spend Some Time With Me
Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet – The Complete Mercury Recordings
Eels – Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Fire Marshals Of Bethlehem – Songs For Housework
Geoff Berner – Whiskey Rabbi
Greg Trooper – Make It Through This World
Heather Waters – Shadow Of You
Hickmen – California Dreamin’
Iron & Wine – Woman King
Jack Nitzsche – Hearing Is Believing: The Jack Nitzsche Story 1962-1979
James Reams & The Barnstormers – Troubled Times
Jeannie C. Riley – The Songs of
Jim & Jennie & The Pinetops – Rivers Roll On By
Jim Watson, Tommy Thompson & Mike Craver – Meeting In The Air: Songs Of The Carter Family Sung An…
Joel Plaskett – La De Da
John Evans Band – Circling The Drain
Jordan Chassan – East Of Bristol, West Of Knoxville
Keren Ann – Nolita
Kevin Pakulis – Yeah Yeah Yeah
Larry Campbell – Rooftops
Liz Durrett – Husk
Los Lobos – Live At The Fillmore
Lucero – Nobody’s Darlings
Lucinda Williams – Live At The Fillmore
Magnolia Electric Co. – What Comes After The Blues
Malcolm Holcombe – I Never Heard You Knockin’
Maria McKee – Peddlin’ Dreams
Michael Shelley – Goodbye Cheater
Nathan Maxwell – Undone
Nic Armstrong & The Thieves – The Greatest White Liar
Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy
Otis Clay – Respect Yourself
Over The Rhine – Drunkard’s Prayer
Phil Leadbetter – Slide Effects
Robert Cray – Twenty
Roky Erickson – I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology
Sarah Borges – Silver City
Scott H. Biram – The Dirty Old One Man Band
Shelby Lynne – Suit Yourself
Shurman – Jubilee
South San Gabriel – The Carlton Chronicles: Not Until The Operation’s Through
Special Consensus – Everything’s Alright
Tara Angell – Come Down
Various Artists – Clawhammer Banjo, Volumes 1-3
Various Artists – Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
Wrights – Down This Road
Zincs – Dimmer
