Issue #69 May-June 2007
ON THE COVER: Miranda Lambert. Photograph by James Minchin.
FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along.
MVP supporting musicians
by Jeff Wall
Rich Brotherton
MIKED live reviews
Las Manitas farewell in Austin, TX; Bettye LaVette in Carrboro, NC; Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Joe Ely, Guy Clark in Cleveland, OH; Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard in Austin, TX; Raul Malo in Seattle, WA; Dave Rawlings Machine in Carrboro, NC.
TOWN & COUNTRY brief regional features
Ryan Shaw (Brooklyn, NY); Pine Leaf Boys (Lafayette, LA); Gina Villalobos (Los Angeles, CA); Willy Mason (Marthas Vineyard, MA); Two Cow Garage (Columbus, OH); Basement (Liverpool, UK).
THE LONG WAY AROUND extended features
Uncle Earl by Katy June-Friesen
Nightwatchman (Tom Morello) by Kurt B. Reighley
Avett Brothers by Peter Blackstock
Elizabeth Cook by Grant Alden
Miranda Lambert by Barry Mazor
Bright Eyes by Jesse Fox Mayshark
NOT FADE AWAY reissues
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration; Polk Miller & the Old South Quartette; Blaze Foley & the Beaver Valley Boys; Stanley Brothers; Dolly Parton; Leonard Cohen; Mickey Gilley; J.D. Crowe; Chip Taylor; Todd Snider.
WAXED reviews
Mavis Staples; Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver; Jesse Malin; Cowboy Junkies; John Prine & Mac Wiseman; Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby; Jon Rauhouse; Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang; Tommy Womack; Robbie Fulks; Scott Miller & the Commonwealth; Resentments; Pam Tillis; David Ball; Dale Watson; Andrew Bird; A Tribute To Joni Mitchell; Patti Smith; Koko Taylor; Wynton Marsalis; Last Train Home; Fountains Of Wayne; Golden Smog; Air; Laura Veirs; Rosie Thomas; Serena Ryder; Uncle Monk; Wilco; Dolorean; Mark Erelli; Jorma Kaukonen; Mitch Easter; Detroit Cobras; Los Straitjackets; Kenny & Amanda Smith Band; Mary Weiss; Ian Hunter; Grand Champeen; Besnard Lakes; Roddy Hart; Jon Byrd; Tom Brosseau; Sarah Shannon; Jonatha Brooke; Lucy Kaplansky.
BACK PORCH
Film At 11; Bound; Screen Door.