Issue #71 Sep-Oct 2007

Features
Carolyn Mark – Absolutely free
Jim Dickinson – A tale of two cities
Josh Ritter – In the moment
Lloyd Green – The green revolution
Lori McKenna – Dreams of an Everyday Housewife
Peter Case – A guitar makes a band
Rilo Kiley – For those about to pop
Articles
Boots Randolph: 1927 to 2007
Box Full of Letters from Issue #71
Down to the River / The Music of Bill Monroe
Everybodyfields – Living the dream
Field Reportings from Issue #71
Fionn Regan – Starting at the end
Flat Mountain Girls – Postmodern traditionalism
Goodbye Nashville, Hello Camden Town: A Pub Rock Anthology
Hello Stranger from Issue #71
I Walked the Line: My Life With Johnny
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
Issue #71 Sep-Oct 2007
Johnny Frigo: 1916 to 2007
Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story
Pressing On: The Roni Stoneman Story
Screen Door from Issue #71
Show Me the Cash
Stacie Collins – She’s ready now
Steep Canyon Rangers – Asheville cats
Steve Goodman: Facing the Music
Tommy Makem / Uncle John Turner / Lawton Williams / Horace Scruggs / Bill Pinkney / Billy Wayne H…
United Steel Workers Of Montreal – Up from the subway
Willem Maker – Road to recovery
Live Reviews
50 Years Of Stax – Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, CA)
Backsliders – Moore Square Park (Raleigh, NC)
Blue Mountain – Schubas (Chicago, IL)
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival (Manchester, TN)
Brett Dennen – Music Box (Los Angeles, CA)
Levon Helm Band – Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN)
Album Reviews
Abra Moore – On the Way
Amy Cook – The Sky Observer’s Guide
Ann Wilson – Hope & Glory
Arlo Guthrie – In Times Like These
Arthur Alexander – Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
Beau Brummels – ’66 / Self-Titled
Ben Lee – Ripe
Bettye LaVette – The Scene of the Crime
Billy Joe Shaver – Everybody’s Brother
Black Francis – Bluefinger
Bobby Bare – Lullabys, Legends and Lies
Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-press – Bluegrass Melodies
Bourbon Dynasty – Self-Titled
Bruce Robison – It Came From San Antonio
Charlie Sizemore Band – Good News
Danbert Nobacon & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts – The Library Book of the World / Mekons – Natural
Dave Gleasons Wasted Days – Just Fall to Pieces
Dead Rock West – Honey and Salt
Emmylou Harris – Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems
Erik Friedlander – Block Ice & Propane
Hanson – The Walk
Heavy Trash – Going Way Out with Heavy Trash
Homer & Jethro – Assault the Rock ‘N’ Roll Era
Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
Jaimi Shuey – Wrong Girl
Jeffrey Halford & The Healers – Broken Chord
Jennie Arnau – Mt. Pleasant
Jim Lauderdale – The Bluegrass Diaries / Merle Haggard – The Bluegrass Sessions
John P. Strohm – Everyday Life
John Phillips – Jack of Diamonds
Johnny Cash – The Outtakes
Johnny Irion – Ex Tempore
Johnny Mercer – Self-Titled
Johnny Rivers – Last Boogie in Paris
Josh Rouse – Country Mouse, City House
Lee Moses – Time and Place
Linda Thompson – Versatile Heart
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band – It’s Not Big It’s Large
Mary Gauthier – Between Daylight and Dark
Matt Nathanson – Some Mad Hope
Mendoza Line – 30 Year Low
Michelle Shocked – ToHeavenUride
Mugwumps – Self-Titled
New Pornographers – Challengers
Oakley Hall – I’ll Follow You
Okkervil River – The Stage Names
Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan – On the Jimmy Reed Highway
Over The Rhine – The Trumpet Child
P.J. O’Connell – Careful
Patty Hurst Shifter – Fugitive Glue
Peter Himmelman – The Pigeons Couldn’t Sleep
Pines – Sparrows in the Bell
Raul Malo – After Hours / Teddy Thompson – Upfront & Down Low
Red Meat – We Never Close
Schnitzel – Cold Harbor
Seldom Scene – Scenechronized
Shawn Camp & Billy Burnette – The Bluegrass Elvises, Vol. 1 / Robert Gordon & Chris Spedding – It…
Shivaree – Tainted Love: Mating Calls and Fight Songs
Stephen Stills – Just Roll Tape – April 26th, 1968
They Might Be Giants – The Else
Through The Sparks – Lazarus Beach
Tom Russell (and Others) – Wounded Heart
Tracy Nelson – You’ll Never be a Stranger at My Door
Two Dollar Pistols – Here Tomorrow, Gone Today / Snatches of Pink – Love is Dead
Various Artists – Atlantic Blues, 1949-1970
Various Artists – Florida Funk, 1968-1975
Various Artists – Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Volume 2 & 3
Various Artists – Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection
Warm in the Wake – American Prehistoric
Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper – Big Midnight Special
Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth