Features
A disquisition on the centrality of love and faith in the music of Buddy Miller
Billy Bragg – Waiting for the small steps forward
Blue Mountain – Muscle memory
Dan Tyminski – I’m with the band
Eric Heywood – Trace elements
Hayes Carll – Hayes Carll
James McMurtry – Musical verite
Old 97’s – More fun in the new world
Pinetop Perkins – The living blues
Robert Forster – The sun’s gonna shine in my back door someday
Sera Cahoone – Full of dreams to last the years in Seattle
The Weepies – No time to cry
Articles
Band Of Annuals – Space in numbers
Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation In American Popular Culture/Cross The W…
Box Full of Letters from Issue #75
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Digging back, driving forward
Dawn Landes – Inegnue engineer
Every Picture’s Told A Story
Field Reportings from Issue #75
Fleet Foxes – Beyond the basement
Hello Stranger from Issue #75
Hope Nunnery – Holler of the mountains
Issue #75 May-June 2008
Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey To The End Of Taste
Rite Flyers – No need to throw things at them
Screen Door from Issue #75
Waybacks – Fit as a fiddle
Whipsaws – One up on the Lower 48
Live Reviews
Bill Frisell’s Disfarmer Project – Duke University (Durham, NC)
Cowboy Junkies / Margo Timmins – Massey Hall (Toronto, ON)
Dave Alvin/Tim O’Brien/Chris Smither – Cedar Cultural Center (Minneapolis, MN)
Jackson Browne – Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN)
Louisiana Showcase – Mint (Los Angeles, CA)
Mary Gauthier / Mark Olson – Lola’s (Portland, OR)
Reivers – Parish (Austin, TX)
Album Reviews
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet – Self-Titled
Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
Amelia – A Long, Lovely List Of Repairs
American Gun – The Means And The Machine
B-52s – Funplex
Ben Vaughn Combo – Beautiful Thing
Black Francis – Svn Fngrs
Black Keys – Attack And Release
Bonnie Bramlett – Beautiful
Buddy Holly – Not Fade Away — Buddy Holly 1957: The Complete Recordings
Charlie Monroe – I’m Old Kentucky Bound: 1938-1956
Chatham County Line – IV
Chris Mills – Living In The Aftermath
Chuck Prophet – Dreaming Waylon’s Dreams
Colin Meloy – Colin Meloy Sings Live!
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen – The Early Years 1967-1970 / Live From Armadillo World H…
Counting Crows – Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Crooked Still – Still Crooked
DeVotchKa – A Mad And Faithful Telling
Donnie Fritts – One Foot In The Groove
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – Help Is On The Way
Drunk Stuntmen – State Fair
Fayssoux – Early
Firewater – The Golden Hour
Fred Neil – Trav’lin Man: The Early Singles
George Jones – She Thinks I Still Care: The Complete United Artists Recordings, 1962-1964
Gibson Brothers – Iron & Diamonds
Hayden – In Field & Town
Heybale – The Last Country Album
Ida – Lovers Prayers
Ike Reilly – Poison The Hit Parade
Jeff Healey – Mess Of Blues
Jenny Scheinman – Self-Titled / Crossing The Field
John Hiatt – Same Old Man
Jordan Zevon – Insides Out
Kris Delmhorst – Shotgun Singer
Kristin Mooney – Hydroplane
Longview – Deep In The Mountains
Mark Bryan – End Of The Front
Matthew Ryan – Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State
Michael Doucet – From Now On
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig !!!
Norma Jean – I Guess That Comes From Being Poor
Peter Cooper – Mission Door
Poi Dog Pondering – 7
R.E.M. – Accelerate
Randy Thompson – Further On
Rick Nelson – For You: The Decca Years 1963-1969
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder – Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass
Robyn Ludwick – Too Much Desire
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers – Miles From Home
Scotland Barr & The Slow Drags – All The Great Aviators Agree
Scott Kempner – Saving Grace
She & Him – Volume One
Sierra Hull – Secrets
Silver Jews – Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Solomon Burke – Like A Fire
Tab Benoit – Night Train To Nashville
Thad Cockrell – To Be Loved
Was (not Was) – Boo!
Whiskeytown – Strangers Almanac (Deluxe Edition)
Willie Nelson – One Hell Of A Ride
On the Cover: Buddy Miller
