Issue #17 Sept-Oct 1998
Features
Allison Moorer – Her aim is true
Connie Smith – Too Cool To Be Forgotten
Emmylou Harris – Lookin’ for the water from a deeper well
Pinetop Seven – Toys in the attic
Silos – Back in the New York groove
Son Volt – Anatomy of an interview
Articles
Bellwether – Landscapes of the rust belt
Box Full of Letters from Issue #17
Daniel Gore – Mountain music, by the book
Down in the Arkansas
Field Reportings from Issue #17
Hello Stranger from Issue #17
Issue #17 Sept-Oct 1998
Jones & Leva – “All the songs start out with just the two of us”
Mary Cutrufello – Tougher than the rest
Red Meat – More than genuine movie stars
Retail Chart from Issue #17
Sadies – Brothers in all things Good
Souled American – Honing the art of self-cultivation
Suits Me: The Double Life Of Billy Tipton
The Blacks – (Grand)daddy played bass
The Northwesternmost Cut of All
The Redneck Manifesto: (America’s Scapegoats: How We Got That Way And Why We’re Not Gonna Take It…
Live Reviews
Billy Bragg – Crystal Theater (Okemah, OK)
Blue Mountain – FitzGerald’s (Berwyn, IL)
Buddy & Julie Miller / Peter Case – Kentucky Folk Festival (Bardstown, KY)
Giant Sandbox – Calgary Folk Festival (Calgary, Alberta)
Jayhawks – Lounge Ax (Chicago, IL)
Junior Brown With The Last Mile Ramblers – Fiesta de Los Cerrillos (Cerrillos, NM)
Kelly Willis – Lee’s Liquor Lounge (Minneapolis, MN)
Kenny Roby & Chip Robinson / Kevin Gordon / Bottle Rockets – Gabe’s Oasis (Iowa City, IA)
Mekons – First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN)
Ranchero Brothers – Barley House (Dallas, TX)
Rockygrass (the 26th Annual Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival) – Planet Bluegrass Ranch (Lyons, CO)
Slow River Showcase – Rivoli (Toronto, Ontario)
Album Reviews
Billy Bremner – A Good Week’s Work
Bob Neuwirth – Back To The Front
Brian Burns – Highways, Heartaches & Honkytonks
Cash Money – Halos Of Smoke And Fire
Charlie Feathers – Get With It: Essential Recordings (195469)
Charlie Robison – Life Of The Party
Chuck Brodsky – Radio
Clay Blaker – Rumor Town
Cowboy Junkies – Miles From Our Home
David Bromberg – The Player: A Retrospective
Dick Curless – The Drag ‘Em Off The Interstate, Sock It To ‘Em Hits Of Dick Curless
Earl Scruggs Revue – Artist’s Choice: The Best Tracks, 19701980
Elliott Smith – XO
Gillian Welch – Hell Among The Yearlings
Git Gone – Gone Rockin’
Great Divide – Break In The Storm
Hazeldine – Orphans
Heather Myles – Highways and Honky Tonks
James McMurtry – Walk Between The Raindrops
Jason Wilber – Lost In Your Hometown
Johnsons – Odessa
Josh Rouse – Dressed Up Like Nebraska
Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
Linda Ronstadt – We Ran
Lucinda Williams – Self-Titled
Lyle Lovett – Step Inside This House
Mance Lipscomb – Captain, Captain!
Mark Mulcahy – Fathering
Marti Brom & Her Jet Tone Boys – Mean
Nashville Bluegrass Band – American Beauty
Paul K – A Wilderness Of Mirrors
Pine Valley Cosmonauts – Salute The Majesty Of Bob Wills
Pinetops – Above Ground And Vertical
Porter Wagoner – In Person
Rhonda Vincent – Yesterday And Today: 30 Years Of Music
Robbie Fulks – Let’s Kill Saturday Night
Sand Rubies – The Sidewinders Sessions
Sandman – Love’s Hangover Sale
Spinanes – Arches And Aisles
Split Lip Rayfield – Self-Titled
Stillwater – State Line
Stompin’ Tom Connors – Souvenirs: 25 Of The Best
The Long Ryders – The Long Ryders Anthology
The Wandering Eyes – Songs Of Forbidden Love
Tiny Town – Self-Titled
Various Artists – Edges From The Postcard2
Various Artists – L.A. County Line: A Country Compilation From The City Of Angels
Various Artists – Songs About Our Savior: The Stanley Gospel Tradition
Various Artists – Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf
Wagon – Anniversary
Whiskeytown – Faithless Street
Whiskeytown / Neko Case – Highway 145/ My 63
Willard Grant Conspiracy – Flying Low