Issue #23 Sept-Oct 1999

Features
Buddy Miller – Hearts on fire
Continental Drifters – Driftin’ way of life
David Ball – For the sake of the single
Doyle Lawson – Quicksilver’s message in service
George Jones – The choicest cuts, from the choicest voice
Jim Lauderdale – Parsons, Ol’ Possum, and the Jack of Hearts
Lori Carson – This is how it feels, now
Articles
Andrew Bird’s Bowl Of Fire – Mixin’ up the medicine
Anita Carter: 03/1933 to 07/29/1999
Bob Childers – Travelin’ Woody’s road
Box Full of Letters from Issue #23
Check it Out — Music With a Long Shelf Life
Danielle Howle – The nutty confessor
Hello Stranger from Issue #23
Issue #23 Sept-Oct 1999
Jim Stringer & The Austin Music Band – It don’t mean a thang if it ain’t got that swang
Modern Twang: An Alternative Country Music Guide & Directory
Nadine – Safe at home
Radio Free Mountain Stage- Who Listens to the Radio?
Retail Chart from Issue #23
Rosavelt – Read between the lines
Roy Mason – Silvertoned songsmith
Souvenirs – Honestly honky-tonkin’
True Adventures With The King Of Bluegrass
Woody Guthrie: A Life
Live Reviews
Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival – (Bean Blossom, IN)
David Olney – Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Flatlanders – Central Park Summerstage (New York City, NY)
Joe Price – The Mill (Iowa City, IA)
Josh Rouse / Aimee Mann- Park West (Chicago, IL)
Mark Mulcahy – Whelan’s (Dublin, Ireland)
Mary Janes – Hideout (Chicago, IL)
Scott Miller – Pine Hill Farm (Durham, NC)
Album Reviews
Alison Krauss – Forget About It
Ani Difranco & Utah Phillips – Fellow Workers
Asleep At The Wheel – Ride With Bob
Bela Fleck – The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Vol II
Bocephus King – A Small Good Thing
Bottle Rockets – Brand New Year
Bruce Robison – Long Way Home From Anywhere
Carl Mann – Mona Lisa
Charlie Walker – Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – American Music Texas Style
Cowboy Junkies – Rarities, B-Sides And Slow, Sad Waltzes
Dixie Chicks – Fly
Eric Andersen – Blue River
Freakwater – End Time
Freedy Johnston – Blue Days Black Nights
Greg Brown – One Night
Hal Ketchum – Awaiting Redemption
Jack Ingram – Hey You
Jerry Jeff Walker – Best Of The Vanguard Years
Jesse Winchester – Gentleman Of Leisure
Jim Reeves And Friends – Radio Days Vol. 1 / Jim Reeves – Kimberley Jim
Joe South – Retrospect
Johnny Dilks & His Visitacion Valley Boys – Acres Of Heartache
Johnny Dowd – Pictures From Life’s Other Side
Kelly Joe Phelps – Shine Eyed Mister Zen
Mark Lanegan – I’ll Take Care Of You
Matraca Berg – Lying To The Moon & Other Stories
Meat Purveyors – More Songs About Buildings And Cows
Nanci Griffith With The London Symphony Orchestra – The Dust Bowl Symphony
NRBQ – Self-Titled
Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers – Zola And The Tulip Tree
Percy Sledge – I’ll Be Your Everything
R.B. Morris – Zeke and the Wheel
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Crusades Of The Restless Knights
Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys – Forever Always Ends
Robbie Fulks – The Very Best of Robbie Fulks
Scott McClatchy – Blue Moon Revisited
Sovines – Truckers Welcome
Star Room Boys – Why Do Lonely Men And Women Want To Break Each Other’s Hearts?
Stephan Smith – Now’s The Time
Steve Tagliere – Trust Myself
Todd Thibaud – Little Mystery
Willis Alan Ramsey – Self-Titled