Issue #40 July-Aug 2002
Features
Beth Orton – No more an orphan girl
Bobby Bare / Bobby Bare Jr. – Bobby Bares, all
Chuck Prophet – The beating heart
Heather Myles – River deep
Linda Thompson – The dawning of the day
Mark Olson – We’re refining something, whatever that is
Articles
A town without peer- Bristol celebrates its vital role in the history of country music
Authentically Alternative
Box Full of Letters from Issue #40
Cave Catt Sammy – Revitalizing rockabilly
Chad Rex – Here comes a regular
Close Harmony: A History Of Southern Gospel
Cornell Hurd Band – What’s so funny ’bout swing, twang and honky-tonkin’
Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey In Rural North Dakota
Field Reportings from Issue #40
Git – South by Southern Hemisphere
Hello Stranger from Issue #40
Hillous Butrum / Lionel Delmore / Oscar Florentino Tellez
Horse Stories – Picking it up, passing it on
Issue #40 July-Aug 2002
Johnny Cash At “Town Hall Party” Bear Family (DVD)
Leslie Woods – Regional Velvet
Otis Blackwell: 1931 to 2002
Pieta Brown – Gather round the Mill
Retail Chart from Issue #40
Ring Of Fire: The Johnny Cash Reader
Starlings, TN – Out on a limb
The Last Waltz Directed By Martin Scorsese MGM (DVD)
The Routes of Roots Music
Wichita Shut-ins – Partners in chime
Will Rigby – Not so vain
Live Reviews
Dr. Ralph Stanley’s Memorial Bluegrass Festival – Hills of Home Park (Coeburn, VA)
Drive-By Truckers – Melkweg (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Earl Scruggs: Family & Friends – Nutter Center (Fairborn, OH)
Houston International Festival (Houston, TX)
Jackson Browne – War Memorial Auditorium (Greensboro, NC)
Jimmy Lafave – Black Sheep Inn (Wakefield, Quebec)
Paul Westerberg – Easy Street Records (Seattle, WA)
Scotty Moore & Lee Rocker – Birchmere (Alexandria, VA)
Album Reviews
$1,000 Wedding – Nadine’s Probably Right
Alejandro Escovedo – By The Hand Of The Father
Alejandro Escovedo – Gravity / Thirteen Years
Amy Rigby – 18 Again: An Anthology
Azure Ray – Burn And Shiver
Beachwood Sparks – Make The Cowboy Robots Cry
Bob Egan – The Promise
Bodeans – Best Of BoDeans: Slash And Burn
Brute – Nine High A Pallet
Candlewyck – Self-Titled
Cassandra Wilson – Belly Of The Sun
Chris Hillman – Way Out West
Danielle Howle & The Tantrums – Skorborealis
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men – Out In California
David Baerwald – Here Comes The New Folk Underground
Deer Whistle – Stranded Somewhere Else (EP)
Dolly Parton – Halos & Horns
Drew Emmitt – Freedom Ride
Eugene Chadbourne – Texas Sessions: Chapter Two (To Doug)
Fats Domino – Walking To New Orleans
Fred Neil – Bleecker & Macdougal
Greg Jacobs – Reclining With Age
Hayes Carll – Flowers And Liquor
Herb Steiner & The Retrobillies – Rancho Rhythm Roundup
Hillbilly Idol – Self-Titled
Hot Rize – So Long Of A Journey
International Submarine Band – Safe At Home
J-200 – Trip From Grace
Jack Ingram – Electric
James Talley – Touchstones
Jason Ringenberg – All Over Creation
Jay Farrar – ThirdShiftGrottoSlack
Jill Olson – My Best Yesterday
John Hartford – Looks At Life/Earthwords & Music/The Love Album/Housing Project/John Hartford/Iro…
Jolene – The Pretty Dive
Jorma Kaukonen – Blue Country Heart
Kangaroo – Phantom
Los Lobos – Good Morning Aztlan
Mae Moore – It’s A Funny World
Maquiladora – Ritual Of Hearts
Marah – Float Away With The Friday Night Gods
Marlee MacLeod – Like Hollywood
Meat Purveyors – All Relationships Are Doomed To Fail
Messerly And Ewing – The Last Twelve Hours
Nathan Hamilton – All For Love And Wages
Okkervil River – Don’t Fall In Love With Everyone You See
Otis Taylor – Respect The Dead
Ralph Stanley – Self-Titled
Randy Newman – Good Old Boys / Sail Away
Ray Mason Band – Three Dollar Man
Richard Kaufmann – Common Senses
Ronny Elliott – Magneto
Shame Train – And The Devil’s Square Quilt
Solomon Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me
The Band – The Last Waltz
Tim Krekel – Happy Town
Various Artists – Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood (soundtrack)
Various Artists – Heroes & Horses: Corridos From The Arizona-Sonora Borderlands
Various Artists – It Came From Memphis, Volume 2
Various Artists – The Bottle Let Me Down: Songs For Bumpy Wagon Rides
Warren Zevon – My Ride’s Here