ON THE COVER: Iris DeMent. Photo by Alice Wheeler. Song lyric from “Hide Thou Me” by Fanny J. Crosby (Public Domain).
FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along (Skeeter Davis, Charlie Waller, Isidro Lopez, Kenny Buttrey).
MIKED live reviews
Bloodshot 10th Anniversary in Chicago, IL; Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Hot Club Of Cowtown in Des Moines, IA; Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue in Atlanta, GA; Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX; John Prine, Kris Kristofferson in Vienna, VA; Notorious Cherry Bombs in Nashville, TN; Golden Smog in New York City, NY; Victoria Williams & Mark Olson in Tuczon, AZ; J.T. Van Zandt in Wakefield, Quebec.
TOWN & COUNTRY brief regional features
Laurie & John Stirratt (Chicago, IL); Jill Sobule (Brooklyn, NY); Ox (Vancouver,BC); Dolorean (Portland, OR); Geraint Watkins (London, England); Amy Correia (Brooklyn, NY); Ben Weaver (Minneapolis, MN); Moviola (Columbus, OH).
A PLACE TO BE regional portrait
by Judy Zimola
DON”T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS Q&A
by Neal Weiss
John Fogerty.
THE LONG WAY AROUND extended features
Robyn Hitchcock by Kurt B. Reighley
Hem by Peter Blackstock
Iris DeMent by David Cantwell
Gene Austin by Barry Mazor
SITTIN” & THINKIN” essay
by Paul Cantin
Auctioning away the legacy of Johnny & June Carter Cash.
NOT FADE AWAY reissues
Can”t You Hear Me Callin”; Waylon Jennings; Faces; Chuck Wagon Gang; CloseHarmony; Jim Reeves; Jimmy Dean; Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys; Lloyd Green; Kenny Baker & Bobby Hicks; Dwight Yoakam; Peter Case; Skeletons; Webb Wilder & the Beatnecks; Jean Ritchie; Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps; Holy Modal Rounders; Fort Worth Teen Scene.
WAXED reviews
Elliott Smith; Elizabeth Cook; Elvis Costello & the Imposters; Richard Buckner; Charlie Robison; Peter Rowan & Tony Rice; Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder; Tony Joe White; Clarence ” Gatemouth” Brown; Kevn Kinney; Tom Waits; American Music Club; Anders Parker; Beaver Nelson; Jason Wilber; Matthew Sweet; Finn Brothers; NRBQ; Percy Sledge; BeauSoleil; C.C. Adcock; Jesse Dayton; Irene Kelley; Kieran McGee; Black Keys; Legendary Shack Shakers; Steve Turner & His Bad Ideas; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Tim Lee; Eric Andersen; Alice Gerrard; Ray Bonneville; Heath Haynes & the Crying Shames; Kasey Anderson; Sara Cox; Noam Pikelny; John Brannen; Nathan; Li”l Cap”n Travis; Dave Gleason”s Wasted Days; Salim Nourallah; Happiness Factor; Bill Staines; Robert Gordon; Steep Canyon Rangers; Split Lip Rayfield; Honeychurch; Jake Brennan & the Confidence Men; Ken Will Morton; Jeffrey Foucault; Mike & Amy Finders Band. COMP LIST: 13 Ways To Live; This Is Americana. TRIBUTARIES: Wanda Jackson; Warren Zevon; Daniel Johnston; Ola Belle Reed. LIVE WIRES: Neko Case; Greg Brown. FILM AT 11: Calexico; Los Lobos; Mavericks; Los Lonely Boys; Austin City Limits; etc. BOUND: Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison; Sing My Way Home; The Life And Times Of Howlin” Wolf; Nudie The Rodeo Tailor.
THE NO DEPRESSION TOP 40
A retail chart for July-August 2004.
SCREEN DOOR stuff we like
by Michael Lipton
“The Friendly Neighbors Show” in Chapmanville, WV.
