Issue #66 Nov-Dec 2006
ON THE COVER: Solomon Burke. Photographed by Jim Herrington.
FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along (Don Walser, Arthur Lee, Etta Baker).
MIKED – live reviews
Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, TX; Guy Clark & Friends in Nashville, TN; Golden Smog in Chicago, IL; John Prine, Iris DeMent in Des Moines, IA; Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Mavis Staples in New York, NY; Daniel Johnston”s Speeding Motorcycle in Houston, TX; Hideout Block Party in Chicago, NY; Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival in Clarksdale, MS; Mucklewain in Harriman, TN.
TOWN & COUNTRY – brief regional features
Bradley Walker (Athens, AL); Micah P. Hinson (Abilene, TX); Catherine Russell (New York, NY); Michael Hall (Austin, TX); Graham Lindsey (Bozeman, MT); Sally Spring (Winston-Salem, NC).
THE LONG WAY AROUND – extended features
Kasey Chambers by Linda Ray
Lucero by Mark Guarino
Pernice Brothers by Roy Kasten
Decemberists by Kurt B. Reighley
Mindy Smith by Bill Friskics-Warren
Greg Brown by Michael Perry
Solomon Burke by David Cantwell
NOT FADE AWAY – reissues
Roy Orbison; Waylon Jennings; Everly Brothers; Karen Dalton; Big Bill Broonzy; Furry Lewis; Sugar Hill/HighTone/Blind Pig retrospectives; Ronnie Milsap; Pogues; Spencer Dickinson; Thee Midniters; Steve Goodman.
WAXED – reviews
Vince Gill; Jerry Lee Lewis; Willie Nelson; Bob Dylan; Butch Hancock; Alan Jackson; Be Good Tanyas; Lindsey Buckingham; Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3; Joseph Arthur; My Morning Jacket; Sparklehorse; Jay Bennett; Gob Iron; Anders Parker; Bonnie “Prince” Billy; Old Town School Of Folk Music Songbook; Harry Smith Project; Califone; Robert Randolph & the Family Band; Amos Lee; Chris Smither; Dan Reeder; Kinky Friedman tribute; Open Season soundtrack; Nathan Maxwell; David Davis & the Warrior River Boys; Bruce Cockburn; Dan Bern; Grayson Capps; Libby Johnson; Bo Ramsey; Tom Russell; George Winston; Dexter Romweber; Sadies; Luca; Kennedys; Fernando; Ruby Dee & the Snakehandlers; Dickie Lee Erwin; Lonesome Spurs; Tresa Jordan; D.C. Bellamy; Sunny Sweeney; Wayne Hancock; Horsehead.
BACK PORCH
Film At 11; Bound; Screen Door.