Issue #68 Mar-Apr 2007
Features
Bill Kirchen – Tale of the Tele
Carlene Carter – Back in the fold
David Bromberg – Picking and choosing
Dolly Varden – Love will keep us together
James Brown – I got you
Joe Ely – Still running the tables
Ry Cooder – Working man blues
The Frames – Their own private Ireland
Articles
Ahmet Ertegun: July 31, 1923 to December 14, 2006
Anais Mitchell – Balthazar, Clea and me
Box Full of Letters from Issue #68
Christine Smith – Old school
Darker Than The Deepest Sea: The Search For Nick Drake
Del Reeves: July 14, 1932 to January 1, 2007
Dennis Linde
Denny Doherty
Do Look Back at Flatt & Scruggs
Down In Orburndale: A Songwriter’s Youth In Old Florida
Doyle Holly
Elana James – Making a new name for herself
Eric Von Schmidt
Field Reportings from Issue #68
Gerry “phareaux” Felton
Hello Stranger from Issue #68
Homer Ledford
Homesick James
I Was There When It Happened: My Life With Johnny Cash
Infamous Stringdusters – Thou shalt not mash
Issue #68 Mar-Apr 2007
James Brown: May 3, 1933 to December 25, 2006
Jay “Hootie” McShann
Jumpin’ Jimmy Brown
Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life & Times Of Doc Pomus
Memory Band – Collectively individualistic
Richard Horne
Ruthie Foster – You just can’t live in Texas if you don’t have a lot of soul
Sneaky Pete Kleinow: August 20, 1934 to January 6, 2007
Sugar Hill, Record Cellar, and Me
Tina Mayfield
Tom Morrell
Wayne Fleming
Whiskey River (Take My Mind)
Live Reviews
Ann Arbor Folk Festival – Hill Auditorium (Ann Arbor, MI)
Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis – 3rd & Lindsley (Nashville, TN)
Butch Hancock – Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago, IL)
Jeff Tweedy – Liberty Hall (Marfa, TX)
Robbie Fulks – Harmony Bar (Madison, WI)
The dB’s/ Mitch Easter / Sneakers – Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
Album Reviews
Allen Toussaint – Life, Love And Faith
Apples In Stereo – New Magnetic Wonder
Assembly Of Dust – Recollection
Audrey Auld Mezera – Lost Men And Angry Girls
Barton Carroll – Love And War
Big Pete Pearson – Im Here Baby
Bill Callahan – Woke On A Whaleheart
Bob Egan – The Glorious Decline
Broken West – I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On
Cadillac Sky – Blind Man Walking
Cary Hudson – Bittersweet Blues
Catherine Howe – What A Beautiful Place
Charlie Louvin – Self-Titled
Chris Knight – The Trailer Tapes
Chuck E. Weiss – 23rd & Stout
Daryle Singletary – Straight From The Heart
Dean & Britta – Back Numbers
Dolorean – You Can’t Win
Donna Hughes – Gaining Wisdom
Dwight Yoakam – Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc.: Deluxe Edition
Ed Pettersen – The New Punk Blues Of Ed Pettersen
Four Seasons – Working My Way Back to You
Geoff Berner – The Wedding Dance Of The Widow Bride
Graham Parker – Don’t Tell Columbus
Grant-Lee Phillips – Strangelet
Innocence Mission – We Walked In Song
Insect Trust – Hoboken Saturday Night
J.D. Crowe & The New South – Lefty’s Old Guitar
J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton – The Road To Escondido
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter – Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls Of The Soul
JJ Grey & Mofro – Country Ghetto
Joe Goldmark – Seducing The 60s
John Starling & Carolina Star – Slidin Home
Johnny Bush – Kashmere Gardens Mud: A Tribute To Houston’s Country Soul
Johnny Paycheck aka Donny Young – Shakin’ the Blues
Junior Wells – Live At Theresa’s 1975
Kim & Reggie Harris – Get On Board!
Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times
Kristin Hersh – Learn To Sing Like A Star
Last Town Chorus – Wire Waltz
Lee Hazlewood – Cake Or Death
Lorraine Ellison – Sister Love: The Warner Bros. Recordings
Low – Drums And Guns
Maria McKee – Acoustic Tour 2006
Maria Taylor – Lynn Teeter Flower
Martha Scanlan – The West Was Burning
Martin Sexton – Seeds
Mary Chapin Carpenter – The Calling
Mic Harrison & The High Score – Push Me On Home
Michael Weston King – The Tender Place: A Collection 1999-2005
Moaners – Blackwing Yalobusha
Neil Young – Live At Massey Hall
Norah Jones – Not Too Late
Otis Taylor – Definition Of A Circle
P.F. Sloan – Measure Of Pleasure
Paula Frazer & Tarnation – Now It’s Time
Po’ Girl – Home To You
Ricki Lee Jones – The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
Roches – Moonswept
Rounders – Wish I Had You
Silos – Come On Like The Fast Lane
Simone White – I Am The Man
Son Volt – The Search
Southern Culture On The Skids – Countrypolitan Favorites
Spanic Boys – Sunshine
Steve Bedunah – Plug It In And Play
Storyhill – Self-Titled
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Living With The Living
Ted Russell Kamp – Divisadero
Various Artists – Allons Boire Un Coup: A Collection Of Cajun And Creole Drinking Songs
Various Artists – Endless Highway: The Music Of The Band
Viktor Krauss – II
Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard / Ray Price – Last Of The Breed Vol 1 & Vol 2
Winterpills – The Light Divides
Zincs – Black Pompadour