Issue #73 Jan-Feb 2008
Features
Band Of Horses – Gone to Carolina
Malcolm Holcombe – An appalachian ghost story
Mickey Raphael – Sacred harp
Otis Taylor – The old folks started it
Shelby Lynne – Songs in the key of Springfield
Articles
Amanda Shaw – Another Way to Be a Teen Sensation
Box Full of Letters from Issue #73
David Enloe / Jim Ford / John Hughey / John Petersen / Scott Herring / Linda Stein / Robert Goule…
Field Reportings from Issue #73
Grand Ole, indeed
Ha Ha Tonka – Ozark Highs and Lows
Hank Thompson: 1925 to 2007
Hello Stranger from Issue #73
Historic Photos Of The Opry: Ryman Auditorium 1974
Issue #73 Jan-Feb 2008
Jonas Fjeld – Bluegrass Tumbling Through the Fjords
Macon Greyson – It’s a Name About Ray
Porter Wagoner: 1927 to 2007
Proud To Be An Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, And Migration To Southern California
Resurrecting the Record Store Experience
Seth Walker – It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Sing
Steeldrivers – Irons in the Fire
The 5th Annual No Depression Critics’ Poll
The Replacements: All Over But The Shouting: An Oral History
Live Reviews
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks – Ligonier Theater (Ligonier, PA)
John Mellencamp / Los Lobos – Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines, IA) Bob Dylan / Elvis Costello – C…
Neil Young / Pegi Young – Fox Theater (St. Louis, MO)
Old Town School Of Folk Music’s 50th Anniversary Concert – Auditorium Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Swell Season / Martha Wainwright – Moore Theater (Seattle, WA)
Tenth Anniversary Tribute To Rainer’s Inner Flame – Club Congress (Tucson, AZ)
Album Reviews
Accelerators – Road Chill
Allison Moorer – Mockingbird / Lizz Wright – The Orchard
Ana Egge – Lazy Days
Bill Staines – Old Dogs
Birdie Busch – Penny Arcade
Blind Boys Of Alabama – Down In New Orleans
Blue Rodeo – Small Miracles
Brave Combo – Polka’s Revenge
Bukka Allen – Confidante
Cat Power – Jukebox
Corinne West – Second Sight
Dan Wilson – Free Life
Dollar Store – Money Music
Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Eric Taylor – Hollywood Pocketknife
Glossary – The Better Angels Of Our Nature
Gram Parsons & The Flying Burrito Brothers – Archives Volume One: Live At The Avalon Ballroom 1969
Grayson Capps – Songbones
Jason Miles – Soul Summit / Various Artists – The Harlem Experiment
Jennifer Niceley – Luminous
Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh – “Holdin’ Our Own” And Other Country Gold Duets
John Work III – Recording Black Culture
Jon Shain – Army Jacket Winter
Liam Finn – I’ll Be Lightning
Lurrie Bell – Let’s Talk About Love
Marah – Angels Of Destruction
Mountain Heart – Road That Never Ends: The Live Album
Namoli Brennet – Singer Shine Your Light
Nina Nastasia & Jim White – You Follow Me
North Mississippi Allstars – Hernando
Owen Temple – Two Thousand Miles
Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey – Mavericks
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Made In New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions / Various Artists – Ci…
Regina Hexaphone – Into Your Sleeping Heart
Reverend Organdrum – H-Fi Stereo
Rhonda Vincent – Good Thing Going
Robin & Linda Williams – Radio Songs
Robyn Hitchcock – I Wanna Go Backwards
Sunshone Still – Ten Cent American Novels
Tim Krekel Orchestra – Soul Season
Tommy Alverson – Country To The Bone
Tripwires – Makes You Look Around
Various Artists – I’m Not There soundtrack
Whigs – Mission Control