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Issue #53 Sept-Oct 2004
Hello Stranger - Editor's Note
Field Reportings - News
No Depression Top 40 Retail Chart - Retail Chart
Sittin' & Thinkin' - Essay
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature
- Hayden - Introspectively yours
- Jesse Harris - They're playing his song
- Michelle Anthony - Sing out!
- Nora O'Connor - Cutting the mustard
- Otis Gibbs - Lost and found
- Ray Charles - Going down slow: A remembrance of Ray Charles
- Sally Timms - Battle Him of the Republic
- Tim Eriksen - Everything new is old again
The Long Way Around - Feature
- Buddy Miller - Well I hate to see your sun sinking down and the path you take while you're losing ground
- Camper Van Beethoven - That gum you like!
- Cowboy Jack Clement - Singers are a pain in the ass if you want to know the truth about it. Most of 'em. Well, all of 'em: A conversation with Cowboy Jack Clement
- Jason Ringenberg - A reckless country's soul
- Mavis Staples - Soul folk in action
- Paul Williams - There's a higher power
- Tift Merritt - The big picture
- Willie Nelson - Gonna catch tomorrow now
Miked - Live Reviews
- Beth Orton - Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
- Devendra Banhart / Joanna Newsom - Vaudeville Mews (Des Moines, IA)
- Gram Parsons Tribute - Universal Amphitheatre (Universal City, CA)
- Hal Willner's Neil Young Project - Prospect Park Bandshell (Brooklyn, NY)
- Ray Charles Funeral - Willie Nelson / Stevie Wonder / B.B. King / Glen Campbell - First AME Church (Los Angeles, CA)
- Rhonda Vincent & The Rage / Mountain Heart - Red, White & Bluegrass Night - Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN)
- Richard Thompson - Toad's Place (New Haven, CT)
- Rodney Crowell - McGonigel's Mucky Duck (Houston, TX)
- Telluride Bluegrass Festival - (Telluride, CO)
Waxed - Record Review
- Bill Lloyd - Back to Even
- Billy Joe Shaver - Billy and the Kid
- Charlie Mars - Self-Titled
- Chris Richards - Tumblers & Grit
- Chuck Prophet - Age of Miracles
- Court & Spark - Witch Season
- Dan Bern & the IJBC - My Country II
- Dave Van Ronk - ...And The Tin Pan Bended, And The Story Ended
- Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
- Everlast - White Trash Beautiful
- Giant Sand - Is All Over the Map
- Gina Villalobos - Rock 'n' Roll Pony
- Guided by Voices - Half Smiles of the Decomposed
- Hank Locklin - Generations in Song
- Heidi Howe - Give a Hootenanny: Twangy Tunes About Lovin’ the Earth for Ages 1-101
- Ian Moore - Luminaria
- James Talley - Journey
- Jolie Holland - Escondida
- Jon Dee Graham - The Great Battle
- Josh Williams - Lonesome Highway
- Junior Brown - Down Home Chrome
- Kasey Chambers - Wayward Angel
- Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch with Fats Kaplin - You Can't Save Everybody
- Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier
- Los Lobos - Ride This: The Covers EP
- Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum
- Melonie Cannon - Self-Titled
- Mendoza Line - Fortune
- Nashville Bluegrass Band - Twenty Year Blues
- Obsoletes - Is This Progress?
- Onion Creek Crawdaddies - Barn Burners & Bathtub Bourbon
- Paul Thorn - Are You With Me?
- Paul Westerberg - Folker
- Po' Girl - Vagabond Lullabies
- Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company
- Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers - ¡Americano!
- Sadies - Favourite Colours
- Shawn Camp - Live at the Station Inn
- Shelley Campbell - Blue Ridge Reveille
- Silos - When the Telephone Rings
- Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts…Now
- Steve Wedemeyer - Disclose
- Tandy - To a Friend
- Terri Hendrix - The Art of Removing Wallpaper
- Various Artists - A Tribute to Jimmy Martin, "The King of Bluegrass"
- Various Artists - Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster
- Various Artists - Escovedo 101: Songs of Alejandro Escovedo
- Various Artists - Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo
- Various Artists - Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family
- Vassar Clements - Livin' with the Blues
- Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review
- Dream Syndicate - Ghost Stories / Dream Syndicate - The Complete Live at Raji's
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Almost Blue: Deluxe Edition
- Ian Tyson - Ol' Eon
- John Conlee - Classics / Hoyt Axton - Flashes of Fire: Hoyt's Very Best 1962-1990
- Johnny Horton - Live Recordings from the Louisiana Hayride
- Kay Adams - Wheels and Tears / Dick Curless - Tombstone Every Mile / Red Simpson - Roll, Truck, Roll / Truck Drivin' Fool
- Lloyd Green - Master of the Steel Strings
- Lucille Bogan - Shave 'em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan
- Roane County Ramblers - Complete Recordings 1928-1929
- Uncle Dave Macon - Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
- Various Artists - Fort Worth Teen Scene (1964-1967), Vols. 1-3
- Vic Chesnutt - Little/West of Rome/Drunk/Is the Actor Happy?
