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#71 Sep-Oct 2007 {Josh Ritter}
ON THE COVER:
Josh Ritter. Photograph by Alice Wheeler.
“I think the test of being a real artist is continuing to write if people don’t like your stuff. Especially during the times when people don’t like your stuff.”
— JOSH RITTER
FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along (Boots Randolph, Johnny Frigo).
MVP — supporting musicians by Rich Kienzle
Lloyd Green.
MIKED — live reviews
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN; 50 Years Of Stax in Los Angeles, CA; Levon Helm Band in Nashville, TN; Blue Mountain in Chicago, IL; Backsliders in Raleigh, NC; Brett Dennen in Los Angeles, CA.
TOWN & COUNTRY — brief regional features
Steep Canyon Rangers (Asheville, NC); Sam Baker (Austin, TX); Fionn Regan (Brighton, England); Everybodyfields (Johnson City, TN); Stacie Collins (Nashville, TN); Flat Mountain Girls (Portland, OR); Willem Maker (Ranburne, AL); United Steel Workers Of Montreal (Montreal, QB).
THE LONG WAY AROUND — extended features
Jim Dickinson by Edd Hurt
Carolyn Mark by Kurt B. Reighley
Rilo Kiley by Don McLeese
Lori McKenna by Holly Gleason
Josh Ritter by Jesse Fox Mayshark
Peter Case by Lloyd Sachs
NOT FADE AWAY — reissues
Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection; Atlantic Blues (1949-1970); Emmylou Harris; Bobby Bare; Johnny Rivers; Johnny Mercer; Goodbye Nashville, Hello Camden Town; Arthur Alexander; Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper; Florida Funk, 1968-1975; Lee Moses; Johnny Cash; Ani DiFranco; Stephen Stills; Beau Brummels; John Phillips; Mugwumps; Young Marble Giants.
WAXED — reviews
Lyle Lovett; Bettye LaVette; Linda Thompson; Jim Lauderdale; Merle Haggard; Mary Gauthier; Joe Henry; Iron & Wine; Billy Joe Shaver; Shawn Camp & Billy Burnette; Robert Gordon & Chris Spedding; Danbert Nobacon & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts; Mekons; Josh Rouse; Ben Lee; Peter Himmelman; Ann Wilson; Tracy Nelson; Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan; Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press; Old Town School Of Folk Music Songbook, Vol. 2 & 3; Black Francis; Michelle Shocked; Raul Malo; Teddy Thompson; Shivaree; John P. Strohm; Okkervil River; Abra Moore; Seldom Scene; Arlo Guthrie; Johnny Irion; Two Dollar Pistols; Snatches Of Pink; Jeffrey Halford; Magic Numbers; New Pornographers; They Might Be Giants; Hanson; Mendoza Line; Bruce Robison; Tom Russell; Over The Rhine; Amy Cook; Charlie Sizemore Band; Oakley Hall; Heavy Trash; Patty Hurst Shifter; Corey Harris; Erik Friedlander; Through The Sparks; Warm In The Wake; Bourbon Dynasty; Pines; Red Meat; Dead Rock West; Matt Nathanson; Dave Gleason’s Wasted Days; Jaimi Shuey; P.J. O’Connell; Schnitzel; Jennie Arnau.
BACK PORCH
Film At 11; Bound; Screen Door.
