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“I’ve got an old MacIntosh amp and I plugged in the turntable and hooked up the speakers in another room. It just kind of almost hurts your heart, just putting the needle down and hearing the music come out. It’s either I’m really old or there really is a difference. And I think there’s a difference.”
— BUDDY MILLER

ON THE COVER: Buddy Miller, photographed by Thomas Petillo.

ON THE SPINE: Lyric from “Thirteen Years” by Alejandro Escovedo.

FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings.

MVP — supporting musicians
Eric Heywood by David Menconi

MIKED — live reviews
Cowboy Junkies in Toronto, ON; Louisiana Showcase in Los Angeles, CA; Dave Alvin, Tim O’Brien, Chris Smither in Minneapolis, MN; Lefty Frizzell tribute in New York City, NY; Bill Frisell’s Disfarmer Project in Durham, NC; Mary Gauthier, Mark Olson in Portland, OR; Jackson Browne in Nashville, TN; Reivers in Austin, TX.

TOWN & COUNTRY — brief regional features
Carolina Chocolate Drops (Durham, NC); Fleet Foxes (Seattle, WA); Dawn Landes (Brooklyn, NY); Band Of Annuals (Salt Lake City, UT); Waybacks (San Francisco, CA); Rite Flyers (Austin, TX); Hope Nunnery (New York City, NY); Whipsaws (Anchorage, AK).

THE LONG WAY AROUND — extended features
Weepies by Peter Blackstock
Hayes Carll by Grant Alden
Sera Cahoone by Mark Guarino
Blue Mountain by Bob Townsend
Dan Tyminski by Silas House
James McMurtry by Don McLeese
Billy Bragg by Roy Kasten
Robert Forster by Lloyd Sachs
Old 97’s by John Marks
Buddy Miller by Grant Alden
Pinetop Perkins by Britt Robson

NOT FADE AWAY — reissues & other relics
Whiskeytown; Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen; George Jones; Willie Nelson; Rick Nelson; Buddy Holly; Charlie Monroe; Norma Jean; Fred Neil; Ben Vaughn Combo.

WAXED — reviews
Alejandro Escovedo; Chuck Prophet; Black Keys; My Morning Jacket; Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet; Chatham County Line; Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder; R.E.M.; Was (Not Was); Firewater; Matthew Ryan; Poi Dog Pondering; Bonnie Bramlett; Donnie Fritts; Crooked Still; Michael Doucet; Gibson Brothers; Jenny Scheinman; Sierra Hull; Jeff Healey; Solomon Burke; John Hiatt; Counting Crows; Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds; DeVotchKa; She & Him; Black Francis; Scott Kempner; Chris Mills; Ike Reilly; Scotland Barr & the Slow Drags; Hayden; Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver; Longview; Tab Benoit; Mark Bryan; Drunk Stuntmen; B-52s; Ida; Amelia; Thad Cockrell; Colin Meloy; Silver Jews; American Gun; Peter Cooper; Kristin Mooney; Robyn Ludwick; Krist Delmhorst; Randy Thompson; Jordan Zevon; Fayssoux; Ruby Dee & the Snakehandlers; Heybale.

BACK PORCH
Film At 11; Bound; Screen Door.