On the cover: Bad Livers, photographed by Todd V. Wolfson.

FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Ten Second News; Find That Band.

A PLACE TO BE
Road trip
Paige La Grone visits the Museum of Appalachia in rural Tennessee.

MIKED
Live reviews
Townes Van Zandt tribute in Austin, TX; BR5-49 in Boston, MA; Johnny Paycheck in Berwyn, IL; Jeff Tweedy with Bob Egan in Chicago, IL; Joe Henry in Minneapolis, MN; Mr. Henry in Toronto, ONT; Peter Case's First Flight in Santa Monica, CA; Here Be Monsters in Chicago, IL; Buddy Holly tribute in Clear Lake, IA.

TOWN & COUNTRY
Brief regional features
Bruce Robison (Austin, TX); Skeeterhawks (Little Rock, AR); Jeff Hart & the Ruins (Raleigh, NC); Cowslingers (Cleveland, OH); Rank Outsiders (Charlotte, NC); Little Sue (Portland, OR); Scott McClatchy & the Coydogs (Brooklyn, NY); Willard Grant Conspiracy (Boston, MA); Goody Blick & the Country Kind (Ballard, WA); Sycamores (Minneapolis, MN); Zeftrons (Portland, ME); Dew Daddies (Bloomington, IL).

THE LONG CUT
Extended features
Kim Richey (by Jim Caligiuri)
Jack Ingram (by Rob Patterson)
Supersuckers (by Grant Alden)
Tarnation (by Jon Maples)
Jimmy Webb (by Peter Blackstock)
Bad Livers (by Grant Alden)
Guy Clark (by Bill Friskics-Warren)
Mickey Newbury (by Kurt Wolff)

NOT FADE AWAY
Reissues
The Byrds; Gene Clark; Lefty Frizzell; Townes Van Zandt; Flatt & Scruggs; Tim Lee; Carter Family; Gary Stewart; Charlie Daniels Band/The Outlaws; George Morgan; Charlie Rich; Glen Campbell; Rex Griffin; Stephen W. Terrell.

WAXED
Record reviews
Richard Buckner; Son Volt; Jayhawks; Townes Van Zandt; Buick MacKane; Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys; Ex-Husbands; Alison Krauss & Union Station; Scroat Belly; Nanci Griffith; Mike Henderson & the Bluebloods; Bucky-Fifty Boys; Rosie Flores & Ray Campi; Jimmy LaFave; One Riot One Ranger; Slaid Cleaves; Dead Reckoners; Flying Pigs; Dusty Wright; Chris Whitley; Kamikaze Cowboy; Great Plains; Mary Lou Lord; Burns Sisters; Rock*A*Teens; Southern Culture On the Skids; Kate Campbell; Dirty Three; Kaz Murphy; Utah Phillips & Ani DiFranco; Jean Caffeine; Stephen Clair; Hick'ry Hawkins & Sidemeat; Blacktop Rockets; Apocalpytica; Paul Burch & the WPA Club; Hank Shizzoe; Straight Outta Boone County; Peace in the Valley: All-Time Southern Gospel Hits; Revival; Bubbahey Mudtruck; Poor Man, Rich Man.

SCREEN DOOR
Stuff we like
Michael Eck reflects on finding and losing Townes Van Zandt.