On the cover: Whiskeytown (l-r: Jeff Rice, Caitlin Cary, Steve Terry, Phil Wandscher, Ryan Adams). Photograph by Marina Chavez.

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

A PLACE TO BE
Road Trip
Paradise Gardens Park & Museum in Pennville, Georgia.

MIKED
Live reviews
MerleFest in Wilkesboro, NC; John Fogerty in Los Angeles, CA; Hazel & Alice in Berkeley, CA; Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison in Lexington, KY; Joy Lynn White in Atlanta, GA; Damnations, Damon Bramblett and Reckless Kelly in Austin, TX; Gillian Welch & David Rawlings in Chapel Hill, NC; Pete Anderson in Austin, TX; "Time Changes Everything: Bob Wills Night" with the Pine Valley Cosmonauts in Chicago, IL.

TOWN & COUNTRY
Brief regional features
Jeff Hughes (Austin, TX); Edith Frost (Chicago, IL); Sunshine club (San Francisco, CA); Ruthie & the Wranglers (Washington, DC); 19 Wheels (East Lansing, MI): Songs:Ohia (Cleveland, OH); Michae Eck (Albany, NY); Thrillbilly (Portland, OR); Anna Egge (Austin, TX).

THE LONG CUT
Extended features
Derailers (by Mike Perry)
James McMurtry (by Roy Kasten)
Chip Taylor (by Grant Alden)
Recombinant Roots (by Mike McGonigal)
Whiskeytown (by Peter Blackstock)
Jayhawks (by Jim Walsh)
Geraldine Fibbers (by Wayne Wise)

NOT FADE AWAY
Reissues
Ernest Tubb; Hank Snow; Phil Ochs; Homer & Jethro; Rural String Bands Of Tennessee; Freakwater; Tammy Wynette; Gram Parsons; J.J. Cale.

WAXED
Record reviews
Blue Mountain; Hilltops; Gimmecaps; Flying Burrito Brothers; Dale Watson; Monica "Li'l Mo" Passin & the Monicats; Minus 5; Skeletons; Bob Woodruff; Delevantes; Lonesome Strangers; Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys; Bill Frisell; Charlie Burton & the Texas Twelve Steppers; Barry & Holly Tashian; Hackberry Ramblers; Marc Olsen; Pat MacDonald; Traveller soundtrack; Grievous Angels; Mike Nicolai; Big Back Forty; Big Blue Hearts; Richard Deadn; Steve Earle/Supersuckers; P.W. Long's Reelfoot; Tanya Tucker; Bruce Henderson; Guy Davis. "Over There" (imports): Dan Penn, Jim Dickinson.

BOUND
Book Reviews
Three Chords And The Truth; Ramblin' Rose: The Life And Career of Rose Maddox.

SCREEN DOOR
Stuff we like
Mike Perry tunes in to the Road Gang Radio Network.