Note:Due to a production error in the March-April issue, p. 98 appears twice and p. 94 appears not at all. The computer and its operator are still bickering about who might be at fault, meanwhile, the complete story is available here, and a downloadable PDF of the missing page is available here.

On the cover: Rosanne Cash. Photograph by Jim Herrington. Song lyrics from "44 Stories", by Rosanne Cash/John Leventhal/Robert Burke Warren.

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

Mark Zingarelli's Lunch Counter Diaries

MIKED
Live reviews
Buddy Miller, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris in Park City, UT; Allison Moorer in Nashville, TN; Jason Ringenberg in Hoboken, NJ; Peter Wolf in Boston, MA; Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Mike Stinson in Santa Monica, CA; Last Train Home, Roger Wallace, ’52 Pickup in Falls Church, VA; Hayes Carll, Walt Wilkins in Dallas, TX; Townes Van Zandt’s Sixth Annual Wake in Galveston, TX.

TOWN & COUNTRY
Brief regional features
Woven Hand (Denver, CO); Bill Chambers (Woy Woy, Australia); Cowboy Nation (Los Angeles, CA); Nicolai Dunger (Stockholm, Sweden); Rod Picott (Joelton, TN); Jesse DeNatale (San Francisco, CA); Amelia (Portland, OR); Damnwells (Brooklyn, NY); Woodbox Gang (Carbondale, IL).

A PLACE TO BE
Regional portrait
Barbecue in and around Austin, Texas (by John Morthland).

DON’T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS
Q&A
Gary Louris of the Jayhawks (interview by Peter Blackstock).

THE LONG WAY AROUND
Extended features
Drunk Stuntmen (by Peter Blackstock)
Tim Easton (by Neal Weiss)
David Olney (by Russell Hall)
Be Good Tanyas (by Geoffrey Himes)
Rosanne Cash (by Lloyd Sachs)
Jeannie Kendall (by David Cantwell)

SITTIN’ & THINKIN’
Essay
Remembering Uncle Tupelo (by Roy Kasten).

NOT FADE AWAY
Reissues
Bill Monroe; Ralph Stanley; Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass; When The Sun Goes Down: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll; James Carr; The Moroccos And Other Great Groups On United; Bailes Brothers; Willie Nelson; Wanda Jackson; Green On Red; New Riders Of The Purple Sage; Beau Brummels; Tommy Hancock & the Supernatural Family Band.

WAXED
Reviews
Lucinda Williams; The Slaughter Rule soundtrack; Derailers; Greg Trooper; Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán; John Hammond; Sonny Landreth; Jon Langford & His Sadies; Devendra Banhart; Eric Andersen; Burrito Deluxe; Marty Raybon; Tony Furtado; Tim Lee; Bobby Sutliff; Amy Rigby; Remains; Daniel Johnston/Mark Linkous; Howe Home; John Fahey; Joseph Arthur; Mark Selby; Doyle Bramhall; Alice Stuart; Auldridge/Heffernan/Rugg; Steve Von Till; Califone; Tin Hat Trio; Kip Boardman; Heather Morgan; Red Steagal; Rebecca Hall; Minus 5. EPs: Hem; Loose Fur; BR549; Stephan Smith. Film: At Town Hall Party series; Country Music Classics serie; Long Ryders. Books: Steve Earle; Country Music Sources; Vinyl Hayride.

THE NO DEPRESSION TOP 40
A retail chart for November-December 2002.

SCREEN DOOR
Stuff we like
Broadcasting by iPod in Honduras (by Van Alston)