Bonus web-only content for ND #49:
ND Best of 2003 ballots
2003 reissue ballots
Ryan Adams Love Is Hell Pt. 2 review

ON THE COVER: T Bone Burnett stars as The Man Who Wasn’t There. Grafix by Shocko.

FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along (Jack Emerson, Don Gibson, Speedy West, Elliott Smith).

MIKED — live reviews
Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute in Nashville, TN; Tell Us The Truth Tour in Atlanta, GA; Love with Arthur Lee in Brooklyn, NY; John Prine, Todd Snider in Evansville, IN; Charlie Louvin in Albany, NY; Kelly Joe Phelps in Longon, England; Frog Holler in Durham, NC; Matt Gonzalez for Mayor benefit in San Francisco, CA; Blues Masters At The Crossroads in Salina, KS.

TOWN & COUNTRY — brief regional features
Old Crow Medicine Show (Nashville, TN); Jolie Holland (San Francisco, CA); Lisa Marr Experiment (Los Angeles, CA); Mindy Smith (Nashville, TN); Dan Reeder (Nurnberg, Germany); Radio Nationals (Seattle, WA); No River City (Atlanta, GA).

NO DEPRESSION CRITICS’ POLL
The top new releases and reissues of 2003.

DON’T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS — Q&A
Corey Harris by Barry Mazor

THE LONG WAY AROUND — extended features
Mark Erelli by Russell Hall
Mark O’Connor by Geoffrey Himes
T Bone Burnett by Lloyd Sachs
Slim Bryant by Rich Kienzle

SITTIN’ & THINKIN’ — essay by Bill Friskics-Warren
Al Green.

NOT FADE AWAY — reissues
Johnny Cash; Goodbye, Babylon; Sundowners; Greg Brown; Gene Clark; Judee Sill; Kinky Friedman; Moe Bandy; Conway Twitty; Scotty Stoneman; Shiva Burlesque; Dumptruck; Spain; Paula Frazer; Angola Prison Spirituals; Songs Of The Mormons And Songs Of The West.

WAXED — reviews
Ryan Adams; Flatlanders; Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver; Bobby Bare Jr.; Southern Culture On The Skids; Hot Club Of Cowtown; Kennedys; Califone; Kingsbury Manx; Volebeats; Rick Shea & Patty Booker; Lucky Tomblin Band; Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show; Grant Dermody; Joe Barry; Caroline Herring; Kelley Stoltz; David Dondero; Walter Clevenger & the Dairy Kings; Lucero; Scott Gibson; Kate Campbell; Martin Simpson; Whitehouse; Riders In The Sky; High Llamas; The Gossip; Carlos Guitarlos; Robert Crenshaw; Two High String Band; Brady Harris; Greencards; Evangeline; Rosie Ledet; Red Stick Ramblers; Elizabeth McQueen & the Firebrands; South Austin Jug Band; Little Joe Washington; Ben Weaver; John Sieger with the Skeletons. OVER THERE: Bottleneck; Buttless Chaps. COMP LIST: We Are Each Other’s Angels; Ain’t No Grave. FILM AT 11: Roger Miller; etc. BOUND: What I Know ’Bout What I Know; The Latin Beat; Stagolee Shot Billy.

THE NO DEPRESSION TOP 40
A retail chart for September-October 2003.

SCREEN DOOR — stuff we like by Buzz McLain.
Leon Kagarise’s archives.