“I can’t even begin to express to you how overjoyed I am that things have started to work out well again.”
— JOHN FOGERTY

ON THE COVER: John Fogerty. Photograph by Aldo Mauro.

FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along (Lee Hazlewood, Bobby Byrd, Hilly Kristal, Janis Martin).

MVP — supporting musicians
Nels Cline interviewed by Jesse Fox Mayshark.

MIKED — live reviews
Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX; Kris Kristofferson in Nashville, TN; Lucinda Williams in Los Angeles, CA; Wilco in Madison, WI; Brandi Carlisle, A Fine Frenzy in Nashville, TN; Tim Lee 3, Brent Best in Raleigh, NC; Bob Feldman tribute in St. Paul, MN.

TOWN & COUNTRY — brief regional features
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings (Ontario, Canada); Cave Singers (Seattle, WA); Grace Potter & the Nocturnals (Waitsfield, VT); Ryan Bingham (Topanga, CA); Cary Fridley (Asheville, NC); Tom Gillam (Philadelphia, PA); Roman Carter (Pacoima, CA).

THE LONG WAY AROUND — extended features
Steve Earle by Bob Townsend
Marie Knight by Bill Friskics-Warren
Levon Helm by John Milward
Sadies by Mike Usinger
John Fogerty by Don McLeese
Gene Watson by Roy Kasten

NOT FADE AWAY — reissues
Chuck Berry; Merle Haggard; Woody Guthrie; Jimmy Reed; Buell Kazee; Crystal Gayle; Wattstax; Chris Kenner; The Cosimo Matassa Story; Moby Grape; Aretha Franklin; People Take Warning; Vashti Bunyan; Modern Lovers; Leon McAuliffe & His Cimarron Boys.

WAXED — reviews
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss; Bruce Springsteen; Neil Young; Joni Mitchell; Herbie Hancock; Ricky Skaggs & the Whites; Shooter Jennings; Vic Chesnutt; Devendra Banhart; Michael Hurley; Pieta Brown; Dwight Yoakam; Derailers; Chuck Brown; Mark Knopfler; Give US Your Poor; Kane/Welch/Kaplin; Jim Mize; Hillstomp; Ian Moore; Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez; Fats Domino tribute; Red Stick Ramblers; Weakerthans; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings; Joan Osborne; Jill Scott; Alice Smith; Angie Stone; Meshell Ndegeocello; Abbey Lincoln; Ben Vaughn; Bobbie Nelson; Van Zant; Brian Setzer Orchestra; Deadstring Brothers; Redwalls; Martin Stephenson; Ian Tyson tribute; Legendary Shackshakers; Scotland Yard Gospel Choir; Moot Davis; Jeremy Fisher; Will Hoge; Wussy; Doyle Bramhall; Robert Wyatt; Sterling Harrison; Robben Ford; Gretchen Peters; Luca; Lou Ford; Walt Wilkins & the Mystiqueros; Nyles Lannon; Jim Hurst; Bubba Hernandez & Alex Meixner; Terri Hendrix; Clare Burson; Tom Brosseau; Farewell Drifters; Lucky Tomblin Band; Liz Tormes; Jason Holstrum.

BACK PORCH
Bound; Film At 11; Screen Door.