On the Cover: Emmylou Harris (Photo © Véronique Rolland)
Sarah Grey & Kieron Means: Like Mother, Like Son ................... by Matt Watroba
Tacking a Different Course: Gráda’s Unconventional Journey ................... by Rob Weir
Emmylou Harris: A Songbird for the Ages ................... by Rick Petreycik
From Brooklyn to the Balkans: Luminescent Orchestrii’s Gypsy Punk ................... by Derek Beres
Blues & Country & All That Jazz: The Genre Fusing Music of Catherine Russell ............. by Mike Regenstreif
Remembering Reverend Gary Davis ................... by Eric von Schmidt with John Kruth
Bob Brozman ................... by Michael Parrish
Tcheka ................... by Chris Nickson
The McDades ................... by Steve Edge
Use the player button to hear an excerpt of each song. Click a second time to pause, or on the tiny rewind to go back to the start of the excerpt. Note: You will need to stop each replay before continuing to avoid overlap.
Agonia ............. Manuel Lopes Andrade (© 2005 Africa Nostra)
Anna Has a Secret ............. Chris Rosser (© 2006 Chris Rosser / BMI)
Blue Memories .......... Paul Kahn & Catherine Russell (© Foggy Day Music (BMI), admin. by Bug Music/Seventh Wave)
Cooler at the Edge ............. Sonny Condell (© 2007 Gráda, licensed to Compass Records)
Cotton ............. John Darnielle (© 4ADd Ltd. )
Derry Dems of Arrow ............. Traditional, arranged by Sara Grey (© 2005 Fellsongs Publishing)
The Imp Song ............. Graham O & Otto Ottoson (© 2007)
Jacks ............. Jonathan Byrd (© 2006 Jonathan Byrd)
Long Time Gone ............. Chuck Pyle (© 2006 Zen Cowboy Records)
Los Mandados ............. Traditional Mexican (© Beldemar Velasquez)
Lumière de la Mer ............. Bob Brozman (© Riverboat Records / White Spats Music (BMI))
Nobody Knows Me At All ............. Deb Talan & Steve Tannen (© 2006 Talan & Tannen (ASCAP/BMI))
The Pearl ......... Emmylou Harris (© 2000 Poodlebone Music (admin. by Almo Music Corp.) & ® 2001 Veterans for America)
Pull the Anchor ............. Alison Notkin (© Allison Notkin, 2007)
The Rifle ............. Alela Diane (© Alela Diane under exclusive license to Holocene Music)
Seven Yellow Gipsies ............. Traditional, arr. by Shirley Collins (© 2000 Shirley Collins)
Sweet ............. Sxip Shirey (© 2005 CHARM)
Thanks for the Support ............. Roy Zimmerman (© 2007 Watunes / BMI, administered by Bug Music.)
There's a Table Sittin' in Heaven ............. Reverend Gary Davis (© Concord Music Group)
The Whistle Blower ............. The McDades (© 2006 The McDades)
Teach-In: Rev. Davis’ Guitar Style ..... by Ernie Hawkins
Behind the Song ..... by Faith Petric
The Folk Process ..... by Faith Petric
The Songfinder ..... by Joe Hickerson
The Endless Tale ..... by Dan Keding
Ragtag ..... by Roger Deitz
First Words
Broadsides (Letters to the Editor)
What’s Happening (Folk music news and information)
In Print (Book Reviews)
Off the Beaten Track (Recording Reviews)
ONLINE ONLY: Publication Noted (A comprehensive listing of folk music releases from August thru October 2007)
AVAILABLE ONLINE: Festival & Camp Guide (A complete listing of events for February thru April 2008)
AVAILABLE ONLINE: Sing Out! Radio Partners (Listing of folk radio programs)
Last Chorus (Obituaries for Lucky Dube, Mike Stewart, Jackie Alper, Sam Hood, Tom Munnelly, Maxine Feldman, Jerome Haynes, George Brown and Etienne “Bouboul” Ramboatina)
Folk Marketplace (Classified Ads)
Advertisers Index (List of all advertisers in this issue)