NAME: NO DEPRESSION
ISSUE: 50
FORMAT: A4

INFO: 

One of the best magazines about Americana, alt-country and roots music community since 1995. In this issue: 

FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along (Gary Stewart, Jake Hess, Dave Dudley).

MIKED — live reviews
Old 97’s, Damnwells in New York City, NY; Gear Daddies in Minneapolis, MN; Chris Stamey & Peter Holsapple in Santa Monica, CA; Scott Miller & the Commonwealth in Hattiesburg, MS; Steve Earle in Boulder, CO; Jason Ringenberg in Chicago, IL; NRBQ in Chapel Hill, NC; Drive-By Truckers in Richmond, VA; Hank Williams III, Scott Biram in San Francisco, CA; Tribute to Townes Van Zandt in Utrecht, Netherlands; Tribute to Jack Emerson in Nashville, TN.

TOWN & COUNTRY — brief regional features
Ollabelle (New York City, NY); Garrison Starr (Los Angeles, CA); Hang Ups (Minneapolis, MN); Anne McCue (Los Angeles, CA); Riley Baugus (Walkertown, NC); Jon Rauhouse (Tucson, AZ); Ware River Club (Northampton, MA); Jim Bryson (Ottawa, Ontario).

A PLACE TO BE — regional portrait
Hank Williams historical sites in Alabama.
by Andrew Beck Grace

DON’T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS — Q&A
Raul Malo by Barry Mazor

THE LONG WAY AROUND — extended features 
Grey DeLisle by Silas House
Holmes Brothers by Bill Friskics-Warren
Iron & Wine by William Bowers
BR549 by Michael McCall
Patty Griffin by John T. Davis
Resentments by Joe Nick Patoski

SITTIN’ & THINKIN’ — essay by James Talley
Considering the future of the music industry.

NOT FADE AWAY — reissues
Emmylou Harris; Night Train To Nashville; Mac Wiseman; Doug Sahm; Jimmie Skinner; Charley Pride; IIIrd Tyme Out; Rooftop Singers; Peter, Paul & Mary; Nilsson; Roger McGuinn; Little Richard; Lyle Ritz.

WAXED — reviews
Norah Jones; Graham Parker; Greg Brown; Mary Chapin Carpenter; Jon Langford/Mekons; Lambchop; Bernie Leadon; Jim White; Natalie Merchant; Grant Lee Phillips; Robin & Linda Williams; Duane Jarvis; Slaid Cleaves; Toni Price; Abra Moore; Mary Lou Lord; Gerald Collier; Sun Kil Moon; Sarah Harmer; Ani DiFranco; Paul Kelly; Ian McLagan & the Bump Band; John Wesley Harding; Minus 5; Mylab; Sigmatropic; Willard Grant Conspiracy; All Night Radio; Tom House; Mason Jennings; Anna Fermin’s Trigger Gospel; Lucy Kaplansky; Tarbox Ramblers; Lazy Cowgirls; Milton Mapes; Starlings TN; Tangle Eye; Thomas Anderson; Tom Russell; Robert Lockwood Jr.; David Childers & the Modern Don Juans; Randall Bramblett; Ray Mason Band; Dickie Lee Erwin; Kenny & Amanda Smith Band; Kate Rusby; Dulcie Taylor; Becca Sutlive; Dollar Store; Choosy Beggars; An American Starlet; Shane Nicholson; Moot Davis; Perfect Strangers; The National. TRIBUTARIES: Waylon Jennings; NRBQ; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Pete Seeger. LIVEWIRES: Billy Joe Shaver; Frames; Schramms; Brown Mountain Lights. FILM AT 11: Blasters; etc. BOUND: Jerry Byrd; Dick Waterman; Boogaloo; Playback.

THE NO DEPRESSION TOP 40
A retail chart for November-December 2003.

SCREEN DOOR — stuff we like by Peter Blackstock
Remembering Mambo John Treanor.