JANUARY 2006:
No time for the negative
Ricky Skaggs on country's mainstream appeal
By Jim Trageser
DECEMBER 2005:
Ornery 'til the end
Final thoughts from Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
By Buddy Seigal
NOVEMBER 2005:
Ramblin' on my mind
Ramblin' Jack Elliot keeps the spirit of Woody Guthrie alive
By Buddy Seigal
OCTOBER 2005:
Strength in time together
Medeski, Martin and Wood still going strong a decade later
By Jim Trageser
Not slowing down yet
Dave Brubeck on jazz, race and his brother
By Jim Trageser
SEPTEMBER 2005:
More to southern rock than Skynyrd
Allman Bros., others gave the music its soul
By Buddy Seigal
The language of the world
Angelique Kidjo melds native Benin traditions with soul, Latin
By Jim Trageser
AUGUST 2005:
'The blues just needs to be heard'
Robert Cray weighs in on fame, art and the future of the blues
By Jim Trageser
JULY 2005:
It ain't all over yet, baby blue
Donovan defies hippie beginnings, shows true staying power
By Buddy Seigal
MAY 2005:
Exit strategy
Ailing singer helps plan her own going-away party
By Jim Trageser
The heart of Texas
Anson Funderburgh's brand of blues rockets a slice of Lone Star nationwide
By Buddy Seigal
Looking forward
San Diego's Farmers have lived local music history, but keep their eyes on the future
By Jim Trageser
WINTER 2004 ISSUE:
The language of flute
Holly Hofmann talks about playing with Frank Wess and making a living in San Diego
By Jim Trageser
A singer to the core
Al Jarreau holds forth on the art of singing, the decline of radio and the glory of the great American songbook
By Jim Trageser
Latin jazz lover
Arturo Sandoval out to educate Americans about their nation's own music
By Buddy Seigal
AUTUMN 2004 ISSUE:
Shemekia Copeland carries the blues forward
By Jim Trageser
Sound Tribe Sector Nine updates psychedelia for a new millenium
By Jim Trageser
Famous for all the wrong reasons
Toots Hibbert's real accomplishments overlooked by American fans
By Buddy Seigal
Still burning for the blues
Jimmy Thackery looks ahead, and back at 30 years in the business
By Jim Trageser
True to his N'Awlins school
Tab Benoit on growing up and living in America's most fertile musical ground
By Buddy Seigal
Keeping the music fun
James Moody a throwback to jazz's less-uptight days
By Buddy Seigal
An amusing guy
Junior Brown plays country AND western and a whole lot more
By Don Weiner
SUMMER 2004 ISSUE:
A living history of the blues
James Cotton on Sonny Boy Williamson II, Muddy Waters and the future of the blues
By Jim Trageser
Testifyin'
Taj Mahal on the blues, rap and other cultural touchstones
By Buddy Seigal
Elvin burns on
Celebrating the shimmering, incandescent pulse of jazz
By Michael J. Williams
The lion in summer
Jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove struggles to match early masterpieces
By Buddy Seigal
Last of the guitar gods
Johnny Winter still laying it down
By Buddy Seigal
SPRING 2004 ISSUE:
It's about the music
Johnny A. talks about being a guitar hero
By Jim Trageser
The wind beneath your kilt
Scotland's The Proclaimers may be the world's best pop band
By Buddy Seigal
It's all jazz, mon
Monty Alexander brings Jamaican touch to American art form
By Jim Trageser
Marcia Ball still sharing Austin with the world
By Jim Trageser
WINTER 2003 ISSUE:
W.C. Clark still feeding off Vaughan's passion
By Buddy Seigal
As cool as it gets
Johnny Mathis on singing, living and loving
By Buddy Seigal
Doc Watson: One proud hillbilly
By Buddy Seigal
Papa blues
'Papa' John Creach on playing for Al Capone and Jefferson Airplane
By Papa John Creach
as told to Jim Trageser
AUTUMN 2003 ISSUE:
Scorsese's blues: Ooh, that smell
This sure isn't 'Ken Burns' Jazz'
By Buddy Seigal
A great American singer
Put Johnny Cash alongside Sinatra and Ella
By Jim Trageser
SUMMER 2003 ISSUE:
True to his bop school
Charles McPherson on Mingus, Bird, Dolphy and jazz
By Buddy Seigal
The evolution of improvisation
Thoughts on live performance
By Kip Hanrahan
The vindication of Taj Mahal
By Buddy Seigal
Diamond Hymie?
David Lee Roth: Jew, rock star and, just maybe, singer
By Buddy Seigal
Low-key hip
Basie provides a tonic to fill that hole in your soul
By Jim Trageser
SPRING 2003 ISSUE:
Skin on Skin
Remembering Mongo Santamaria
By Michael J. Williams
Death to trendy pomade cretins!
Deke Dickerson in three dimensions
By Buddy Seigal
Thomas Mapfumo
Listening to the Lion of Zimbabwe
By Michael J. Williams
Dude, you're like, old and stuff
George Shearing on music, aging and more
By Buddy Seigal
Remembering a giant of jazz
Jazz critic Stanley Dance, captured in correspondence
Winter 2002 issue:
Klezmer: The Next Generation
By Jim Trageser
AUTUMN 2002 ISSUE:
Yesterday's girls? Not by a long shot
Nerissa Nields talks about making music with her sister
By Joyce Marcel
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