COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS 

Editor's Box
by Marc Smirnoff

Dealer's Choice
by Hal Crowther

Comics
by P. Revess

Gone off up North
by Roy Blount Jr. 

Southern Scenes 
by Michael Donato

FEATURES

True Adventures with the King of Bluegrass
Would having Jimmy Martin on the Grand Ole Opry be like uncorking corn liquor at a polite wine tasting? 
by Tom Piazza

Al Green’s Calling
Finding solace in the master's soul
by Sid Evans

Late Night with Sam & Dave
The legendary producer steals the show
by Robert Gordon

Old-Fashioned Notions of Love and Music
Are the Squirrel Nut Zippers the South's hottest band? 
by Frye Gaillard

Man Lost, Songs Found
The Troubled life and lasting music of Ted Hawkins
by Francis Davis

Woman with an Axe
Was Sister Rosetta Tharpe the mother of rock guitar? 
by JoBeth Briton

Louis Prima
New Orleans' other trumpet-playing Louis sang of food and females
by Will Friedwald

Natural Born Elvis
To his thousands of fans, Bill Haney was Elvis
by Tom Graves

Whose Skip James Is This?
Trying to give the great Delta bluesman his due
by Peter Guralnick

A Conversation with Carl Perkins
The rockabilly legend on bad breaks, big hits, and lifelong friends
by Jospeh Tidwell

Jim Dickinson
This producer pushes clients off cliffs
by John Lewis

Dancin’ with Daddy G!
The holy jazz of a controversial church
by John Morthland

The First Family of Zydeco
A short history of a unique Louisiana sound
by Michale Tisserland

Willie Mitchell
The mastermind of Memphis r&b
by John Lewis

Get Down, Moses
The many masks of minstrelsy
by Nick Tosches

Barbershop Duet
Searching for Janis Joplin in Port Arthur, TX
by Cynthia Shearer

ESSAYS

Guitar Lessons
Learning more than music in the Delta
by Steve Yarbrough

Why I Wear My Mojo Hand WHY
How to counter the chaos of the blues?
by Robert Palmer

The Most Human Sound 
A winter memory echoes forever
by Rosanne Cash

Why I Sing the Blues
A young bluesman remembers his roots
by Corey Harris

Mountain Minor
The travails of making your own banjo
by Steven Harvey

VOICES

Cassandra Wilson
The youngest jazz diva
by Marc Woodworth

Dionne Farris
Life after Arrested Development
by Marc Woodworth

Lucinda Williams
The White House poet's daughter
by Marc Woodworth

Kate Campbell
Mississippi on her mind
by Marc Woodworth

SOUNDBITES

The Meters 
The great New Orleans funksters
by Rick Clark

Rosetta and Me
Growing up with Charley Patton's daughter
by Jimbo Mathus

Phineas Newborn Jr. 
Memphis's unforgotten jazz genius
by Robert Gordon

Blue Mountain 
Mississippi's newest sensation
by Jimmy Pitts

Steve Forbert 
Light in the shadow of Jimmie Rodgers
by Bill Friskics-Warren

Charlie Rich
Another Sun Studios superstar
by Rick Clark

Cajun Hoedown 
Dancing Louisiana-style 
by Bern Keating