Contents:

Front Cover -- DAR WILLIAMS

The First Words -- MARK D. MOSS

Broadsides (letters of comment)

What's Happening

"My Old Friend" (song) -- ARLO GUTHRIE

Music Of The Coal Fields:  A New Music Hall Of Fame Digs Into The Bituminous-Dusted Roots Of West Virginia Music -- TRISTRAM LOZAW

"That Little Lump Of Coal" (song) -- collected from J. N. YORK

In Harmony:  GORDON LIGHTFOOT Looks Back -- ROB WEIR

"Flyin' Blind" (song) -- GORDON LIGHTFOOT

"(Ours Is A) Simple Faith" (song) -- DAVID TAMULEVICH

MAUNO JARVELA : The Ostrobothnian Music Man -- ANDREW CRONSHAW

"Polokantahtia" (song) -- MAUNO JARVELA

DAR WILLIAMS Never Better -- DAVE STANFELD

"You Rise And Meet The Day" (song) -- DAR WILLIAMS

JOHN TAMS : England's Song Maker. . .And More -- CHRIS NICKSON

"Amelia" (song) -- JOHN TAMS

Opposites Attract : Hindustani Slide Master DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA Melds Tradition With Innovation -- ANASTASIA TSIOULCAS

"The Boys Of Mutton Street" (song) -- RICHARD THOMPSON

"Dublin City" (song) -- traditional

Letting It Slide : A Musical Reinvention (DAVID HOLT) -- CAROL MALLETT RITKIN

Celtic Craft : Keeping It Complex (LUNASA) -- ROB WEIR

Masterful Blues From An Urban Wanderer (DION DEMUCCI) -- ROGER DEITZ

"Got No Use For Lonely" (song) -- DAVID HOLT

Newfoundland Tune Set (songs:  "Six-Handed Reel"; "Joey Clements'"; "Cyril Flynn's Good Old Tune"; & "Mrs. Bell's Close-In Tune" -- all arranged by Smith & Hewson

The Folk Process -- FAITH PETRIC

"We Can't Make It Here" (song) -- JAMES MCMURTRY

"The Road Of Tears" (song) -- ALAN REID

The Songfinder -- JOE HICKERSON

"Edward Of Morton" (song) -- EMILY SMITH

"Bonnie Light Horseman" (song) -- ANNIE PATTERSON

The Endless Tale -- DAN KEDING

"Filled With Love" (song) -- JOYCE ANDERSON

"Esmee By The River" (song) -- DANNY SCHMIDT

In Print (book reviews)

"Bully Circus" (song) -- KIYA HEARTWOOD

"Witness To The Years" (song) -- FERRON

Off The Beaten Track (music reviews)

Publication Noted (sources of books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, VHS, etc)

Festival & Camp Guide

Sing Out! Radio Partners

Last Chords (obituaries) -- BOB BLUE; BUCK OWENS; ALI FARKA TOURE; EDWIN DUHON; REFUGIO "KOOKIE" MARTINEZ; JOE HAFTL; PIO LEYVA; CINDY WALKER; HOWARD EVANS; JESSE "GUITAR" TAYLOR; SOLOMON "SOL" HO'OPI'I; WILLIE KEAT; ANNA MARLY; SHOSHANA DAMARI; JOCKEY SHAMBALALA; LOUISE SCRUGGS; CHARLES WOLFE; & JANETTE CARTER

Folk Marketplace

Ragtag -- ROGER DEITZ

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