Issue 93, May 2006

Interviews with Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler, Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, Dr. John, Jackie Greene, Hank Williams III, producer Bryan-Michael Cox, the Wreckers, Tim Easton, Jolie Holland, Carol Noonan and Rivers Rutherford. A look at the unsolved deaths some of a rock’s icons: Jim Morrison, Sam Cooke, Jeff Buckley and Kurt Cobain. Plus our annual festival roundup; a visit to New Orleans and the post-Katrina music being made; the legendary life of Buddy Holly, the story behind Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday”; and Henry Diltz’s parting shot of James Taylor and Peter Asher.

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