No Depression #78: Surveying the Past, Present, and Future of American Music (No Depression: Surveying the Past, Present, & Future of)

For most of its thirteen-year history as a beloved and decorated music magazine, No Depression sought to be an instrument of change: to draw attention to the deep well of American musical traditions; to shine a light on performers whose gifts far exceed the size of their audiences or their pocketbooks; and to provide a safe harbor for the best long-form writing about music on the newsstand. These traditions continue through No Depression's now semi-annual series of bookazines. The inaugural bookazine, numbered ND #76 so as to make explicit the continuity between No Depression's original and new formats, focused on the next generation of emerging roots music performers. ND #78, due out the fall of 2009, will focus on prominent families in American roots music, kinfolk who have stretched their artistic influence across generations. This will include in-depth pieces about bedrock clans of country music--the Carters and the Cashes--and folk music--the Guthries and the Seegers; profiles of country mavericks Steve and Justin Townes Earle and of jazz great Charlie Haden and his musically adventurous children; plus a more "metaphorical family" piece on the artistic "sons" of bluesman Rev. Gary Davis. The magazine's cofounders and coeditors, Grant Alden and Peter Blackstock, continue to guide the bookazine. The magazine's senior writers and contributors remain on board to shape the tone and voice of the bookazine, and its distinctive graphic design imprint continues in the hands of ND art director Grant Alden. Meet The Robisons / Bruce Robison -- The Carters And The Cashes / Bill Friskics-warren -- The Earles / Mark Guarino -- The Hadens / Lloyd Sachs -- Christmas With The Wainwrights, The Mcgarrigles & The Roches / Kurt B. Reighley -- A Portfolio Of Family-style Photographs / John Carrico, John Flavell, Deone Jahnke, Erika Molleck Goldring & Thomas Petillo -- The Webbs / Peter Blackstock -- The Guthries / John Marks -- The Seegers / Jesse Fox Mayshark -- The Maineses / Don Mcleese -- The Sons Of Rev. Gary Davis / John Milward -- The Williamses / Rich Kienzle. Edited By Grant Alden And Peter Blackstock. Cover Title. Contents......Page 2 Meet the Robisons......Page 7 The Carters and the Cashes......Page 11 The Earles......Page 19 The Hadens......Page 27 Christmas with the Wainwrights, the McGarrigles, & the Roches......Page 37 A Portfolio of Family-style Photographs......Page 47 The Webbs......Page 57 The Guthries......Page 69 The Seegers......Page 85 The Maineses......Page 101 The Sons of Rev. Gary Davis......Page 115 The Williamses......Page 127 Appendix: Reviews......Page 137 A latest installment of the periodical series on American roots music focuses on prominent families whose influence has spanned multiple generations, illuminating the artistic contributions of such dynasties as the Carters, the Cashes, and the Seegers. Original.