ALBUMS (10 each)
1. Mavis Staples, We'll Never Turn Back (Anti-)
2. Patty Griffin, Children Running Through (ATO)
3. Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, It's Not Big It's Large (Lost Highway)
4. Romi Mayes, Sweet Somethin' Steady (self-released)
5. Jason Isbell, Sirens Of The Ditch (New West)
6. Eilen Jewell, Letters From Sinners & Strangers (Signature Sounds)
7. Loudon Wainwright III, Strange Weirdos: Music From And Inspired By The Film "Knocked Up") (Concord)
8. Steve Earle, Washington Square Serenade (Ammal/New West)
9. Elizabeth Cook, Balls (31 Tigers)
10. Bettye LaVette, The Scene Of The Crime (Anti-)

REISSUES
1. V/A, Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection (Shout! Factory)
2. Emmylou Harris, Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems (Rhino, 5-disc set)
3. John Lee Hooker, Hooker (Shout! Factory, 4-CD box)
4. Billy Joe Shaver, Storyteller: Live At The Bluebird 1992 (Sugar Hill)
5. Woody Guthrie, The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949 (Woody Guthrie Foundation)

COMMENTS
Over the years I have given up the notion that I might be a generalist; I'm a specialist of an obscure sort, given to plowing a small, hilly field. But it's home.

Demographics: 48, white male, married, one child (4.5 years), one college degree, live in a small town in Eastern Kentucky. By choice and happenstance.