Here is a slice of the Fall 2002 Issue of Sing Out! Folk Music Folk Songs Magazine.

Artist - Cut
CD title - Label/Contact
"quote from 2002 issue of Sing Out!"

1. Joel Mabus - Creeper
Thumb Thump - Fossil Records
"prepare yourself, for some well researchyed and creative interpretations of songs you thought you knew.""ragtime and blues...acoutic guitar and voice." "superb musician and connoisseur of old time music"
(Joel says : "Do your homework - then play")

Reminder of the Blues Festival this weekend at the Nevelle Hotel
(http://www.blues2000.com)

2. Michele Greene -Ojo De Tiburon
Ojo de Tiburon - Appleseed
"Moving from tv drama to songwriting has enabled her to begin performing her own words"

3. Chuck Brodsky - The Unnatural Shooting of Eddie Waitkus
Baseball Ballads - Chuckbrodsky.com
"Brodsky's lifelong love affair with baseball is on the public record"
"Brodsky's research here is amzing, he has enough detail for the song to serve as a storyboard for a film of the story."

4. Lynn Miles - Undertow
Unravel - Okra-Tone
"Lynn has a smooth, smoky voice and well-developed guitar licks which make her enjoyable in club settings as well as on recordings"

5. Terri Allard - Brand New
Makes No Sense - Reckless Abandon
"Some can sing, some can write, but few can do both well. Terri Allard is one of the few."

6. Annie Burns - Owl
Days In Italy - For Art's Sake
""Annie's writing nails a mood and then her vacls solidify the message: "Annie is a gifted writer and versatile singer"

7. Annie Burns - John of Dreams
Days in Italy - For Art's Sake

8. Mark Elliott -  Sea of Fields
My Great Escape - Cub Creek Records
"Mark's powerful voice and eleven of his generally superbly well-written songs..."

9. David Massengill- My Hometown
My Home Must Be A Special Place - Gadfly
""a personal journey through massengill's life"

10. David Massengill - Culture Hurts
My Home Must Be A Special Place - Gadfly
"I can think of no other singer-songwriter who had succeeded in this kind of personal history project with Massengill's skill"

11. Malvinas - Like This
I'm Not Like This - 3 Legged Dog
"The CD swings with fine harmonies, lively rhythms, catchy melodies and clever lyrics."

12. Mark Elliott -  Yukon
My Great Escape - Cub Creek Records
"...this recording is well-worth several spins"

13. Tiller's Folly - McCulloch's Wonder
Ripple In TIme - Raincoast
"Take a Keelaghan historic tale and give it the energy of Tanglefoot and you've got TIller's Folly."

14. Mundy-Turner - No Angel
Naked - Gypsy Records
"if future works follow suite (as the title cut) they will be a powerful and engaging couple in demand beyond England and Australia."

15. Terri Hendrix - Long Time Coming
The Ring - Whillory
"some tender, some sassy, some jazzy"

16. Terri Hendrix - The Ring
The Ring - Willory
"a true story about her mom and dad, is stunning. An absolute winner."

17. James Gordon -Old Troubador
One TImeless Moment - Borealis
"with back-up vocalist Sandy Horne...a rich, full sound"

18. Wishing Chair - Goody Hallett
Crow- Terrakin
"music is wistfully upbeat, evoking a mood that is both down-to-earth and transcendent"

19. Mary Gauthier - Walk Through the Fire
Filth and Fire - Signature Sounds marygauthier.com
"her voice, which can best be called 'whiskey throated' reflects her louisiana background, often with a hint of Southrn country dialect."

20. El McMeen - Carolan's concerto
Breakout - Piney Ridge
"El is a wonderful guitarist who plays with gorgeious tone, command and timing"
I mentioned that I played El McMeen during school most of the day during the bell interuptions that the school had planned. As if most of us had not spent most of the year thinking about the losses last year. I brought some cds to mask the unnatural and emotional interruptions in our academic day.

21. David Francey - Grim Cathedral
Not reviewed in Sing Out, but for those needing a new reference to the tragedy, by a careful, gifted writer.
(Single regarding the appearance of the World Trade Towers after their demise. )

22. Lee Murdock - Marquette Range
Standing at the Wheel - Depot Records
"a never ending source of Great Lakes material"

23. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - I Will Go
When I Go - signature Sounds
"On stage and off, Dave Carter was generous with his diverse knowledge of all things spiritual and his unique approach to life and poetry - two things that for Dave, just seemed to naturally blend together."

24. Margaret MacCarthur - Penny Potion
From the Sing Out Compilation

25. Kate Rusby -  Many Green Broom
From the Sing Out Compilation

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