Sing Out is indeed a fine magazine. They balance trad and modern folk pretty well. I give credit to Annie Hills' hubby, MARK MOSS, (S.O.'s editor), for their excellence in this new century and the latter part of the old one. The new inclusion of a CD with the songs from each issue is a wonderful added perk (for a nominal extra fee). I've read this rag since the late 50's and, along with Old Time Herald, these are the only magazines I want to read regularly now that I'm out of the folk loop.

And to speak of Mudcatters in evidence in the magazine, I've got to mention the fine column wriiten in every issue by old friend and once-in-a-while Mudcatter, Dan Keding. Dan's storytelling column is always a fine read. And Dan himself is one of the premier storytellers from the U.S.A. My favorite column is by Canadian, Ian Robb. I'd like more traditional content, but I know the good coverage of the best of what I sometimes facetiously call the navel-gazer singer-songwriters will appeal to so very many here at this site.

I can't believe everyone here isn't already a subscriber. Through the years, everybody I knew always was.

And while we are talking about Mudcatters in the current issue (winter 2001):

I'M THERE TOO ! Mark Moss asked for, got, and printed my personal reminiscence / obituary of the late, great, John Hartford from when we hung out on the Mississippi River the decade I played & told tales on the S.T.R. Julia Belle Swain (steamboat) and the riverboat TWILIGHT..

Try it; you'll like it !!!

Art Thieme