Some of our friends and favorites...

Rock n' Roll

Eric "Roscoe" Ambel: Killer producer/guitarist/songwriter.

Brad Rice: Great dude, better guitarist. Check out his album "Karma Bed."

Demolition String Band: Best honky-tonk east (or west?) of the Hudson.

Lonesome Prairie Dogs: Ol' Steve & Heidi Lonesome sure do rock.

Early Grace: Incredible Americana/roots-rock band.

Zane Campbell: Brilliant & bizarre anti-folk songsmith; a complete Zaniac.

American String Conspiracy: Cool American roots group based in Brooklyn.

Coppersonic: Hard working New York roots rock band.

2Minutes59: Our buddy Abe Bradshaw's rootsy record label. Check out legend Willie Nye's latest, and greatest, release, Streets of New York.

Brooklyn Country: Our pal Uncle Leon's roster of urban shitkickers.

Mary McBride: Awesome NYC singer/songwriter.

The Pillcrushers: Killer NYC band.

Crookston: Another killer NYC band.

American Ambulance: Rockin' NYC-based Americana band.

Jigsaw Sound: Where Nathan James, who mastered the New Heathens' record, works his mastercraft.

Mark McKay: Fine Americana singer/songwriter.

Sean Bendickson: Great singer/songwriter, friend.

13 Scotland Road: Great musicians, friends.

Freak Mountain Ramblers: Country, blues & soul from the Pacific Northwest.

Bob Wire: Shitkickin' MoFo, good friend.

Lindy Loo: The hilarious first lady of NYC Country.

Keef Riffhard: 'Nuff said.

Warren Zevon: The greatest singer/songwriter of all time...

Stephen Fain Earle: Great politics, better music. My favorite fan site.

Lucinda Williams: Oh to write (and sing!) songs like her...

Philanthropy

Alive and Kicking: Thousands of children in Africa play soccer with balls made of crumpled plastic bags bound with string. Alive and Kicking works to provide these children with durable, leather soccer balls made at nearby factories for use in an awareness campaign about the threat of HIV/AIDS and Malaria. For less than twenty bucks you can buy a ball for a school or orphanage.

Good Gifts: Instead of forgettable gewgaws, give your friends and family gifts that make the world a better place -- a goat for a family in a war ravaged country, an acre of rainforest, or heat for the elderly.

News & Views

New West: An online magazine chronicling the evolving Rocky Mountain region. (Nate's blog)

Air America: Your antidote to right wing media...

British Broadcasting Corporation: Your antidote to lame, American journalism.

Et. Cetera

Books: Hunter S. Thompson: The master.

Music: Rockin' Rudy's: Best record store in the world.