After being sidelined with tendinitis and the birth of her first child, Ani DiFranco has returned to the road, making her way to Florida for the first time in four years. Jen Cray clocks this show at the Tampa Theatre as her eighteenth time seeing the little folksinger.

Under the Blacklight (Warner Bros). Review by Jen Cray.

If Looks Could Kill (Merge). Review by Aaron Shaul.

For his first show at home, in Gainesville, in 13 years Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers brought along The Strokes and- unannounced- special guest Stevie Nicks. Jen Cray couldn’t believe her luck at being able to attend and photograph the event.

If People In Planes don’t blow your mind then you’re not really listening! Jen Cray spoke with guitarist Peter Roberts about getting dropped from EMI and finding love in a foreign country.

House Arrest (Paw Tracks). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Unconscious Pilot (Princess). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Gods and Devils (Merge). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Recovered (Fugitive). Review by Stein Haukland.

Love and Easy Living (Truckstop). Review by Aaron Shaul.

So High (Bar / None). Review by Stein Haukland.

Pacific Ocean Blues (Q Division Records). Review by Sean Slone.

David Lee Beowulf finally meets up with Scotland’s finest, The Rezillos. His life is now complete.

Stand by for Exciter, as David Lee Beowulf talks with Scott Travis, drummer for the legendary Judas Priest, about the state of metal in 2002!

Blues Breakers (Deram/Decca). Review by Brian Kruger.

Trouble In Shangri-La (Reprise). Review by Sean Slone.

Shrine ‘69 (Rykodisc). Review by James Mann