For the past 13 years, No Depression magazine has been the leading authority on all things alt-country. Alas, four months ago, the publication closed its presses.
Because, y'know, the economy is in the shitter and the masses apparently have a 200-word attention span these days (see new one-page-news-section of Tampa Tribune).
On a positive note, No Depression has remerged as an online only publication. Check it out.
Incidentally, I don't know if this matters, but I have written for ND in the past.
This article appears in Oct 1-7, 2008.