• Cover Photo - Bill Hyde
• Editorial
• Letters to The Editor
• News in Brief - Grass Cuttings
• The Acme Band at Chester by Chris Wilson 
• Bill's Back - Bill Hyde, Banjo Picker  by Ian Reynolds
• British Country Music Awards November 1997  by Bev Williams
• CD Reviews On A Roll (Sammy Shelor);  Laid Back (The Masters)
• Chris Moreton writes on SNACs at Didmarton 1997
• Czech Bands - the State of Play Bluegrass  by Carmen Turner
• Earl Scruggs at the IBMA  by Gary Price
• Frank Wakefield Concert, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA by Ted Silverman
• The Chord Change Hurdle #4  by Jack Hatfield
• TomTravis and Friends play at Chester by Chris Wilson
• Two short articles ex internet:
  • Russians at the Pole
  • New Tunes in a Jam
• Instrumental Workshop notes:
  • Banjo: "Bury Me Beneath The Willow";
  • Guitar: "Durham's Bull";
  • Mandolin: "Sail-Away Ladies"

Updated 23rd Jan 1999