Lucero has built its reputation on a raucous blend of punk, Southern rock, and country. On recent albums, the group’s turned down the volume and explored darker tones and atmospherics. It’s worked out pretty well and highlighted previously unknown depths […]
A young woman escapes town in the dark, darting across the railroad tracks and into the woods. Why she left is unclear, but those were hard times of some sort. “Hey little girl you’ve got a long way to go / […]
‘Among The Ghosts’ is the latest release by Memphis roots rockers, Lucero. For this record, the band has gone back to their five piece iteration, forgoing the horns that had been on their three previous albums. For some bands this […]
This week we’ve got a double-header from Jim Lauderdale. One album of new songs — Time Flies is his 31st of those — and a collection of recently unearthed recordings he made at the very beginning of his tour, in 1979, with […]
On their ninth studio album, rock/alt-country quintet Lucero decided that instead of recording stories, they needed to engage them. Among the Ghosts departs from the familiar Memphis style of their earlier arrangements – the blaring bluesy horns and blues-infused riffs […]
On their ninth studio album, rock/alt-country quintet Lucero decided that instead of recording stories, they needed to engage them. Among the Ghosts departs from the familiar Memphis style of their earlier arrangements – the blaring bluesy horns and blues-infused riffs […]
Since forming 20 years ago Lucero have been frequently described as one of America’s hardest working bands. To mark their two decades of performing more days than they don’t, they will release on August 3rd their ninth studio album, Among […]
Lucero released on Friday their 9th studio LP, All A Man Should Do — a polished 10-track roller coaster of an album filled with valleys and peaks of sound and emotion. Ben Nichols, front man for the Memphis-based rock band, says […]
This week, I’m in Nashville for the Americana conference, where there’s always something going on, and never quite enough sleep. Nonetheless, we got quite a few fine new releases this week, almost too many really. But I’ll try to sum ’em up […]
Welcome to a new day on No Depression! I’m looking forward to sharing with you my recommendations for excellent new Americana music in the coming weeks, as I collect the finest new releases into this column every Friday. That will […]
