When Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow” won Song of the Year at the CMAs last year, it was heralded as something of a miracle, with Musgraves herself arriving at the podium and exclaiming, “Do you guys realize what this means […]
When Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow” won Song of the Year at the CMAs last year, it was heralded as something of a miracle, with Musgraves herself arriving at the podium and exclaiming, “Do you guys realize what this means […]
Julie Roberts 2004 self-titled debut successfully positioned her as an everygirl alternative to Nashvilles then-reigning divas, the robotically exuberant Shania Twain and the pristinely glitzy Faith Hill. Her sophomore effort gets down to business in much the same way. Populated […]
At the time these four albums were originally released, Johnny Cash was in his 50s, already having weathered countless changes in the musical marketplace over the decades since his defining emergence in the 1950s. Each of these titles tries to […]
Like a tractor hitched to a trailer, Dave Dudley and truck-driving songs will forever be linked. “Six Days On The Road”, a top-40 hit in the summer of 1963, established him as a star with a deep voice that brought […]
Soundtracks are mostly a plague, golden for those artists lucky enough to place a song onscreen, pre-packaged compilations for lazy consumers, and aggravating collector’s items for completist fans. Only rarely are they about the music. O Brother, then, is the […]
Race on down to your local dry goods store, or haven’t you heard? — Hank Williams has a new record out! The pace has picked up again in the last decade (after an uncommonly dry spell in the 1980s), but […]
John David Anderson is usually placed with a loose group of “new traditionalists,” including Ricky Skaggs, George Strait and Randy Travis, all of whom produced a string of commercially successful and surprisingly deep country-grounded records during the early ’80s. Anderson’s […]
Sometimes I think the entire alternative-country community (whoever we are) is really just a buncha folks trying to weasel out of day jobs. Well, work as a rock critic is neither as honorable nor as odious as most, and Mondays […]
Based on the strength and beauty of his best material, it is proper to number Tom T. Hall among Nashville’s great songwriters. But for every stunning “That’s How I Got to Memphis” or “I Flew Over Our House Last Night”, […]
FRESH TRACK: Mackenzie Shivers – ‘a cautionary tale’Check it out
SPONSORED BY Mackenzie Shivers
As one of the last resources dedicated to covering roots music and related stories, we need the support of our readers. While No Depression is read in print and digital by over a million people annually, only a small percentage support us through subscriptions or donations.
Your support is vital in keeping No Depression’s website free and our coverage independent. Please consider becoming a subscriber or providing a donation. With your help, No Depression can continue to grow and cover roots music the way it deserves