Jason & the Scorchers: Pioneers of the sons It was a great pleasure to see Jason & the Scorchers on your November/December cover. In my opinion, they are one of the most influential and underrated bands in modern post punk […]
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SOUL EUROPEAN In last issue’s “Find That Band” section, we decided to take up erstwhile Jayhawk Gary Louris’ suggestion that we seek out the latest info on Souled American, a Chicago band that he and several other folks we know […]
Originally, this issue’s “Hello Stranger” column was going to be about Jeff Tweedy and the controversy over what No Depression is, and/or whether it should in fact be anything at all. Back around mid-November, when ND #6 was hot off […]
From the dusty hills of Oklahoma he came — guitar in hand, bandanna on head — in 1992 to the more fertile soils of Austin, in hopes of finally finding a larger, more appreciative audience for his songs. Nearly five […]
The music scene around Raleigh and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is about as balkanized as…well, the former Yugoslavia. You’ve got your punk rock kids, technique fetishists, frat-party bands, heavy metal bands, pop bands. Most all of them keep to themselves […]
Everyone knows about The Arch, but most people don’t realize St. Louis has a Walk of Fame. In U City, the neighborhood around Washington University, the sidewalks are decorated with large bronze stars naming important cultural figures who have ties […]
Editor’s note: A few months ago, I received an unsolicited and as-yet unpublished manuscript in the mail, via recommendation of a common acquaintance, from a Texas songwriter named Richard Dobson. Titled The Gulf Coast Boys, it’s a memoir of Dobson’s […]
It was a hard year in bluegrass. John Duffey, founder of the Seldom Scene, died December 10, 1996, from complications of a heart attack. He was 62. Duffey was an original member of the Country Gentlemen, who formed in 1957. […]
In those days, there were giants: honky-tonk heroes, men whose very names — Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Ray Price, Carl Smith — conjure images of dance halls, beer spilled on a hardwood floor, ill-fated romance in cheap motel rooms. Their […]
While they were far too cordial to admit it, the members of Golden Delicious seemed a bit uncomfortable sitting down for an interview with No Depression. Not that they mind a little attention. Just don’t try to tag this band […]
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