At his show at the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Ford Theater late in April, Charlie Daniels was showing off his more tradition-minding side by recruiting Earl Scruggs, Mac Wiseman and Del McCoury, three key Bluegrass Boys from different eras, […]
“The blues to me is like the concept of the talking drum. They used to use the drums to communicate, and the blues was also about communication. I think of the blues as something that ties you into history, something […]
It’s amazing when you think of him. It’s everything from “Who Wears Short Shorts” to “Freebird”. Because he is a little bit of everything — he’s a bit of a blues guy, a bit of a jazz bum, a bit […]
1 Beck, Guero (Interscope) 2 Iron & Wine, Woman King EP (Sub Pop) 3 Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (Saddle Creek) 4 Kings Of Leon, Aha Shake Heartbreak (RCA) 5 Bruce Springsteen, Devils & Dust (Columbia) 6 Decemberists, […]
Robbie Fulks: In defense of offending After eagerly devouring my latest issue of No Depression cover to cover, I was thoroughly enthralled with the interviews on all the diverse artists you featured in this issue. All the glowing praise and […]
We wrestled quite a bit with this issue’s cover choice, more than we usually do. Certainly there were obvious potential candidates to choose from, as the artists who populate the record-reviews section will attest. No doubt some would have simply […]
Do you remember rock ‘n’ roll television? Summer’s here and the time is right to lie back and get back — to those fabulous ’90s. (Also the ’80s, ’70s and ’60s.) A little light beach screening, folks — Americana Gold! […]
RICK’S CHICKS: Texas trio the DIXIE CHICKS have tapped Rick Rubin to produce the follow-up to their multiplatinum 2002 album Home. The band has begun recording in Los Angeles, but no release date has been set yet. The Chicks also […]
There was no use trying to steer a conversation with Jimmy Martin. This went double for keeping him on track during an interview, as I learned when I drove out to his place in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, last year. It […]
The son of country music patriarch A.P. Carter, Joe Carter was a longtime musician and helped found the Carter Family Fold. In 2004, Joe and his sister Janette released the album Last Of Their Kind on Dualtone. Joe was 79 […]
