Let’s see…we have individual lists for best albums, favorite albums, top 10 from the frequent contributor’s and the reader’s top 50. We don’t have anything for producers, engineers or guitar techs. And we missed an opportunity to come up with […]
Albums are often packaged as a concept a compilation a greatest hits collection or souvenir of a live show. Rarely does one come along that is a celebration of the artist; Buddy Guy Live at Legends is just that, a […]
I’m not always the biggest tech person. Let’s just say I still have a flip phone. I don’t text much and if I have to text you back, it takes four pushes on the 7 to get an “s”. I […]
The difference between good and bad country music usually comes down to how the story’s told. Bad country songwriters deal with all the standard themes – lost dogs, cheatin’ wives, worrisome fluctuations in the GDP – like a condescending sixth […]
For his third solo album, “Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance,” singer, songwriter and Drive By Trucker Patterson Hood continues to create his own brand of American mythology, writing four minute elegies to a generation that’s lost its way, one […]
Fifteen years and nine albums into their post-Giant Sand careers, Joey Burns, John Convertino and the crew they call Calexico continue to offer an ever-evolving definition of the “desert noir” sound they’re credited with inventing. On “Algiers,” an economically constructed […]
I see that the Zunior.com music site is having a boxing-day sale, including a number of albums that have been featured here on ND. It’s only $4.44 for very good-quality (usually 320kbps) rips, $2 additional for full CD quality. Paypal accepted. Includes […]
As you know, we asked our most frequently featured bloggers to cast their ballots for a bit of a “critics poll”. Since No Depression doesn’t employ a staff of writers, these are all folks who post here on their own, […]
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