Veteran Nashville songwriter Irene Kelley and small town native of Pennsylvania has a new singer-songwriter bluegrass CD coming out in the early part of February, 2014. This is all acoustic music produced by Mark Fain. Kelley has written hits for […]
Remember when musicians really made albums? Not in a merely literal sense, but brilliantly choreographed 12-song journeys, during which any given song suffers greatly for not being surrounded by the others? This still happens on occasion, but it’s rare enough […]
RAY BENSON A Little Piece (Bismeaux) For his first solo album in more than a decade, Asleep At The Wheel main man Ray Benson went into the project with a simple mission: To break out from his band, and to […]
When Kim Ruehl tipped me off that there was something goin’ on up in Pete Seeger’s town of Beacon New York on the day we acknowledge the life, work, accomplishments and passing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I hit […]
Thank god Brooke Wylie has a sense of humour; in December at a concert, she started laughing as soon as she saw me. And then handed me her newest album. We’re not sure exactly whose fault it was that I […]
Alum Rock starts off conventionally enough — jangly guitars and drums. But the first couplet is a little jarring: We’re like potatoes in a basement With tendrils growing in every direction Uh…what? I thought this was a pop rock song? […]
My first ever post on No Depression is a review of my first gig of 2014…and it was a wonderful evening. The gig was in the Old Cinema Launderette in Gilesgate, Durham, which is one of my favourite places. By […]
Saint Hedwig Club at 14297 FM 1346 in Bexar County was my destination for the weekend and I didn’t care to call ahead. 80 miles later I found it to be closed down for good. Another fallen angel. What to […]
This weeks Health & Happiness Show is a concert special with Country influenced Indie band The David Latto Band recorded at and capacity Almost Blue in Aberdeen on Jan 10th 2014. David Latto and Gavin Brady, come from Kingskettle Fife (the home of Scots Children Entertainers The Singing Kettle), I […]
I love folk-punk. Unfortunately, I haven’t had much success convincing my friends of the awesomeness of the genre. They politely listen to my proselytizing while they half-heartedly stifle their yawns as they question whether or not the free whiskey from […]
