It starts with a guitar, and the blues. The sudden, slow slide sounds like someone just picked up an instrument to see if they could scare out some music. The riff doesn’t get very far before the rhythm kicks in, […]
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The Bad Plus performing recently at The Jazz Estate in Milwaukee, December 19-20. Ethan Iverson, piano, Reid Anderson, bass, Dave King, drums. Photo courtesy of Matt Turner and The Jazz Estate Facebook page The Bad Plus @ The Jazz Estate, […]
Every fall we’ve come to expect—and sometimes to anticipate—the airwaves being flooded with reflections of aging rock stars as they meditate autumnally on the high notes, low notes, and the crescendos of their musical journeys. This year is no different, […]
My literary side continues to pursue the best songwriting I can find, usually in a context of so-called roots music. But this year, jazz impressed me more across the board, signaling that America’s original art form is alive and quite […]
“I saw the light from heaven shining all around.” –Dry Bones, traditional, as performed by Graham Lindsey This weekend we endured the shortest day of the year — all about the darkness and all about the light. The glass is […]
Joe Cocker, the British blue-eyed soul singer who helped lead the second British music invasion — along with Cream, The Who, Small Faces, Rod Stewart, Led Zeppelin and Jeff Beck — has died of lung cancer. He was 70 years old. Cocker will be remembered […]
**Editor’s Note: Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers (whose album English Oceans finished at number six in our annual ND Readers Poll) asked us to share his favorite albums of 2014, and how could we say no? So, here’s an enhanced list to which he […]
I started off trying to write this just as soon as I heard of the news. I then found myself having to stop writing and take a break. Something told me to go outside and sit on the swing and […]
Like many other No Depression readers who have checked out this year’s Top 50 Reader’s Poll, I have really enjoyed pouring over the results and seeing which artists were recognized. In part it’s an affirmation of the music that I’ve […]
I recently had the good fortune of being present for a small, intimate performance and interview with former X frontman John Doe. Amongst the many great questions put to him by a local radio DJ was one that I myself have […]
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