Country Fried Rock’s listeners vote with their visits for our “Best of” lists. Combining podcast downloads with website traffic and run through a factor of the time since the program’s debut, the Magic Math Machine yields our Top 13 of 2014! […]
I nearly didn’t write this review. It’s been over two weeks since Willie Nile played The Real Music Club in Belfast with his new album If I Was A River in his back pocket. But, some things need to be […]
The work of creating a Best-of-the-Year list can be a strange experience. In a phone interview today with Keb’ Mo’ we moaned together about how to respond to these year-end lists. Of course, he has a lot of room to moan […]
When No Depression launched as a print magazine in 1995, its positioning as an alternative-country quarterly was intended to be squarely in contrast to the dominant acts on mainstream country radio at the time. The magazine championed the organic sounds […]
Rhett Miller threw his second annual Holiday Extravaganza at City Winery NYC, and loud liquid revels were had in the name of the somewhat darker side of Christmas. Miller apologized, with a grin, for so many songs about drinking, sex, […]
By Pia Finnigan While watching Tina Shafer host an evening of musical entertainment, it is not hard to realize why this showcase of emerging and seasoned performers is still going strong into its 25th season. Not a first timer to […]
For musicians, the road can be a lonely place. Tab Benoit has found a cure. When he gets lonely, he invites a few friends along. But there are no hangers-on in his entourage. Benoit’s buddies are players, in every sense […]
One question we consider (and hear) a lot around here is “What is No Depression music?” It’s a fair question, and not an easy one to answer. I can’t personally be certain, having not been around at the inception of the […]
We make icons of our heroes after the fact, but it’s always better to remember that they were flesh and blood, first and foremost. The San Francisco Jazz Center mounted an extraordinary tribute to the 50th anniversary of the release […]
Kathy Mattea checks her shoe count as she finishes packing for a holiday-themed tour. “You have to make sure you have enough shoes and makeup,” she says by telephone from her home in Nashville, “and those are the things I […]
