I’ve been trying to write this article about what it’s like being on tour with The Avett Brothers for six months. It’s not that I have nothing to say. Quite the opposite – I’ve got pages and pages of material. […]
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Elana James was a broke intern at Harper’s magazine in New York City when she placed the ad in the Village Voice music section, hoping to join a band. “I missed playing Western music so I put this ad in that wrongly stated that […]
Travis McNamara and Will Koster were in the crowd when Tim O’Brien began singing “Megna’s” at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. About halfway through the tune about a neighborhood grocer who sells melons and strawberries, Koster turned to McNamara declaring he […]
Mark Dvorak acknowledges his plans are a bit ambitious as he rattles off a laundry list of projects on tap over the next year and a half. “The first one is It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie, which is […]
Back in January, Steve Earle and Willie Nile had to cancel their City Winery show because of our awful New York winter weather. It’s April now, though still too cold for me, and the gentlemen reconvened with us for a […]
Great music sneaks up on you. So, when singer-songwriter Liz Longley took the stage at City Winery in Nashville and began to sing the hope-filled “Baby I’m Alive Again,” unaccompanied and without introduction, there was a sense of the unexpected, […]
Unlike the other columnists here at No Depression, so far my articles haven’t been restrained to a particular topic. Lee writes about music from around the world, Ted is the bluegrass man, and Raina shares about the stages she has performed […]
In 2006, I was in the first year of my road-dogging, still fresh-faced, energetic, and full of my signature hopeful positivity. I had made a record with my dear friend Jim Brunberg, the owner of Mississippi Studios in Portland, who’s […]
Who is your favorite new indie artist or band? How did you hear about them? Odds are, it was a passionate fan who wanted to spread the love! I recently came across a conversation between several friends on social media regarding the […]
photo by Grant Britt He calls it big little music. David Lindley’s term for his amplified acoustic music captures his sound and his essence perfectly. Lindley is understated but powerful, his presence looming large, his approach delicate but dominating. At […]
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