“When The Circus Ends”, a song written by Frank Migliorelli, recently garnered an Honorable Mention in American Songwriter Magazine’s Lyric Contest. Migliorelli says of the ballad, “I thought it would be fun to put out the tune as a free […]
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While blacks and reds splash across the album cover, there is a sense of joy that permeates Stewart Eastham’s latest, Dancers In The Mansion, a fifteen track collection that features both innovative lyricism and distinctive musical arrangements. No Depression is pleased […]
Postmodern bluegrassers and 2015 FreshGrass Band Contest winners Old Salt Union are getting ready to release a new self-titled album, out August 4 via Compass Records. In advance of the album’s release, we’re premiering a brand new video for Old […]
There’s something to please just about every ear in the new releases bin this week. Tristen offers up some pop perfection, Fat Possum has released a treasure trove of blues recordings, and Connor Kennedy brings a regional songwriter’s statement into a […]
Something very exciting is happening in central Georgia, with Macon’s “The Creek” joining the group of full-time Americana roots-based radio stations. I love that they broadcast from downtown Macon. They are very community-based and their sound honors the South. Here’s a […]
Amanda Shires’s story, told during her opening set, involves a boyfriend who lived in Alabama. He convinces her that it might be a good idea to come and live with him. She loads the Jetta and heads south from Nashville. His directions lead to a […]
Cleveland country artist Charles Hill Jr is currently working on his sophomore release, so naturally he started thinking about album artwork. That’s when friend Ron Kretsch stepped in with the most hilarious mockup this side of the Mississippi. Hill hasn’t […]
A few weeks after the release of his new album Too Sad for the Public – Vol. 1 Oysters Ice Cream Lemonade (American Folk Fantasies), composer and producer Dick Connette has shared a video for the Suzzy Roche collaboration “Black River […]
On July 20, 1965, Columbia Records released the single “Like A Rolling Stone,” backed with “Gates of Eden.” Bob Dylan, who had recently turned 24, was in the middle of the most creative period any musician I can think of […]
Robert Christgau calls himself the Dean of American Rock Critics, but country music historian Bill C. Malone needs not arrogate such a title to himself in the same way. Generations of readers of country music history have cut their teeth on […]
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