Even though I started listening to Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, The Isley Brothers, The Toys, Clarence Carter, The Beatles, Herman’s Hermits, The Dave Clark Five, Paul Revere and the Raiders — all much to the chagrin of my parents […]
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We had an agreement, a part of my audience and I. We never exactly spelled it out, but now I can see the terms. I would play music, make people laugh, cry, and dance, but be vague enough in my […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Fall-Winter 2018 print issue “Innovate.” You can read the whole story — and much more — in that issue, available here. And please consider supporting No Depression with a subscription for more roots music journalism, […]
Just as there’s always something new under the sun, there is always new music on the horizon. Here are six upcoming or recent releases that I am excited about, including a few Record Store Day releases that should be on […]
Every artistic form has the potential, on its own, to be both transformative and transcendent. So what happens when an alchemist pours three forms together? A piece of work that is so deeply profound, unyielding, and exalted that words inevitably […]
As the old saying goes, nature abhors a vacuum, and that has certainly been the case in the crowdfunding world. The temporary (maybe) loss of PledgeMusic has led to a boom on other crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, with […]
Beginning with the Spring 2018 issue on Appalachia, Nashville-based band Wild Ponies has invited No Depression to be a regular guest on their weekly radio show Whiskey Wednesday. The hour-long show, which airs Wednesdays at noon and 9 p.m. CST […]
When Johnny Otis passed away on Jan. 17, 2012, the Los Angeles Times obituary described him as this: “singer, musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, talent scout, disc jockey, record producer, television show host, artist, author, journalist, minister, and impresario.” And over […]
On Nov. 7, 2018, Joni Mitchell turned 75, and artists including Emmylou Harris, Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Seal, Graham Nash, James Taylor, and Kris Kristofferson feted her at a pair of sold-out shows at The Music Center’s Dorothy […]
Like any good folk musicians, Kagey Parrish and Laura Wortman of The Honey Dewdrops are keen observers of the world around them. While their songs tend toward a timelessness that is broader than current political issues, their latest album, this […]
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