• April 2019

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    The Work Is Never Done: Anaïs Mitchell’s Folk Opera ‘Hadestown’ Gets New Life
    Kim Ruehl Posted On April 30, 2019


    EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an excerpt of a story from No Depression’s Fall 2016 print issue, “Speak Up!”, about a pre-Broadway production of the musical Hadestown. The Broadway version, adapted from singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s folk opera, won eight Tony Awards […]


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    Collection Showcases the Width and Depth of Pete Seeger’s Legacy
    Kim Ruehl Posted On April 30, 2019


    In 1947, Pete Seeger sat in a room with Zilphia Horton and learned to sing a song she was calling “We Will Overcome.” She sang it in a long, slow, freeform, heart-driven alto — what their mutual friend Woody Guthrie […]


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    THROUGH THE LENS: MerleFest 2019: The Caravan Moves On
    Amos Perrine Posted On April 29, 2019


    The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on. — Arab proverb I have thinking a lot about tradition lately. And memory. What leads us to a certain point in time? What do we remember? What of Bill Monroe? What is […]


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    CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Black Water County, The Garcia Project, and a New Service from Bandcamp
    Chris Griffy Posted On April 29, 2019


    They say adversity creates opportunity, and that appears to be true in the world of crowdfunding. With the hopefully temporary implosion of PledgeMusic, there are few crowdfunding sites purely dedicated to music. Enter Bandcamp. Already a proven site for back-end […]


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    EASY ED’S BROADSIDE: Spade Cooley: Western Swing’s Killer Cowboy
    Easy Ed Posted On April 26, 2019


    My oldest son and his friend stopped by my apartment the other night for a few minutes and I punched the play button on a playlist I put together of old jazz and western swing tracks. There are a couple […]


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    SPOTLIGHT: Molly Tuttle’s Gold Standard
    Stacy Chandler Posted On April 25, 2019


    A while back, we asked a bunch of roots musicians to tell us about their favorite standards, in conjunction with the theme of our current print journal, Standards & Stanzas. Molly Tuttle, this month’s Spotlight artist, chimed in with this: […]


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    THE READING ROOM: Recommended Reading as Woodstock’s 50th Anniversary Nears
    Henry Carrigan Posted On April 25, 2019


    As we embark on the music festival season with MerleFest this weekend, it’s a good time to look back to that time 50 years ago when hundreds of thousands came together for a weekend of peace and love on Yasgur’s […]


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    ‘We All Have the Same Questions’: Josh Ritter Takes a New Route to Answers
    Erin Lyndal Martin Posted On April 23, 2019


    Over the past 20 years, Josh Ritter’s vivid imagery and expansive song topics have established him as a singular voice in songwriting — a reputation cemented by substantial experimentation and collaboration. His 2011 novel, Bright’s Passage, and visual art (including […]


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    THROUGH THE LENS: Molly Tuttle, Steve Poltz, and More Artists Not to Miss at MerleFest 2019
    Amos Perrine Posted On April 22, 2019


    This year’s MerleFest looks to be one of bluegrass-meets-Americana. As with last year’s guide I’m highlighting the lower-billed artists. Several of these folks are well known to frequent ND readers, but may be new discoveries for some MerleFest-goers. As always, […]


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    EASY ED’S BROADSIDE: Music Appreciation in Our Own Private Idaho
    Easy Ed Posted On April 19, 2019


    I was standing in a crowded subway car the other day, and by doing a quick scan I estimated that about 80% of my fellow riders had some sort of personal sound delivery system plugged into their ears. Inexpensive wired […]


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