Since moving to New York from California almost seven years ago, I’ve been to a number of music venues in the city, but last week was my first time at the Mercury Lounge, which is down in the East Village. […]
Since moving to New York from California almost seven years ago, I’ve been to a number of music venues in the city, but last week was my first time at the Mercury Lounge, which is down in the East Village. […]
Leon Redbone, who died Thursday at an age he always declined to specify, wasn’t a hitmaker, but he did make quite an impression. His head and heart were firmly in yesteryear, and he wove songs with roots in the first […]
I’ve played shows on sheep farms, in backyards, rodeo grounds, living rooms, gas stations, empty bars, on open flatbed trailers, and in small caves. I’ve also played shows in beautiful churches, fancy music halls, big festivals, in slightly nicer living […]
“Do you know that old song ‘Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage?’” folk singer Si Kahn asks last month, a few days after his 75th birthday. “That’s the relationship between music and activism,” […]
This week I cover an underserved branch of roots music: rockabilly. Specifically, Nashville Boogie, a festival held in Nashville every Memorial Day weekend. As if the music is not enough, it identifies itself as “a celebration of midcentury American music, […]
I normally keep Crowdfunding Radar a forward-looking column. Once an album is funded and released, it’s in the hands of No Depression‘s team of reviewers. But this week, I want to break that trend a bit because, in the same […]
Since I began posting my seasonal review of mostly new music videos, an interesting shift has occurred. In the past I’ve often used live performances from providers such as Folk Alley, KEXP, Austin City Limits, Paste, NPR, Under the Apple […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rising Appalachia is No Depression‘s Spotlight band for May. Read our feature about them here and watch a video of their song “Harmonize,” from their new album, Leylines, here. Our name is Rising Appalachia. Appalachia for the homelands where […]
In the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss deliver a sprightly bluegrass version of “I’ll Fly Away,” the transcendent vocals of the pair riding on a wave of cascading banjo. Many filmgoers were likely already […]
New bluegrass bands emerge all the time. The routine goes right back to the Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland fantasy movies — “Hey, kids, let’s put on a show!” — or the garage rock bands of the ’60s and ’70s. As with […]
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