If you asked any Russian where the heart of their country was, they would most likely tell you it was the region they were from, just as I would say that Ohio is the heartland of the US. But from […]
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The FreshGrass Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts is special in its own right – always a killer lineup, a gorgeous setting in the Berkshire Mountains just as fall is starting to set in, and friendly people who keep things running […]
Unless you live here, and honestly even if you do, California probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind when you think about bluegrass. Kentucky would be a more likely candidate; they’re so confident in their claim to the […]
I was somewhere around 12 or 13 when my parents decided I needed to put braces on my teeth. While I can recall that there was indeed an overbite and a bit of crooked imperfection, it seemed that nearly every […]
Now that the sprawling Ken Burns series Country Music has finally begun making its way across the airwaves and revealing facets of the music and its industry that may be new to many, it’s a good time to revisit some […]
When I was putting together my album art for this new record, Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne, I’d done a series of photographs with Neilson Hubbard in my backyard. Un-made up, my hair unbrushed, wearing a gray T-shirt and […]
Every big city is the same to me. There is an abundance of concrete, lots of traffic, tourist attractions, and the ability to get anything you want at all hours of the day. Moscow has all of that plus faster […]
“Jason Isbell told me, ‘One thing you have to understand about about Amanda [Shires], she’s a butterfly from outer space.’” — Brandi Carlile at the Americana Music Honors & Awards Show While Amanda Shires was certainly the object of much […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Summer 2019 print issue “Folk.” 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 […]
There are many reasons why an established artist might choose to crowdfund an album. I’ve explored some of these in past columns, and they include wanting to keep their own masters, performing something different than what you’re known for, and […]
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