This month, I’ve been working on learning and unlearning, and trying to be a better ally in the fight for racial justice. Somewhere in that process, it came to my attention that my voice is not the one that needs […]
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The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) announced the nominees for its 2020 awards via a live broadcast on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction channel on Friday. IBMA’s annual World of Bluegrass event, held in Raleigh, North Carolina since 2012, has been shifted […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarah Jarosz is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for June 2020. Read our feature story about her and her new album, World on the Ground, here, and don’t miss her essay on finding a new way to look at […]
The name of the just-announced new album from the Old 97’s tells it like it is: Twelfth is the band’s 12th album, and its songs likewise deal honestly with some very real matters the band’s four members have faced in […]
This weekend (June 27 and 28), California’s Bluegrass Pride will celebrate Pride Month, and the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, by presenting Porch Pride: A Bluegrass Pride Queer-antine Festival. Headlined by Amythyst Kiah and Molly Tuttle, the festival will […]
On June 21, 1990, alt-country pioneers Uncle Tupelo (Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn) released their iconic debut album, No Depression. Over the years, the record has been critically hailed as a significant musical mile marker for both its […]
Two things initially drew me to direct-to-fan sites of the early days of the internet and eventually to crowdfunding. The first was the sense of community with the artists I loved. With no label between you and them, artists had […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series marking the 30th anniversary of Uncle Tupelo’s debut album, No Depression, which was released on June 21, 1990. Check back Monday for the second part, a roundtable of artists and […]
Hi there, it’s Ed. Hope this finds you and those in your life healthy and safe, wherever you may be. I won’t bother asking how y’all are coping, because anyone who has had their livelihoods chopped off at the knees […]
As COVID-19 precautions make large gatherings impossible for the foreseeable future, the biggest conferences in roots music have called off their in-person events and are working to create parallel experiences online. After announcing the cancellation of AmericanaFest last week, the […]
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