Arlo Guthrie is a beloved elder of Americana, known for such whimsical stories and songs as “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” and “The Motorcycle Song,” as well as many social justice songs, not to mention an iconic cover of “City of New […]
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If you thought the first six months of this year provided some outstanding releases, buckle up for its second half. New albums by Courtney Marie Andrews and Charley Crockett, and Bill Kirchen’s retrospective, are highlights from this month alone, and […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Samantha Crain is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for July 2020. Read more about Crain and her new album, A Small Death, out July 17, all month long. Finding a comfortable role in which to exist in this […]
I have been intending to do a full Bandcamp feature since this column began, but never got around to it for the very reason I am getting to it this week: There were always other, time-limited projects that were going […]
On Feb. 13, 2019, The New York Times published an article titled “Ryan Adams Dangled Success. Women Say They Paid a Price.” It began with a three-paragraph overview of the then-44-year-old artist’s 20-year career, citing his 16 albums, seven Grammy […]
What makes a great song? The lyrics? The music? Surely, of course, it’s some combination of the two. We sometimes call a song “timeless” because the lyrics express some universal sentiment, and sometimes the “timelessness” of a song, for us, […]
So 2020 isn’t shaping up to be anyone’s favorite year, is it? We had a decent few weeks there at the beginning, before COVID-19 slammed on the brakes, upending our personal and professional lives in profound ways. But that feels […]
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