Robert Earl Keen is known for his good-time songs and raucous shows, but there’s always been a lot of heart behind all that. You can hear it right there in his songs (the lovely waltz “No Kinda Dancer,” not […]
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The annual FreshGrass Festival — presented by No Depression’s nonprofit publisher, the FreshGrass Foundation — is officially returning to MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, on Sept. 24-26, 2021. And today, FreshGrass | North Adams announced its initial lineup for […]
The best music memoirs simply unfold the moments of an artist’s life, without fanfare and without a desire to get even with former bandmates or friends. The best memoirs reveal to us — and revel in — what the Romantic […]
When most people think of big-band jazz, they’re probably thinking of glittery urban scenes in the Roaring ’20s. They’re thinking art deco dancehalls and Prohibition-era speakeasies. There’s something about the idea of a brassy jazz band that evokes imagery […]
During normal times this week’s column would be reporting on MerleFest, which would have concluded just two days ago. In its absence, or at least its postponement until September this year, what better way to celebrate that fest than by […]
These past two weeks, I found it difficult to make my usual trips into the crowdfunding world to look for campaigns to feature. Instead, I found myself drawn to NPR, keeping tabs on the Derek Chauvin trial, what seemed […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Parker Millsap is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for April 2021. Read our interview with him here, and watch him perform “The Real Thing,” from his new album, Be Here Instead, just for ND readers here. I’ve […]
Yesterday was a big day for No Depression’s publisher, the nonprofit FreshGrass Foundation. After multiple delays, the Foundation announced that its inaugural FreshGrass Festival | Bentonville is scheduled to take place Oct. 1-2 at the brand-new contemporary arts museum, The […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Fall 2020 journal, “Going Green.” You can read the whole story — and much more — in that issue, here. And please consider supporting No Depression with a subscription for more roots music journalism, in […]
Fiddle player Casey Driessen first mapped out the goals that would lead to nine months of travel and musical collaborations for his Otherlands project across a pile of Post-it notes. During a break between tours several years ago, he […]
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