Lydia Jacoby has been one of the headline names to emerge from the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The 17-year-old from Seward, Alaska, won a gold medal in swimming this week after a thrilling upset in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Yola, No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for July 2021, shares some of her favorite behind-the-scenes moments from this year’s Newport Folk Festival in words and photos. Read our interview with Yola about her new album, Stand for Myself […]
Keeping up a steady beat, the great Memphis drummer Howard Grimes drives hypnotic storytelling in his new memoir, Howard Grimes, Timekeeper: My Life in Rhythm (Devault Graves Books), written with the superb Memphis journalist and music historian Preston Lauterbach. The […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Summer 2021 journal, “Voices.” 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 print […]
Last week the Americana Music Association revealed the first round of showcases for this year’s AmericanaFest in Nashville, Sept. 22-25. The announcement confirmed 164 artists of the 240 who are slated to have showcases during that four-day period. That […]
The Newport Folk Festival gets rolling today, with several adjustments to the usual event due to COVID-19, including a vaccination or negative test requirement and a split into two three-day events. But one tradition staying firmly intact is a curated […]
Sturgill Simpson has announced his latest musical project, a concept album titled The Ballad of Dood and Juanita, set for release Aug. 20. “I just wanted to write a story — not a collection of songs that tell a […]
Like many people, it took me almost the entirety of my 20s to get my shit together. When I graduated college, I didn’t really think about applying for any jobs, but rather dove headfirst into a “music career.” I […]
The 32nd annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards nominees were announced in a livestream Tuesday morning from Nashville’s Station Inn. The nominees largely hewed to a list of usual suspects, with a lot of overlap with last year’s […]
For the second week in a row this column features a music festival, Red Wing Roots Music Festival. I’ve always wanted to visit this one, if only for the setting. It and FloydFest, which I have attended, have to be […]
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