EDITOR’S NOTE: Jade Bird is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for August. Read more about her and her new album, Different Kinds of Light, here. I think we live in a world that likes to package things in little boxes. […]
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Over the past few months, this column has been built around themes. This isn’t intentional but, instead, a result of my looking at the dozen or so campaigns I toss in my “maybe” folder at the end of a […]
It’s been a tough week of losses for music fans. I could make this column 10 miles long sharing my own thoughts about each one, but music touches everyone differently, and I’m sure you have thoughts and memories of […]
As the doldrums of summer fade into the gentle zephyrs of autumn, it’s time to put aside the thrillers and mysteries of summer and pick up a few new music books that offer chances to dive deeply into the […]
Tomorrow, Aug. 25, marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain in Logan County, West Virginia, the largest labor uprising in this nation’s history. During a nine-day period, 10,000 armed miners confronted 3,000 “lawmen” and company thugs. […]
You didn’t think Kacey Musgraves was just going to release an album like a regular artist, did you? The six-time Grammy winner announced today, after several days of social media hint-dropping, that her fourth album, star-crossed, is coming Sept. […]
With September bearing an absolutely packed roots music festival calendar, events have had some big decisio of announcements regarding vaccination and/or negative test requirements. Hitting just a few of the highlights: MerleFest, which shifted its usual spring festival in […]
As the title of her new album indicates, this moment has been a Long Time Coming for Sierra Ferrell. Growing up, she loved listening to music and singing, but she never really considered it as a career path. But over […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Summer 2017 journal, “Over Yonder,” that we’re sharing in light of recent events in Afghanistan. There are ideas for ways to help amid the current humanitarian crisis at the […]
This week is a first for the column: coverage of the venerable Newport Jazz Festival. Established in 1954, the fest remains one of the most prestigious jazz festivals in the world. It has been the site of quite a few […]
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