This year I was asked to be a part of an AmericanaFest panel called “Speaking Honestly About Mental Health.” I’m not sure exactly why I was chosen for this panel, except for the fact that my songs indicate a […]
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The FreshGrass Foundation (No Depression’s nonprofit publisher) and Silkroad announced a new collaboration today, in which the two organizations will partner to create a complete program of new music titled The American Railroad. Founded by 18-time Grammy award-winning cellist […]
As noted in last week’s column, September was jam packed with roots music festivals. So, this week’s catchup features two fests at opposite ends of the country: Farm Aid in Connecticut and Treefort Music Fest in Idaho. Two of […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Joshua Ray Walker is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for October. Read more about Walker and his new album, See You Next Time, in our interview, and look for more all month long. Like most folks from […]
The Grammys have a lot of problems, and genre is at the heart of most of them. This year’s first nominee for Top Controversy is the decision (from an anonymous committee) to keep Kacey Musgraves’ new album, star-crossed, out […]
Even though the thrill of hearing the king of the blues live has been gone since B.B. King died in May 2015, author Daniel de Visé hopes to help us recall how King ascended to the throne of the blues […]
It feels almost criminal that Lilly Hiatt’s phenomenal record Walking Proof was released in late March of 2020. Her first album since 2017’s critically beloved Trinity Lane, Walking Proof was a bright standout in a dark year, filled with […]
As September was jam packed with roots festivals, I’ll be playing catch-up in the next couple of columns to feature ND photographers’ festival photos that we haven’t yet gotten to show off. In other words, so many festivals, so […]
The pandemic has brought out a number of themes among songwriters. Songs of isolation and desolation. Songs of depression. Tons of songs about politics. Even quite a few about reconnecting through disconnecting. But there haven’t been a lot of songs […]
We all think fondly about the albums we’ve loved over the years — the ones that got us through a breakup, made us dance in our living rooms, sounded awesome when we belted them out in our cars. But much […]
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