EDITOR’S NOTE: Douglas Mason was commissioned by FreshGrass to take photos at both FreshGrass | North Adams and FreshGrass | Bentonville. Since he had a front-row seat, so to speak, we asked him for his personal story of his […]
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Reading Bobby Rush’s memoir I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya: My American Blues Story is a bit like watching him leave it all the stage at one of his shows. On stage, he works the crowd, rolling from one song into another […]
The Steve Martin Banjo Prize has named two winners of its prestigious award for 2021. The honorees — Alan Munde and Don Vappie — put the wide range of the instrument’s styles and genres on full display. The prize, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Joshua Ray Walker is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for October. Look for more on Walker, and his new album, See You Next Time, out Friday, all month long. Texas-born and Dallas-based troubadour Joshua Ray Walker paints […]
Following last year’s virtual conference and festival, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)’s World of Bluegrass once again took over the streets of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, last week. However, due to COVID-19, certain health and safety adjustments were […]
In an awards show infused with both the joy of reunion and the sorrow of missing beloved family members, the International Bluegrass Music Association honored some pioneers in the music as well as those carrying the tradition forward Thursday evening […]
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first time Daptone Records started marching to the beat of its own funky drummer. To celebrate, the imprint on Friday is releasing its Super Soul Revue, a distillation of a three-night […]
Very few rock memoirs feel like sitting in the room with an old friend who’s telling tales about growing up and discovering how deeply music is etched in his heart and dreams, but this is exactly how Dave Grohl’s new […]
The only surprise when Alison Krauss was announced among the 2021 inductees to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame was that she wasn’t already in. So many women who play or just love the music got into it because of […]
The annual FreshGrass Festival — produced by No Depression’s nonprofit publisher, the FreshGrass Foundation — celebrated a giant return to live music this past weekend. After pausing for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-day festival roared back […]
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