This year’s AmericanaFest had a subdued feel to it. With COVID concerns still looming, virtually every set I attended was, at best, only half-full. This despite the Americana Music Association’s tight restrictions on venue entry: proof of vaccination (or a […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Charley Crockett is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for September. Read our interview with him about his new album, Music City USA, and get another taste of his storytelling here. Below, he shares a performance of one of […]
As I write this, I am preparing to leave for what promises to be the most unusual AmericanaFest ever. As this goes live, many of you will just be returning from what was hopefully an enjoyable one nonetheless. While […]
I’ve been attending MerleFest for more than 20 years now — but never quite like I did last weekend. Like clockwork (or, if you live in the South, like pollen) it has always arrived to Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in […]
John Hiatt has been working at the troubadour trade steadily for over 40 years — well, more if you count his boyhood bands — and he’s produced a catalog of gems that sparkle with wry insight, candor, and introspection. As […]
The Americana Music Association’s Honors & Awards show from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium Wednesday evening was a love-filled evening for artists who have left us, and for those who continue to move us forward with their music. The “family reunion,” […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: As we move into “spooky season,” we love a good ghost story, and Trapper Schoepp has a great one below. More stories on the theme of “Ghosts” are available in our Fall 2021 quarterly journal. Learn more […]
After being forced into an online-only format last year, the Americana Music Association’s AmericanaFest and Honors & Awards show are back in full force this year, albeit with some added precautions. The Honors & Awards show at the Ryman this […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Charley Crockett is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for September. Learn more about him and his new album, Music City USA (out today), in our feature story, and look for more from Crockett all month long. Charley […]
George Wein, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and later its folk counterpart, died this week at the age of 95. His inaugural jazz fest in 1954 became a template for such events for decades afterward, across genres. In […]
