Tony Rice was a master of his craft whose guitar licks have been copied by thousands of bluegrass and jazz guitarists. His rich, warm vocal tones also influenced singers in bluegrass and beyond. Most of all, Rice encouraged every […]
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One of the more persistent myths about crowdfunding campaigns is that the only people who use them are young regional acts who “can’t get a label” or lifelong club warriors who “can’t get a label.” That myth couldn’t be […]
It’s shaping up to be a big year for Dolly Parton, not that she has any other kind. Run, Rose, Run, a book co-authored with James Patterson and a companion album of 12 songs, is coming in March. And […]
Will we ever have enough books on Bob Dylan and his music? Every other year, it seems, another thick biography lands on our shelves, filled with exhaustive, and often exhausting, detail. Such books peer under every rock Dylan ever sat […]
On New Year’s Day, Anaïs Mitchell had a deadline on her mind. Specifically, a deadline for an essay she was writing for No Depression, where she is the Spotlight artist for the month of January. She had a topic […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Find earlier installments of Through the Lens’ “Why Vinyl?” series here: Part 1, Part 2 A lot has happened since this column last reported on the vinyl renaissance, about a year ago: Vinyl sales doubled in […]
When will those Whitmore sisters ever get around to making a record together? It’s a reasonable question Americana fans have been asking for years now. With the Jan. 21 release of Ghost Stories, their first album together as The […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Anaïs Mitchell is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for January 2022. Read our interview with her, and stay tuned for more from Mitchell and her new, self-titled album, out Jan. 28, all month long. I carried the […]
When reviewing the photos ND’s photographers had recently taken, two highlights quickly stood out: Peter Dervin shot all four nights of Los Lobos’ residency at the Triple Door in Seattle, and both C. Elliott and Jim Brock caught Béla […]
Over my years of doing Crowdfunding Radar, there have been weeks when there just haven’t been many interesting new campaigns launched and, in those times, I’ve been very thankful for the broad tastes of roots music fans, which gives […]
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