This column began publishing Carol Graham’s report on the Celtic Connections festival in 2016 and has featured it every year since, save for last year, when COVID-19 caused its cancellation. Not only has Carol covered the fest for No […]
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Over the past couple of weeks, some unexpected names have dominated the news cycle: not Beyonce or Taylor, as you’d expect in awards season, but Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. If you aren’t familiar with the Young/Spotify dustup (and […]
Margo Price has had a remarkable career that’s taken her in many exciting directions. There’s music, of course, but also building a family, becoming the first female artist to join the board of directors for Farm Aid, and launching […]
Allison Moorer opens I Dream He Talks to Me: A Memoir of Learning How to Listen (Hachette), her exquisitely graceful memoir of raising her son, John Henry, on the autism spectrum, with a letter to her son. Baring her soul, […]
Rhode Island’s Rhythm & Roots Music, Dance, and Food Festival — a family-run event that started in 1998 — announced today in an email that it “has come to an end.” Lagniappe Productions, a company run by Chuck and Deb […]
The fight against Spotify and Joe Rogan has been all over the news the past couple weeks. Starting with Neil Young, big-name artists, especially those synonymous with the era of ’60s protest music, have begun to pull their music from […]
February is usually a chilly month, but this year it has been especially so. From ice storms in Texas to deep snow in New England, most of the country this month has been in an icy deep freeze. But there […]
It’s been a rough stretch for Spotify, kicked off last week when Neil Young demanded that the streaming platform choose between hosting his music or a podcast from Joe Rogan that has broadcasted misinformation related to COVID-19. Spotify stuck […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Erin Rae is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for February. Read more about her and her new album, Lighten Up, out Friday, all month long. We know the California sound when we hear it. It’s a romantic […]
This week’s column highlights two bands occupying vastly different spots on the roots music spectrum: Pink Martini’s polished, multicultural world music and Greensky Bluegrass’ imaginative version of bluegrass as played by a scruffy jam band. The inclusion of Pink Martini […]
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