Before his music career went big, Amos Lee was a teacher, and he remembers well how tough a gig that is — made even tougher amid the pandemic the past two years. In each town of his upcoming spring tour […]
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The International Bluegrass Music Association announced the initial lineup for its IBMA Bluegrass Live! festival, part of its annual World of Bluegrass gathering that will mark its 10th year in Raleigh, North Carolina, this September. Among the acts scheduled are […]
We’ve all likely felt a bit scattered lately, but there aren’t a lot of songs to soundtrack that. But Andrew Bird has just the thing with his new single, “Atomized,” inspired by Joan Didion’s essays about the “atomization” of […]
Alison Bonaguro is a country music fan who’s lived the life that every country music fan dreams about. She’s shared moments backstage after shows, in bars until closing time, and in hotel lobbies waiting for early morning airport shuttles with […]
It’s Women’s History Month, as well as Irish American Heritage Month, so I thought we might delve into the American Folklife Center archive and look at two great and influential field recordings from Irish American women. I selected these […]
After canceling a string of shows recently, Chuck Prophet announced on social media Tuesday that he’s been diagnosed with lymphoma. The 58-year-old singer-songwriter reassured fans that “the prognosis is good,” and he’s even cleared by his doctor to play […]
In 2011, Mavis Staples stepped into Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, New York (better known as The Barn) for a Midnight Ramble performance that would end up being her last with Helm, who died the following year. That performance […]
As a reader of No Depression, you already know that Black artists are and always have been an important, foundational part of the country music story. A new documentary from Amazon Music aims to carry that message to an […]
Astute readers of this column will note that the last time these two festivals were covered was in 2020, just before the country entered its COVID-19 shutdown. After that two-year delay, our Arizona correspondent, C. Elliott, was chomping at […]
In a one-minute video posted Monday, Jack White stands in Third Man Records’ pressing plant to urge major record labels to build their own pressing plants to help solve a global vinyl backlog. Smaller bands often must wait 8-10 months […]
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