In 2020, Haroula Rose’s film Once Upon a River was released to critical acclaim. Based on an adaptation of Bonnie Jo Campbell’s novel of the same title, the movie follows Margo as she travels up the river in search […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Willi Carlisle is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for July 2022. Read more about him and his new album, Peculiar, Missouri, in our interview. And look for more from Carlisle all month long. The magic of Willi […]
Los Angeles’ Palomino Club, opened in 1949 by western swing musician Hank Penny, was a showcase for a wide variety of roots music, from country to jazz to cow punk to alt-country. The Flying Burrito Brothers, Lucinda Williams, Dwight […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Summer 2022 journal, “Movers and Shakers.” You can read the whole story — and much more — in that issue, here. And please consider supporting No Depression with a subscription for more […]
At its core, roots music is all about minimalism. The image of a couple of people sitting on a porch with a guitar and banjo is an enduring, if a bit stereotypical, depiction of roots music for most casual […]
Ten years after their first Fun Machine covers collection, Lake Street Dive is cranking up that contraption once again for a second EP of cover songs showing off the band’s wide range of sounds and influences. Fun Machine: The […]
If you’ve been sleeping on stamp collecting, you might want to wake up now. Next Thursday the U.S. Postal Service will release a stamp honoring Pete Seeger. The “Forever” stamp, part of the USPS’s Music Icons series, currently is […]
Roland White, who died earlier this year, was never a showman; he was a steady presence on whatever stage he stood, or away from the stage entirely, always ready to contribute where he could. But White’s generosity as musician and […]
Sarah Shook is unquestionably in charge as frontperson for punk-tinged alt-country band Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, whose last album, Nightroamer, came out in February (ND review). But with their new solo project, Mightmare, they’re driving alone: Shook created […]
To be “feral,” from the Latin word fera, meaning wild animal, is to be untamed, to escape domesticity. Though it may sound extreme, this is the state of being singer-songwriter Tami Neilson aspired to amid recording Kingmaker, out this […]
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