When I submitted my list of best albums of the year (so far) for ND’s list, there were only a couple I felt strongly about. Had it been just a few weeks later, all three of the albums below, […]
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No one knows their way around a banjo quite like Jason Romero. He knows how to play them, of course, but also, through building them for J. Romero Banjos, he intrinsically understands what they’re made of, in terms of […]
For a certain kind of science geek/audiophile, T Bone Burnett’s announcement last spring of Ionic Originals, a new high-fidelity, long-lasting analog audio format from his NeoFidelity company, was pretty exciting stuff. (You can read up on the details here.) […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Willi Carlisle is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for July 2022. His new album, Peculiar, Missouri, comes out July 15 via Free Dirt Records. Look for more from Carlisle all month long. Even before he was a […]
Every month, the No Depression team compiles a list of our favorite songs from the month’s new releases. In June, Spotlight artist S.G. Goodman roared and whispered back into our ears with her new LP Teeth Marks (and don’t miss […]
This week’s column features two festivals, Jackalope Jamboree and Blue Ox Music Festival, that have taken their names from mythical creatures. The former was the brainchild (or, as some might say, a brain fart) of two Wyoming brothers who grafted […]
When I was a young journalist, I would often write “Best Female Artist”-type listicles. I did this because everyone did it and, when you’re starting out, you’re a bit like a cow — your instinct is to follow the […]
Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis movie is now in theaters, and while the King, of course, is in the spotlight, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who was a major influence as Elvis came of age, finally gets some mainstream attention too. Tharpe is […]
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