In her 2013 autobiography Simple Dreams, Linda Ronstadt shares her life as a key part of the Southern California country rock scene of the late ’60s and early 1970s. Her voice soars in those pages much as it does on […]
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There is something really wonderful about the reliability of a chain restaurant while touring. Don’t get me wrong, I love hitting the local spots and checking out the independent coffee shops, but when you’re on a long stretch of […]
The first Farm Aid concert in 1985 was the brainchild of Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp. It had two purposes: 1) To raise funds to keep farm families on the land; and 2) to increase awareness about […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Caleb Caudle is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for October 2022. For more about him and his new album, Forsythia, read our interview. Look for more about Caudle and Forsythia all month long at ND. I’ve always […]
Tribute concerts are all too common an occurrence in Nashville. In recent years, fans have packed Bridgestone Arena or Nissan Stadium to say farewell to Kenny Rogers or to mark the first anniversary of Merle Haggard’s death with a […]
If you can’t wait to get your mitts on Bob Dylan’s new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, his first written work since the autobiographical Chronicles: Volume One in 2004, The New York Times published two excerpts this week […]
In the song “Me and Paul,” Willie Nelson immortalized his beloved friend and long-time drummer Paul English in lines such as “we received our education / In the cities of the nation, me and Paul.” Now, Nelson lets readers in […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our current quarterly journal, featuring the best and most timely stories in roots music today. Buy the Fall 2022 issue in print or digitally here. Better yet, start a subscription with this […]
As the calendar turns to October, the roots music festival season begins to wind down, so what better way to celebrate what the year 2022 has brought than to head west and visit the largest, most encompassing free festival […]
The first modern era crowdfunding campaign is widely agreed to be from British progressive rockers Marillion, who, after their label refused to fund an American tour in 1997, got their fans to pony up in advance and bring the […]
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