Music critics loved Angel Olsen’s album, Big Time, placing it near the top of their Best of 2022 (So Far) lists. (Here at No Depression, it came in at No. 1!) The songs, written during a turbulent period of […]
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It’s going to be an explosive five days in Nashville as the Americana Music Association presents its annual AmericanaFest, starting today. This year’s edition reflects the vibrancy of roots music while presenting new challenges to festgoers. First, the lineup, […]
Jake La Botz has been playing music for a long time — over two decades now — but that’s only part of his story. He’s also an actor, a practitioner and teacher of meditation, a reader, and a thinker. […]
In case you haven’t heard the news, Bandcamp Fridays are back for the remainder of the year. For those unfamiliar, Bandcamp is a site that caters to independent and small-label artists, and Bandcamp Friday is an idea that began […]
Madison Cunningham is an artist who aims high. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter already has two Grammy nominations and a showering of critical praise for her deft, jazz-inflected singing and guitar work as well as her preternaturally sophisticated lyricism, but her […]
I think we all secretly hoped he’d reconsider, but Robert Earl Keen really did say farewell to the road forever last weekend after a final show at Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, Texas. As he announced back in January, […]
After a few days of teasing via his mostly dormant Instagram account, Tyler Childers released a new song this morning, “Angel Band” — with two takes available on streaming services, “Jubilee Version” and “Hallelujah Version.” As the titles might […]
The music industry is grueling, no question about it. While a typical music festival might focus on good times or discussions about the State of the Industry, the inaugural Park City Song Summit, taking place this week in Utah, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jake Blount is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for September 2022. Look for more on Blount and his new album, The New Faith, out Sept. 23 on Smithsonian Folkways, all month long. Folk music is ripe for […]
The Nelsonville Music Festival has had a lot to deal with the past couple of years. First, like everybody else, it put up a temporarily closed sign due to COVID. Second, just as the epidemic was subsiding (somewhat), the […]
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