Since 2008, Cayamo, the annual cruise billing itself as “A Journey Through Song,” has gained a well-deserved reputation for bringing together a rather eclectic group of roots musicians for a weeklong sail through the Caribbean. This year’s edition embarked […]
Hellsingland Underground founder and vocalist Charlie Granberg comes from the northern Sweden county of Hälsingland. Charlie and the gang made the 900 km drive down to Falkenberg to close out the Rootsy Winter Fest festivities on Saturday night, dropping by the […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mark Erelli is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for February 2023. Learn more about him and his new album, Lay Your Darkness Down, in our interview, and watch a performance of “Sense of Wonder” exclusively for ND readers […]
There’s something about The Milk Carton Kids’ music that shoots straight at the heart, cutting through the noise with a simple beauty that makes clear what really matters. The Grammy-nominated duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan announced a […]
As part of its live programming marking Black History Month, the Grand Ole Opry aired video last weekend of an apology it formally issued last August to harmonica player and early Opry performer DeFord Bailey for dismissing him in […]
Our Sunday morning at Rootsy Winter Fest started slow and easy over a shared breakfast with No Depression‘s October 2022 Spotlight artist Caleb Caudle and his lovely wife. We talked shop a bit, but mostly just hung out and got to know each […]
Toward the end of James Baldwin’s story “Sonny’s Blues,” the narrator, Sonny’s brother, visits the jazz club where Sonny is playing. Through much of the story, the narrator struggles with his brother Sonny’s deep passion for jazz and has difficulty […]
Featuring the entire Stax Records roster of soul, blues, and gospel artists, the Wattstax concert on Aug. 20, 1972, was no mere label showcase. Organized in commemoration of the 1965 riots in Watts, California, instigated by police brutality and […]
After teasing new music this year in a slickly produced, nearly two-minute-long video narrated by ESPN’s Wright Thompson yesterday, the announcement officially came today: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit returns on June 9 with a new record called […]
When a keen-eyed songwriter like Iris DeMent looks out upon this modern world, it’s hard to see past all the ugliness. But even in so harsh a landscape, DeMent can spot hope on the horizon. That hope is what […]
