What is Ameripolitan? The Ameripolitan Awards Weekender website‘s list of nominees for the 2023 honors ends with a note defining the term as “a word that represents the different heritage of roots music that inform the artists that you […]
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NOTE: Last weekend, two weeks after this session taping, Early James’ tour van was stolen in Los Angeles with all of his band’s equipment inside. Please consider visiting his GoFundMe page to help get them back on the road. […]
A while back I attended a Todd Snider and Chicago Farmer concert, and during one of Snider’s famous “as much as 16 minutes between the songs” monologues, he noted that the music he and Chicago Farmer make is now […]
The fourth offering from our No Depression Sessions at Rootsy Winter Fest features The Mukherjee Development, led by Silicon Valley-bred and Copenhagen-based frontman Oscar Mukherjee. The studio version of this session’s first song, “From A to B,” was recorded only a […]
If you like to start off the Super Bowl with a good cry (and who doesn’t?), Chris Stapleton’s soulful, stripped-down rendition of the National Anthem delivered. It elicited tears from Eagles coach Nick Sirianni as well as lineman Jason […]
The roots music world is marking what would have been guitar hero Doc Watson’s 100th birthday this year with a tribute album filled with loving renditions of some of his best known songs. I Am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson […]
While Ben Folds has been busy with a wide array of musical projects in the past decade or so, it’s been a while since we’ve heard him tap back into his singer-songwriter side — but that wait is about […]
If you want to know what musicians talk about at parties, it’s not usually their favorite lyrics or chord progressions (although sometimes that does happen). It’s not usually about favorite venues or guitar pedals (OK, that does happen a […]
Welcome to the third installment of our No Depression Sessions at Rootsy Winter Fest, featuring Falkenberg, Sweden-bred folk duo Lily Arbor. Felicia Darhult Störby and Lovisa Nilsson have been buds since high school, and the longevity of the relationship […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece was the Screen Door — the final page — of the Winter 2022 issue of No Depression‘s quarterly journal. Margo Price served as the inaugural guest editor, writing this essay and helping conceptualize another feature story in the […]
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