When I featured three smaller campaigns in last month’s column, I hadn’t intended to counterpoint it this month with three higher-profile (and higher-dollar) campaigns. It just happened that three artists who are well-known in the roots music scene, especially […]
It’s mini-review time again. This week the column looks at four new roots music releases, three that arrive in August (Beth Bombara, Maia Sharp, and Nellie McKay) and one that has been criminally overlooked: Abe Partridge. As always, these […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Peter Blackstock and Grant Alden launched No Depression as a print magazine covering alt-country (whatever that is) in 1995, steering it through 75 issues until 2008. While they’re no longer part of the staff, they’re still very […]
Much is being made of the resurrection of the 1988 Tracy Chapman classic “Fast Car,” now topping country charts and the Billboard Hot 100 in a rendition (bland, but fine?) by Luke Combs. In this, the year 2023, she’s […]
Please welcome the Mayor of the Press Box, Mr. Jason Carter! This standout session marks one of Carter’s many visits to the No Depression Sessions in the ol’ pigeon coop press box atop the grandstands at DelFest (he was also here with […]
If you’ve ever released your own music, or gotten hooked on a new artist whose music you adore, you know the importance of music photography. It’s an artist’s first impression, their statement of self, the vessel creating the art. It’s […]
A new album in the here and now will pay tribute to the songs of Leon Russell, known as “The Master of Space and Time.” As befits the songwriter who transcended genre and largely defied description and most everything […]
New roots music albums have been coming at us full blast this year — who could ever keep up? (Us! We can!) As we pass the midpoint of the year, we wanted to take a breath and pause to […]
This week the column features two music festivals in Oregon that offer distinctly different takes on roots music: The Jackalope Jamboree in Pendleton, this year held June 22-24, concentrates on honky-tonk and country with a welcoming small-town feel, and […]
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy this No Depression Session at DelFest with some of our absolute favorite musicians and people, AJ Lee & Blue Summit! It is always a pleasure to cross paths with this merry band of pirates, […]
