When I think of the Newport Folk Festival, I am reminded of the song “Carry It On.” First recorded by The Broadside Singers in 1964, and then by many others, it was originally an anthem for the civil rights […]
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Singer-songwriter and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie announced Thursday evening that she is retiring from live performances due to physical challenges. “I have made the difficult decision to pull out of all scheduled performances in the foreseeable future,” Sainte-Marie said in […]
It only takes a few seconds of Joshua Ray Walker’s What Is It Even? to realize this is a bold project. The 11-song tribute to female singers and songwriters starts with an unaccompanied piercing country wail: “I’m cryin’ …” […]
Everyone and everything seems to move slower during these sweltering summer days. And while July saw fewer releases than the jam-packed, longest-playlist-yet June, last month also featured a number of slower, acoustic songs too. Of course, that wasn’t always […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Raye Zaragoza is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for August 2023. Learn more about her and her new album, Hold That Spirit (out Aug. 11 on Rebel River Records), all month long. “We have to always be […]
Having the blues is a universal situation. But expressing it seems to require a regional hub. Although it didn’t originate there, Chicago was the place to be for serious blues practitioners in the early 1950s. The music came from […]
Wilco has announced a new addition to its family of groundbreaking albums. Cousin, produced by Welsh singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Cate Le Bon, arrives Sept. 29 on the band’s dBpm Records. “I’m cousin to the world,” Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy […]
This week the the column travels to Colorado and features two lesser known, small town bluegrass festivals: High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival in Westcliffe (July 6-9) and SnowyGrass Music Festival in Estes Park (July 14-16), the gateway to […]
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