EDITOR’S NOTE: In anticipation of DelFest 2024 this weekend, we’re sharing some never-before-published ND Sessions from last year’s fest. Watch road-warrior duo Handmade Moments deliver the goods during their No Depression Session in the steamy press box atop […]
It’s no easy feat to be a band for 30 years. Longevity in the music industry requires a fickle combination of skill, adaptability, dedication, and luck. Guster, it seems, has found it all. As the legend goes, Guster formed […]
A few months ago, I wrote about how important vinyl is to the crowdfunding business. One of this month’s featured artists inspired me to write about it again. This artist, having reached their initial crowdfunding goal, set a stretch […]
Watch founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Willie Watson perform three songs from his forthcoming self-titled album in his No Depression Session at Folk Alliance International 2024. Joining Watson are longtime friend and collaborator Ben […]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about music as a uniting force and a universal language. Here at No Depression, we’ve recently published stories about music crossing national and cultural borders, as with the American Patchwork Quartet; music crossing […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kaia Kater is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May. Learn more about her and her new album, Strange Medicine (out May 17 on Free Dirt Records), in our interview, and look for more all month long. […]
California bluegrass band AJ Lee & Blue Summit stopped by the AEA Ribbon Mics suite at Folk Alliance International 2024 in Kansas City for a positively devastating No Depression Session featuring two songs from their forthcoming album, City of […]
There’s no shortage of sadness in bluegrass. It’s right there in the mournful fiddles, in the broken-hearted lyrics; it’s baked into the high lonesome sound itself. But often the cause of that constant sorrow is external: Usually, someone left […]
The mission statement of the Folk Alliance International organization is to “connect folk music leaders aiming to sustain the community and genre worldwide,” and we took full advantage of those connections in this one-of-a-kind No Depression Session. Please enjoy […]
The Stagecoach Festival bills itself as “California’s Country Music Festival,” but features acts from far beyond the Golden State’s borders. Held April 26-28 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Stagecoach covered a lot of ground in its lineup, […]
