Don’t call it a comeback, but in a way, it is one. Not to the music business, though. Shelby Lynne never left it. She’s been plugging away as a journeywoman singer and songwriter for decades. But about two years […]
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I always learn something new when I watch the Olympics. For five minutes, perhaps, I become a little bit of an expert on shot put, and suddenly I know the names of swimmers from countries I’ve never visited. But […]
Like most humans do at some point, Alison Brown got to thinking recently about her younger self. She was poring through the original tapes of her landmark 1990 album Simple Pleasures in preparation for a reissue, and she wondered […]
The 65th edition of the Newport Folk Festival was a humdinger. This year’s installment of the venerable fest that keeps renewing itself year after year featured poetry reading, impromptu dancing by fest grande dame Joan Baez and Rhiannon Giddens, […]
Billy Strings is clearly in the fast lane when it comes to releasing new music this year. At midnight he announced a new album, Highway Prayers, via social media. Coming Sept. 27, the album appears to have a car […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Wild Ponies are No Depression’s Spotlight band for August 2024. Look for more about them and their new album, Dreamers (out Aug. 23 on No Evil Records), all month long. Love has a way of expanding […]
Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol is lined with bronze and marble likenesses of founding fathers, renowned orators, war heroes, and do-gooders, two from each state. But soon the first musician will join its ranks, and it’s a good […]
Inspiring soul and gospel singer, civil rights activist, Bob Dylan’s crush: Mavis Staples can now add children’s book author to her resume. Partnering with award-winning children’s book author Carolyn Boston Weatherford (Unspeakable; Moses) and illustrator Steffi Walthall (Ain’t Gonna Let […]
Live records can be hit-or-miss. Luckily for roots music fans, July 2024 brought us not one, but two outstanding releases capturing live music on tape. Bluegrass phenom Billy Strings kicks off the month’s playlist with his light-speed flat-picking guitar […]
symbiont, the new collaborative album from Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin, isn’t going to sound like anything you’ve heard before. The album, coming Sept. 27 on Smithsonian Folkways, contends with the past, present, and future through the lens of […]
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