
No Depression Sessions at AmericanaFest: Darlingside
Three of the four core members of Massachusetts band Darlingside joined us at Jaan’s House in Nashville for a No Depression Session during AmericanaFest 2023 to share music from their latest album, Everything Is Alive (ND review).
Darlingside's fourth core member, Dave Senft, still actively contributes to

SPOTLIGHT: Lizzie No on Climbing Personal and Musical Mountains
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lizzie No is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for January 2024. Read more about her and her new album, Halfsies, in this interview, and watch a video of No performing her song “Getaway Car” here.
I listened to “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” for the first

THROUGH THE LENS: Florida’s 30A Songwriters Festival Cured the Winter Blahs
While much of the country was receiving large amounts of snow and/or experiencing temperatures in the single digits, the 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, was celebrating its 15th year Jan. 12-15 in sunny, spring-like weather. This was much to the delight of ND photographer Justin St.

Charley Crockett Announces New Album, ‘$10 Cowboy,’ Informed by the View From the Road
You see a lot of things and meet a lot of people as you’re traversing the country as a touring artist, and Charley Crockett has channeled his recent observations into songs for a new album, $10 Cowboy.
Crockett wrote the songs for $10 Cowboy, which comes out April 26

FRESH TRACK: Chris O'Leary – 'Lost My Mind'
Chris O’Leary is one of the blues’ most talented unsung heroes, a deeply soulful vocalist, powerhouse harmonica player, and gifted songwriter. A seven-year U.S. Marine combat veteran and single father of two, Chris was lead singer in the legendary Levon Helm’s band, The Barn Burners, for six

BONUS TRACKS: Why Pitchfork (and Other Music Media) Matters
It was stunning this week to hear that multimedia corporation Condé Nast is “evolving our Pitchfork team structure by bringing the team into the GQ organization,” whatever the hell that means. Some talented music journalists, including editor-in-chief Puja Patel, lost their jobs, and the optics of the company’s music