Just for a moment, let me indulge in that most obnoxious of fan brags, the dreaded “I saw them before they got big.” It was MerleFest, a million years ago (early aughts, to be slightly more precise), and I was making […]
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About a week after last November’s presidential election, I started getting emails from writers who were working on stories for this issue, asking for extensions. Though a couple of them had to do with the typical things — tracking down […]
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt—The Complete Trio Collection: the title isn’t quite accurate, as the Wikipedia article on this round-up points out: several more tracks from the original Trio and Trio II’s respective 80s and 90s sessions turned up […]
The big to-do in our little corner of the music world this week was Folk Alliance International’s annual get together, which brought folk musicians, fans, and industry-types together in Kansas City. The official theme was “Forbidden Folk: Celebrating Activism in […]
Bluegrass emerged out of a bubbling world of country music that was changing from a simply regional music in the 1920s into what became known as Country & Western and was sold to the world as appealing to a strong, but […]
It’s been kind of … newsy … this week, y’all. We’re thankful for music to soothe troubled hearts and to help speak our minds when sometimes it’s hard to find words. (Check here for a roundup of reactions to President […]
What a week for surprises! The Grammy nominations held a few, of course. We learned that, despite the fact Loretta Lynn toured with Willie Nelson a ton, she only recently tried weed. And we got some new music news from Hurray […]
A friend’s dad dies in his seventies. Another friend succumbs to cancer at the age of 37. Trump wins. Leonard Cohen passes away. The University of Washington Huskies lose their first game of the football season. I had jury duty […]
Today, I’m excited to announce some new developments here at No Depression. First, we’ve hired Cameron Matthews as editor of nodepression.com. You may know Cameron from his work at the Bluegrass Situation, where he helped to build a vibrant, far-reaching audience for what […]
I’ve always wanted to see Dolly Parton live, and I finally got the chance last Sunday at the Hollywood (DOLLYwood!) Bowl. I took my friend Lacey as her birthday present, knowing how much she also loved Miss Parton, but not […]
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