Last year at the Americana Music Conference in Nashville, I started talking to a guy about the nice Western shirt he was wearing and about how much I love Western shirts too. He told me his story about moving to the States […]
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Hiding out in the upper right corner of the states, in Rhode Island, we have “Boudin” Dan Ferguson, whose philosophy and “work” ethic I greatly appreciate. Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in radio? What other stations have you […]
Both John Moreland’s High on Tulsa Heat and Jason Isbell’s Something More Than Free featured highly among many Americana 2015 album of the year lists, and in my opinion, deservedly so. That made a Moreland opening an Isbell show a […]
London roots music fans could be forgiven for cursing the calendar gods last night; this early in the year, who would have foreseen simultaneous visits to this shore from Lucinda Williams, The Milk Carton Kids and Jason Isbell, not forgetting Isbell’s […]
First gig of the year for me; one I’d been looking forward to very much, especially as it was to be my first time seeing John Moreland play live. He opened the night with a 45 minute set (previous opening […]
By now you have read — or should have read — Kim’s piece on the Readers Poll, complete with its Top 50. If you followed the voting, Isbell’s Something More Than Free was first out of the gate and led wire to […]
Here we are at the end of another year, and it was quite a year in roots music. Here at No Depression, we returned to the printed page with the first of many magazines to come. (I’m currently in the baby stages […]
Apologies for my hiatus — I needed to turn into an elf for Santa for a couple of weeks. That and my physical exhaustion after teaching for most of a semester (my annual facial tick is gradually dying) made writing […]
John Moreland, High On Tulsa Heat This guy. He just gets me. Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material I just love her. All the glitter and twang. Chris Stapleton, Traveller Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free It makes my heart happy to […]
For me, the year in music was defined by the veterans doing what they do best, and the youngsters running the gamut from homage to innovation. If there’s a common thread running through my year end list, it’s a sense […]
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