After 30 years, Old 97’s came in more unprepared than ever. On their 13th album, American Primitive, the Dallas-born band holed up with producer Tucker Martine to celebrate three decades as a musical brotherhood with zero pre-production for the first […]
They have done it again. Not surprising really.The masters of the meld of cow punk power and anthemic twang return and delight us yet another time. For over twenty years and through ten studio albums, Dallas alt-country dynamo outfit Old 97’s have […]
This week we’re diving into a few old faithful bands (at least to No Depression‘s audience), their latest records, and what (if any) new tricks these alt-country dogs have learned from years and years on the road and in our […]
The extended solo sojourns of main man Rhett Miller notwithstanding, Old 97’s still manage to pack plenty of visceral energy into each of their ongoing endeavors. That said, they’ve clearly outdone themselves with Graveyard Whistling, a raucous, revved up slab […]
A grammatically challenged hacker gave us a jolt earlier this week with an attack on our site, but we were able to recover with a little help from our friends, and of course some good music and terrible banjo jokes […]
The Sumter Amphitheater in Papillion, Nebraska is a jewel of a venue. There are two hundred built-in seats and a large grassy hillside where you can lay down a blanket or bring a lawn chair. We had been to a […]
Here’s a Radio Friendly first: two brothers who share a radio show, “Tangled Roots” on WHUS, and we get answers from both of them. Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in radio and what other stations have you worked at […]
The song “No Depression in Heaven” was originally recorded by the Carter Family in 1936 during the Great Depression. Depending on where you look, it’s either attributed to A.P. Carter or James David Vaughan. Regardless, the song has been recorded […]
The Old 97s performing at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Georgia.
