On the whole, the best music this year told the raw truth — whether it was Hayes Carll’s paean to love and loss or Robbie Fulks’ exploration of his Carolina and Virginia roots. Shovels & Rope turned toward autobiography with […]
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Many of the usual suspects will notice a different annual “Best of” column to close out 2016. Over the last few years, I’ve only been purchasing vinyl records. There is a special kind of comfort when visiting local independent stores […]
Following is an excerpt of an article published in Bluegrass Beyond, the Winter 2016 issue of No Depression in print. To read the full article and all the other contents of the issue, purchase your copy or subscribe today. By the […]
In the 1970s during the punk versus disco wars, there was also a revolution going on. Even though it was somewhat of an underground one and garnered not much attention outside certain circles, it nonetheless moved a mountain. The mountain […]
There’s something slightly unnerving about Sarah Jarosz, something a little spooky. I think I thought that her last album, Build Me Up From Bones, suffered from it; not because I object to spooky, but because I felt that ultimately the songs […]
I’ve known Brad Hunt for many years and he always seems happy and usually has an amusing story to share. I always remember and love that he accepted an Americana Music Award for Sonny Landreth, walking to the podium in […]
A quiet midweek evening on the west bank of The Flats in downtown Cleveland was the destination location for Sarah Jarosz. Touring behind last month’s release of Undercurrent, the twenty-five year old native of Austin, Texas was originally signed out […]
Last week I spent a road trip consisting of six hours in a car, each way, with the latest effort from multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz. I then got home and proceeded to continue listening to this record over and over again. […]
As usual, there always seems to be exciting releases on the horizon. While I cannot cover everything, here is my fourth edition of some outstanding new roots muisc releases heading our way in the next few weeks. Accompanied, of course, by ND’s […]
SXSW — the annual set of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that were held this March 11-20 in Austin, Texas — began in 1987 and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. It is the largest music festival of its […]
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