The roots of this album stretch back even further than Uncle Tupelo’s 1993 swan song Anodyne, which featured a glorious cover of Doug Sahm’s “Give Back the Key to My Heart” that helped introduce Sahm to legions of younger fans. […]
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Ten albums into their 27-year career, Son Volt seem to know exactly who they are. While some bands may dive into experimental sounds or new recording processes over time, the Jay Farrar-fronted alt-country legends have always stayed true to their […]
For as long as there is political unrest, there will be artistic responses to it. And the countless responses from songwriters since the start of the Trump administration has created a particularly rich and deep well of art that empowers […]
Cosmic American Music is hard to define, and often easier to define by what it’s not. Michael Grimshaw in his essay “Redneck Religion and Shitkickin’ Saviours? Gram Parsons, Theology and Country Music” writes: “Parsons’ mission was the creation of a new way forward, […]
In 1995, No Depression printed its first issue with a story by co-founding editor Peter Blackstock leading the way. Titled “Dim Lights, Small Cities,” the article examined the debut album, Trace, from Son Volt – the band formed by Jay […]
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 […]
Jay Farrar has a voice you just know. There is a familiar sadness that inhabits it, but doesn’t weigh it down. It just lives inside it, like a breathing organism, and when you hear him sing, you want to live […]
Certainly No Depression (1990) has its stellar moments, including the title song / Carter Family classic, as does the band’s final release, Anodyne (1993), which captures Uncle Tupelo’s cumulative growth musically and as songwriters. Following the breakup of UT, however, […]
Jay Farrar is what you might call the archetypal journeyman. At age 50, he remains an architect of modern Americana as he continues to fuse the disparate genres of rock, roots, folk, blues and country into his musical amalgam. As a […]
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 […]
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