After a long hiatus, The Jayhawks made a welcome resurgence nearly five years ago, yet they are still finding new ways to reintroduce themselves to us. Despite going through many lineups over more than 30 years, they have remained such […]
After a long hiatus, The Jayhawks made a welcome resurgence nearly five years ago, yet they are still finding new ways to reintroduce themselves to us. Despite going through many lineups over more than 30 years, they have remained such […]
As part of our brand-new Spotlight feature, we asked the Jayhawks, July’s Spotlight band, to make us a video. Nothing fancy, we said, just something that shows the band in daily life. They came back with this rehearsal of the […]
Editor’s note: When we named them our July Spotlight artist, we asked the Jayhawks to write a few words giving some insight into the band and its music. John Jackson, the band’s newest member, who plays mandolin, fiddle and guitars […]
This week we’ve got a stack of new releases from some longtime alt-country heroes — including the Jayhawks, Rodney Crowell, and Cowboy Junkies. The Jayhawks — our Spotlight artist for July — have recorded for their own a batch of […]
It’s just perfect that the Jayhawks’ new album is called Back Roads and Abandoned Motels. As we travel back roads, we encounter not only the unadorned beauty of untouched scenes — which can lull us into peaceful exclamations about the […]
This month we’re launching a new feature at No Depression— Spotlight — to help you get to know some of the best bands in roots music, and we couldn’t be more excited to get started by getting to know the […]
The Jayhawks have been on my wish list of groups to see live for a long time, so when I saw they were playing a show down in Salina, KS I knew we’d be making the trip. It’s an easy […]
Although I don’t know John Platt, I came across his name while reading up on a new artist I like, Bill Scorzari, and there was a quote from him. The shared interest in an artist was good enough for me […]
The first of two nights in London, this was a keenly awaited pleasure for what looked, and soon sounded, like an audience of long-standing fans. It’s been five years since the Jayhawks played here and longer still, before that. Last […]
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