Forget everything you think you know about Bela Fleck for a moment. This week, the banjo master releases his latest album, Juno Concerto, a symphonic composition that’s often chaotic, sometimes esoteric, but overall innovative for its use of the ole’ five-string in conjunction […]
Austin’s Wiretree would fit perfectly within the early 2000s indie rock scene. The band’s got a knack for interesting, yet taut melodies that take cues from great songsmiths such as the Shins and Fleet Foxes. The group’s newest track, “Let Me […]
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 […]
It’s a big week for reviews here at No Depression. Union Station’s most famous conductor, Alison Krauss, has released Windy City, her first solo album in 17 years (how ’bout that?!). Ryan Adams returns with quite the divorce record, Prisoner, […]
Oh, goodness. The 2017 Grammy Awards have arrived. For many in the No Depression audience, the Grammys have not mattered a ton for the past several… decades? But in an interesting turn of events, Americana and American roots music have […]
On the jukebox this week is a bit a blues, some protest music, and two records that sound like babbling brooks, shaking leaves, and everything that can be considered “pastoral.” As Wordsworth once said, “These fields were burthen’d when they […]
Music is a hard business. Operators within that realm often become disillusioned and jaded after years of setbacks and touring. But Lowland Hum seem to have found a happy valley between art and commerce, a place where they can continue […]
Kick the dust off your dad’s old cans from the ’70s and rev through four new records that’ll have your ear transmission shifting to accommodate. Swedish indie-popper Jens Lekman leads the charge with uncanny steel drums and a sunny disposition […]
It’s been raining for a week here in New York City, which has me cooped up inside listening to records (naturally). Our staff reviewers have been hard at work, bringing you concise analyses of some great new albums, like Whitney […]
Giving Live at the Barn a spin transports me right away to upstate New York — wide streets with colorful brownstones, barber’s poles perched on corners, weekend parades through town, fireworks, and happy farmlands sprawled out across the horizon. Close your eyes and you’re spending […]
