Sturgill Simpson graced the set of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend with two high energy performances. The outlaw country singer and his brass-heavy band played “Keep it Between the Lines” and “Call to Arms,” both cuts from his latest Grammy-nominated […]
Noam Pikelny, banjoist extraordinaire and Punch Brothers mainstay, will release a new solo record on March 3 via Rounder. Universal Favorite will not feature a full band like the five-string picker’s previous albums. Instead, Noam will play banjo all by himself (how lonesome) […]
Since the clock struck midnight on January 1, I promised myself to get deeper into the history of American string music. Despite spending the last few years wading my way through the fertile swamps of newgrass, bluegrass, and Americana, I […]
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 […]
Making music is a year-round activity – all of the behind-the-scenes magic that goes into recording, promoting, and touring an album culminate in a single release date that could make or break an artist. Right place, right time is a […]
How many sad country songs have been written on the back of a bar napkin? You can see it now: a lyricist propped up on a stool, steeping over cheap bourbon, reeking of promise and failure, scribbling a few lines […]
My first dirtbox pedal was given to me as a gift by St. Louis’s one and only mastering engineer, Brad Sarno. He gave it up without hesitation when I said that I liked how well it warmed my Marshall tube […]
Nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards have arrived with surprises in tow. Country troubadour and Waylon Jennings reincarnation, Sturgill Simpson, has nabbed a nom for Album of the Year alongside Drake, Justin Bieber, Beyonce, and Adele. I’m sure he’ll enjoy said company […]
Hello and welcome to No Depression’s 2016 Year-End Readers Poll. [Applause]. While it was a lighter year, releases from the likes of Wilco, Vince Gill, Avett Brothers, Sarah Jarosz, and Sturgill Simpson certainly filled your playlists throughout 2016. This time […]
A friend of mine thought he was Norwegian for the longest time. His family had a rough sketch of a tree, a list tracing modern branches back to their Viking roots in Scandinavia. After a trip to a few archives […]
