Back with a new lineup led by founding member David Sickmen, The Hackensaw Boys return with five-song EP A Fireproof House of Sunshine. This roots band of four offers songs that sizzle and warm the soul from the opening riffs. […]
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On its Rounder Records debut, Dervish takes the listener on a journey to the heart of Irish music. From Dublin to Galway and Belfast to Cork — with all the meandering rural roads in between — Dervish (who hail from […]
If you don’t know Becky Warren yet (as this critic admits was the case before these songs landed in my inbox), you soon will. Just one listen to the sophomore disc from the Nashville-based songwriter will leave you wondering where […]
There are some singers that take you to another plane and make you forget whatever was on your mind before you got lost in their songs. And there are some artists that can capture through their compositions a sense of […]
North Carolina-based singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe returns with his third disc in the same number of years. These 13 cuts cut deep. They cast light on darkness and paint pictures of the downtrodden — bringing their stories out from the shadows […]
“Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s opening sentence of The Social Contract summarizes his basic belief that humans are innately good; it’s society and our external environment that change us. While written nearly 250 years ago, […]
No Depression writer David McPherson (in vintage ND T-shirt) meets Kinky Friedman at Hugh’s Room in Toronto “a number of years back.”
In the immortal words of Hunter S. Thompson, get set for some “bad craziness.” These songs from the Kinkster have been brewing and stewing in this Texan’s kooky brain for 40-odd years. Since his last record of original material, Friedman […]
These modern-day Americana folksters, who echo early Simon & Garfunkel and CSN, are singer-songwriters: Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale. The duo is back with a beautiful, sonically profound document of a dozen songs that are marked by lush arrangements and […]
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 […]
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