The best day of the year for every physical format music lover is almost upon us: The 11th annual Record Store Day takes place on April 13, 2019. Although the international holiday continues to grow in size each year, demanding […]
The best day of the year for every physical format music lover is almost upon us: The 11th annual Record Store Day takes place on April 13, 2019. Although the international holiday continues to grow in size each year, demanding […]
Lady Lamb, formerly known as Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, is the stage name for Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Aly Spaltro. Over the course of her seven-year musical career, she’s explored a range of styles from the seven-minute epics of her debut Ripley […]
The person who performs under the name Orville Peck makes a fascinating case study for the state of roots music right now. He’s often called a “queer cowboy” or, by his own designation, a “psychedelic outlaw cowboy.” Others simply call […]
Beginning with the Spring 2018 issue on Appalachia, Nashville-based band Wild Ponies has invited No Depression to be a regular guest on their weekly radio show Whiskey Wednesday. The hour-long show, which airs Wednesdays at noon and 9 p.m. CST […]
Not many folk bands in 2019 can say they’ve been together for 30 years. Even fewer can pride themselves on maintaining an independent career after this kind of music has waxed and waned in mainstream popularity. But on their 15th […]
Today, the FreshGrass Foundation announces the addition of Folk Alley to its community of roots music organizations. The Foundation, which began in 2017, aims to preserve, support, and create innovative grassroots music, and achieves this mission by producing the annual […]
Within a span of 24 hours this past December, I hung out with Paul McCartney on Wednesday night and John Lennon on Thursday afternoon. Of course, Macca and I were joined by about 11,000 other people at Liverpool’s Echo Arena […]
Camila Cabello may have opened the 2019 Grammy Awards with her song called “Havana,” but the theatrical performance featuring rapper Young Thug, singers J Balvin and Ricky Martin, and trumpet player Arturo Sandoval barely scratched the surface of the scope […]
When Upstate played the No Depression stage at the FreshGrass Festival last year, their instrumentation included three vocalists (who occasional played an acoustic guitar), double bass, mandolin, and cajón. It was a surprising and engaging set, one that managed to […]
Today’s an exciting day for No Depression! It’s been a long time coming, and after months of hard work and collaboration, we’re proud to announce the dawn of a new NoDepression.com. This massive website redesign includes some pretty drastic changes, […]