The release day for Scottish-American singer-songwriter Lorkin O’Reilly’s debut LP Heaven Depends came and went without much fanfare. It’s not a bombastic record, by any means, but rather one of soft folk music made with a quite pride. It might […]
NOTE: This post was originally published on July 30, 2018, in conjunction with the (Im)migration theme of our Summer 2018 journal, available here. Lindi Ortega always tries to learn a few phrases in the local language wherever she tours. For […]
Last month we polled our staffers and regular album reviewers on their favorite records of the year so far. It’s never an easy question, and always a subjective one. Among our voters, only 10 records received multiple votes with the […]
Kendl Winter has one of the most distinctive voices in roots music today. It’s a gift of a tool that carries head voice melodies like wind rushing through dry leaves — one that cracks and erodes in moments both planned […]
The Summer issue of No Depression is now available! Take a gander through the updated webstore and grab a copy. Or better yet, subscribe now to receive a full year of ad-free, long-form goodness on your doorstep every quarter. The […]
Husband-and-wife duo Over the Rhine has had a decades-long career, and last month they pressed a vinyl reissue of their 2003 double album, Ohio, to rave reviews. It all began in the late 1980s when they moved to the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood […]
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its release, Craft Recordings has reissued legendary Chicago blues artist Buddy Guy’s debut solo album, A Man & The Blues. Originally released in 1968 via Vanguard Records, the reissue features recordings cut from the […]
Yesterday afternoon a gunman shot up a newspaper staff in Annapolis, Maryland. The victims, all media members committed to a free press, are below. Gerald Fischman, 61, editorial page editor Rob Hiaasen, 59, features columnist and editor John McNamara, 56, […]
Petal’s sophomore LP Magic Gone sounds like what being an introvert feels like: A crusty exterior is armor for protecting an overly sensitive heart. Standoffishness is a front for anxiety over social interaction. Intensity is both a constant and a […]
Cloud Corner continues to showcase Marisa Anderson’s playing as among the most innovating and engaging in the roots community today. The Portland-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist plays a number of stringed instruments, namely guitar, lap steel, slide guitar, which channel the likes of […]
