John Gallagher Jr. lays prostrate on stage. He’s wearing a dirtied face mask over a scraggly beard he’s been growing out since August and is on a makeshift hospital bed beneath the cover of tattered blankets. Gallagher has been […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: As the end of the year approaches, we’re taking a look back at albums we weren’t able to review when they first came out. Big Picture was released in April. Lately it seems like there are more and more singer-songwriters […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our Winter 2023 quarterly journal, featuring the best and most timely stories in roots music today. Buy the Winter 2023 issue in print or digitally here. Better yet, start a subscription with this […]
The holiday season is officially here, which means the music industry tends to slow down drastically. No Depression has already compiled our annual Holiday Music That Doesn’t Suck playlist, but there’s still plenty of music from November and December […]
This spooky season is all treats, notably, nearly 60 of the best roots music songs from October. The playlist spans the breadth of genres, including some stomping bluegrass numbers from The Brothers Comatose and Sierra Ferrell, the return of […]
Like the fall weather finally hitting much of the country these days, the pace of September’s Best of the Month playlist takes its sweet time. However, the sheer quantity of music released last month was among the most we’ve […]
The 34th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards took place in Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday night to much fanfare and naturally, a few banjo jokes. No Depression‘s Assistant Editor, Stacy Chandler, worked behind the scenes to write the script for […]
Umbrellas were the accessory of choice last weekend at the FreshGrass Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts. But despite the rain — primarily on Saturday and Sunday — the annual three-day roots music festival in the Berkshires carried on to […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our current quarterly journal. Buy the Fall 2023 issue in print or digitally here. Better yet, start a subscription with this issue and help support No Depression’s music journalism in print and online […]
Like The Last Waltz, Low Cut Connie’s new record ART DEALERS is a collection that is “meant to be played loud.” The South Philadelphia-based band makes bawdy piano rock and roll — the kind of music that fuels frontman, bandleader, […]
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