Growth is difficult. Personal growth for sure, but finding new ways to grow creatively can also be a real mother. Harrisonburg, Virginia’s The Steel Wheels have been recording for just about 15 years now. At the core of the band’s […]
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In the Fall-Winter 2018 No Depression print journal, there was a fantastic article on cowpunk, the musical subgenre that merges the sonic and visual aesthetics of punk and country-blues. Author Chris Parker does a fantastic job tracing the history of […]
Evidently, Minnesota-native turned Nashville resident Austin Plaine and I listened to a lot of the same music growing up, listed here in no particular order: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Conor Oberst, Ryan Adams. I can’t write a song, much less […]
Back in 1974, Jagger sang “It’s only rock ‘n’ roll.” That’s all well and good, and usually that sentiment’s the proper one. But sometimes, it’s not only rock ‘n’ roll. Just ask Reese McHenry. About a decade ago, the then […]
Durand Jones and the Indications is an intriguing band. The name’s a bit misleading, but not in a bad way. It conjures up images of classic soul groups — James Brown and the Fantastic Flames, Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, […]
It feels like Ryan Bingham is a touch underappreciated. Yes, that’s kind of a crazy thing to say about someone who’s won a Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award for one of his songs (“The Weary Kind,” in the motion […]
Mavis Staples takes the live album seriously. In a nearly 70-year recording career, she’s only released a few, and each one has meaning to it. Freedom Highway, the 1965 Staple Singers live release, is a vital documentation of the civil […]
Until recently,the only thing I knew about Trapper Schoepp came from a Rolling Stone article. The piece was about how he concocted a chorus and added a melody to an unfinished 1961 Bob Dylan track called “On, Wisconsin” for his […]
Greensky Bluegrass treads on such a weird musical terrain. The quintet’s roster reads pretty close to that of a traditional bluegrass outfit, featuring dobro player, mandolinist, banjo player, guitarist, and an upright bassist. While their 2004 debut, Less than Supper, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Before the flood of new releases begins in 2019, we’re looking back at some releases from last year that we didn’t get a chance to write up when they were released. Roger Daltrey’s As Long As I Have You was released […]
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