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. I Just Want to Be a Good Man was released in April via Luaka […]
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It’s been six years since Toad the Wet Sprocket frontman Glen Phillips released a solo album. That was Swallowed by the New, a rumination on the loss he felt in the aftermath of his divorce. Since then, the world surrounding […]
It’s kind of crazy that despite recording several singles for Daptone Records and joining Sharon Jones on a couple of her songs, legendary soul man Lee Fields has never recorded a full-length release for the imprint. That changes now with […]
Tyler Childers is rapidly developing into an artist that seeks to surprise and challenge listeners. His last album, the unexpected 2020 release Long Violent History, was protest-music-by-fiddle, an unexpected dive into the history of rural racism and missive on the […]
It’s kind of funny, but arguably no current act has done more to preserve and advance the legacy of Woody Guthrie as Celtic punk legends Dropkick Murphys. Bandleader Ken Casey is a devout student of Guthrie’s life and music, with […]
If you’re a fan of lean, throwback electric blues and you aren’t listening to GA-20, you’re missing out. Last year, the Boston-based two guitar-and-drums three-piece released its second album, Try It … You Might Like It!, a fantastic tribute to […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jake Blount is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for September 2022. Look for more on Blount and his new album, The New Faith, out Sept. 23 on Smithsonian Folkways, all month long. Folk music is ripe for […]
Last year, Daptone Records celebrated its 20th anniversary. But while taking a victory lap on its past, the label was looking ahead to its future: the recently launched California-based Penrose imprint and its promising young act, Thee Sacred Souls. With […]
Prolific singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey and SistaStrings, the dynamic violin-and-cello duo of Chauntee and Monique Ross, make for a terrific tandem. Mulvey has long spun tales that explore our humanity, from the political to the personal. Since first uniting with SistaStrings […]
“Let’s enjoy each other’s company,” Dawes harmonizes on “Someone Else’s Cafe/Doomscroller Tries to Relax,” the monolithic lead track on the group’s latest LP, Misadventures of Doomscroller. In the context of the song, it serves as a call to pull yourself […]
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