On the heels of his June 2024 release, South of Here, Nathaniel Rateliff dropped a little news this week: Newport Folk has created a Stewardship Program and named Rateliff as the first artist to hold such an appointment since Pete […]
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By now, you’ve probably seen plenty of images of a completely inundated Western North Carolina. Water up to the roof of a Wendy’s on Biltmore Avenue in Asheville. An 18-wheeler floating through floodwaters toward the U-Haul building on Swannanoa River […]
Even as the state is reeling from the onset of Hurricane Helene today (wishing everyone a safe recovery from the storm!), so too is the International Bluegrass Music Association descending on Raleigh, North Carolina, for the 35th installment of its […]
When Folk Alliance International (FAI) convenes for its 37th gathering in 2025, it will be occupying space in Montreal, QC, Canada. The annual conference will be held February 19-23, 2025, and is set to be one of the organization’s largest […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: JD McPherson is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for September 2024. Learn more about him via this interview. His new album, Nite Owls, coming Sep. 27 on New West Records. You might not expect a guy who was born and […]
As AMERICANAFEST 2024 jets into full blast in Nashville, Tennessee, the Americana Music Association gathered its members and fans at the Ryman Auditorium last night to hand out its annual honors and awards. Hosted by long-time favorites Kenneth Pattengale and […]
News broke this morning about the next big roots music name to make an appearance in the Broadway production of Hadestown. Singer-songwriter Allison Russell will reportedly enter the role of Persephone beginning November 12. The role has played host to […]
Silkroad Ensemble has announced this week that it will be taking its new program “American Railroad” to ten cities this fall on a sort of whistle-stop tour (figuratively speaking), packed to boxcar ceiling with train songs. Granted, the ensemble won’t actually […]
Over the last couple of years, we’ve been checking in with singer-songwriter Joshua Ray Walker, whose 2023 release, What Is It, Even? saw him diving into the Deep End with former ND Assistant Editor Stacy Chandler. In her write-up, our […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt of a story from our Summer 2021 journal issue, exploring the theme of “Voices.” We share it today in honor of Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, who passed away this week at the age […]
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