You’d be hard-pressed to name a music festival where songwriting wasn’t a cornerstone of the entire event. Yet for the past ten years an arts council in a county of small beach towns along the Florida Panhandle has been throwing […]
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Put aside the dumpster fire that consumed national news this year, and you have to admit it was actually a pretty good year … for music. After all, artists exist to comment on and respond to the world around them, and […]
Here in Asheville, in the wood behind my home, the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. The temperature has yet to give way, but I know it’s coming — that crisp, autumnal, chai-flavored breeze. The beer people […]
The Americana Music Awards were handed out during a ceremony held earlier this week in Nashville, Tennessee. Winners included long-time Nashville favorites like Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (Group/Duo of the Year) and Rodney Crowell (Song of the Year), […]
In the Fall 2016/Speak Up! issue of No Depression in print, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer wrote about her experience performing with other artists as part of the Voices of A People’s History — a show concocted of musicians and poets, moved by Howard Zinn’s book […]
Following is the opening essay from the Fall 2017/Foremothers issue of No Depression in print, which is now available for preorder. ** One night in my youth — I don’t recall the exact circumstances, but I was definitely younger than […]
Last time Jason Isbell was in Asheville, he played at the Pisgah Brewery, where music performances take place against a sweeping backdrop of Smoky mountains and beautiful vistas. For a guy who made his entree after sitting in with the […]
Stuttering drums propelled by a strolling bassline, a steady rhythmic pulse of distorted guitar riffs, and a woman’s voice echoing against other voices … later a saxophone that disappears as quickly as it appeared (is that you, Maceo?). This is […]
Yesterday was the final day of our summer subscription drive and I’m happy to report that, while we didn’t reach the goal we stated at the outset, we’ve come away with enough subscribers to continue. So, I wanted to take […]
Last year, to celebrate his 90th birthday, Chuck Berry announced that he was making another album with some help from folks like Tom Morello and Gary Clark Jr. Pause to think about the boldness of creating a sizable chunk of […]
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