If you’re looking for music to get a party started, or to blast while cruising the highway, Joe Henry’s is not for you. Lyrically dense and cerebral, it does not reward casual listening. That certainly goes for All the Eye […]
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Alex Williams’ debut, Better Than Myself, was one of the best albums of 2017. The Indiana native had the voice, the sound, the swagger, and — most important — the songs to come across as a legitimate modern-day outlaw. As […]
Near the end of his new album, Loudon Wainwright III asks, “How old is 75?” His answer: “So old that you’re barely alive.” Consciousness of age and a nagging sense of mortality have been present in the work of this […]
“Baby, I lost my soul in the black hole,” Jonah Tolchin sings on the opening track of his new album. I don’t know about that, but the singer-guitarist does get lost in some spellbinding grooves on “Black Hole” and other […]
Nothing says Americana, in the broadest sense, more than trains. They’ve long been a source of romance and fascination — and, for songwriters, metaphor-laden inspiration. Trains may no longer have a dominant presence in the American consciousness, but Americana Railroad, […]
Delbert McClinton sets the record straight in the succinct, to-the-point manner that has always been a hallmark of the American music great’s lyrics. “I’m retired, but I’m not retired from music,” the 81-year-old Texas native says from his Nashville home. […]
Back in 2019, Corb Lund released an EP of songs by other artists. Cover Your Tracks was pretty eclectic, source-wise, and you would not immediately associate some of the artists chosen with a Canadian cowboy and country singer. (AC/DC? Nancy […]
“I’m searching for better days,” Pete Mancini sings over the assertive, country-inflected rock of the title song to his new album, Killing the Old Ways. It’s hard to think of a recent time when that sentiment has had deeper resonance. […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Joshua Hedley is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for April 2022. His new album, Neon Blue, comes out on April 22 via New West Records. Look for more from Hedley all month long. Joshua Hedley, it seems, […]
On the title song of her new album, Good Day, Danielia Cotton makes a big promise: “I’m gonna give you a reason to wake up believing it’s gonna be a good day,” she sings over a buoyant, Motown-ish groove that […]
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