EDITOR’S NOTE: Chuck Prophet and ¿Qiensave?’s Wake the Dead came out Oct. 25 on Yep Roc Records. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Chuck Prophet and ¿Qiensave?’s Wake the Dead came out Oct. 25 on Yep Roc Records. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this […]
It’s hard to know where to begin this column. I think I’d better break with convention and begin with the end: This is goodbye. Mostly. Today is my last day on staff at No Depression, after 11 years of […]
Music had a front-row seat at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, with announced guests and plenty of surprises (including Jason Isbell!) getting the spotlight right alongside the politicians speaking. Another way music was featured was during […]
Over the course of her nearly three-decade career in music, Ruthie Foster has run a lot of road. Along the way, she’s developed a sound all her own inflected by blues, soul, gospel, and folk that’s earned her multiple […]
The Democratic National Convention gets rolling in Chicago next week, and besides all the politicking, it’s also a party. And what’s a party without music? Among the musicians known to be performing at convention-related events, according to this roundup […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Wild Ponies are No Depression’s Spotlight band for August 2024. Learn more about them and their new album, Dreamers (out Aug. 23 on No Evil Records), in this interview, and look for more all month long. […]
I always learn something new when I watch the Olympics. For five minutes, perhaps, I become a little bit of an expert on shot put, and suddenly I know the names of swimmers from countries I’ve never visited. But […]
Like most humans do at some point, Alison Brown got to thinking recently about her younger self. She was poring through the original tapes of her landmark 1990 album Simple Pleasures in preparation for a reissue, and she wondered […]
Billy Strings is clearly in the fast lane when it comes to releasing new music this year. At midnight he announced a new album, Highway Prayers, via social media. Coming Sept. 27, the album appears to have a car […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Wild Ponies are No Depression’s Spotlight band for August 2024. Look for more about them and their new album, Dreamers (out Aug. 23 on No Evil Records), all month long. Love has a way of expanding […]
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