There’s something about The Milk Carton Kids’ music that shoots straight at the heart, cutting through the noise with a simple beauty that makes clear what really matters. The Grammy-nominated duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan announced a […]
As part of its live programming marking Black History Month, the Grand Ole Opry aired video last weekend of an apology it formally issued last August to harmonica player and early Opry performer DeFord Bailey for dismissing him in […]
When a keen-eyed songwriter like Iris DeMent looks out upon this modern world, it’s hard to see past all the ugliness. But even in so harsh a landscape, DeMent can spot hope on the horizon. That hope is what […]
If you like to start off the Super Bowl with a good cry (and who doesn’t?), Chris Stapleton’s soulful, stripped-down rendition of the National Anthem delivered. It elicited tears from Eagles coach Nick Sirianni as well as lineman Jason […]
The roots music world is marking what would have been guitar hero Doc Watson’s 100th birthday this year with a tribute album filled with loving renditions of some of his best known songs. I Am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson […]
While Ben Folds has been busy with a wide array of musical projects in the past decade or so, it’s been a while since we’ve heard him tap back into his singer-songwriter side — but that wait is about […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mark Erelli is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for February 2023. Read more about him and his new album, Lay Your Darkness Down, in our interview, and look for more all month long. It’s easy, as an […]
NPR Music has opened its submission window for its annual Tiny Desk Contest, in which unsigned artists and bands of any genre can submit video of themselves performing an original song in some way that involves a desk. The […]
Whatever adjective you’d like to apply to it, it’s great news that Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives have announced their first album in six years, Altitude. Coming May 19 on Snakefarm, Altitude was written as Stuart was on […]
Sixteen years after its founding, Record Store Day is still going strong as a way to bring exclusive and highly anticipated titles, and thus customers, to the independent record stores that are a cornerstone of the music community. This year, […]
