When you see North Carolina folk duo Chatham Rabbits on stage, you’re getting the real deal: heartfelt lyrics over guitar and banjo, an instant connection with audiences, and banter that can only come from a married duo that spends way […]
When you see North Carolina folk duo Chatham Rabbits on stage, you’re getting the real deal: heartfelt lyrics over guitar and banjo, an instant connection with audiences, and banter that can only come from a married duo that spends way […]
Several small independent music venues in Nashville are fighting for their lives, or, in the case of Mercy Lounge, have recently lost the battle. And it’s probably happening in your town, too. Venues often don’t own the building they’re […]
After returning from a hiatus with their 2018 self-produced Life Is Good on the Open Road, Trampled By Turtles is back with another batch of new music, and this time they tapped Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy to steer the project. […]
The War and Treaty was one of No Depression’s very first Spotlight artists, back when we started that feature in 2018. We loved their debut album, Healing Tide, but we also loved their story — two musicians struggling for […]
The self-titled debut album from Bonny Light Horseman — modern folk powerhouses Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman — was a bright spot in 2020. And now the trio is back to brighten our 2022 with a […]
Gospel icons The McCrary Sisters announced Thursday the death of Deborah McCrary at age 67. Deborah was the low voice in the quartet, providing a foundation for her sisters Ann, Regina, and Alfreda. She was a nurse for much […]
At age 75 and with 30 albums to his name, singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III could just call it a career — and he kind of thought he had. But on his birthday last year he thought, “75 is a […]
Get ready to turn your volume knob all the way up: The Vandoliers are back with a self-titled album coming Aug. 12. The Texas six-piece continues its country-punk sound, a strain of Americana they dubbed “Ameri-Kinda” in the title […]
There wasn’t a lot of music news this week. It just happens that way sometimes, or maybe it was for a reason: No one’s really in the mood. When an 18-year-old gunman stepped inside a Texas elementary school and […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Brennen Leigh is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May 2022. Learn more about her and her new album, Obsessed With the West, out now on Signature Sounds, in our feature story, and look for more from Leigh […]