BONUS TRACKS: Fare Thee Well and a Sister Rosetta Bio Pic, and New Music from Guitarist Marc Ribot
Meredith Lawrence
Posted On March 28, 2025
Bob Dylan onstage with The Band in 1974 (photo by Barry Feinstein)
To paraphrase Bob Dylan, goodbye’s too strong a word, so for now I’ll just say “fare thee well.” As the world turns, I’ve come to the end of my tenure in this role of Web Editor at No Depression. Nothing feels certain these days, but at least I’ll still be around on the site as a writer and a lover of roots music, of that I am sure.
The music industry can be a terrible place. But to paraphrase another great artist’s sentiment — from No Depression’s March 2025 Spotlight artist Olivia Ellen Lloyd’s beautiful essay this week — it’s the communities we make for ourselves that sustain us. No Depression is one of those communities; its writers, readers, and artists make it a rare and wonderful publication.
Music sustains us. I moved into a new apartment a few months ago, and soon discovered that the church that shares my courtyard rings its bells twice a day — live, from what I can tell. I make a point to stop what I’m doing and just listen and soak in the simple beauty of notes strung together. I feel the need for music and the joy it brings intensely these days.
Remember to laugh; music heals; it’s okay to heal yourself, too. And fare thee well. May our paths cross soon!
MUSIC NEWS
New Music: Legendary guitarist Marc Ribot announced his first ever vocal solo album, Map of a Blue City. Ribot, who’s best known for his work with the likes of Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithful, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Neko Case and many other artists, worked for half his life on the album. It releases May 23, 2025 on New West.
Here’s the album’s first track, “When the World’s on Fire,” a song recorded by the Carter Family in 1930:
Rosetta bio pic: And Lizzo is set to star as Sister Rosetta Tharpe in a new bio pic, Rosetta, from Amazon’s MGM Studio. Read musician Vanessa Collier’s essay about Tharpe’s long-lasting influence, here.
WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO
Poi Rogers – “Don’t Steal My Covers”
Mike Delevante – “The Rain Never Came”
Sarah Quintana – “Just Because”
Aaron MacDonald – “What’s the Point”
Adrian Quesada, Cuco – “Ojos Secos”
Betty Wright – Live
PUP – “Get Dumber” (f/ Jeff Rosenstock)
Dead Pioneers – “The Caucasity”
E.W. Harris – “Accidents Repeating”
The Swell Season – “People We Used To Be”
