Editor’s Note: Larkin Poe are No Depression’s Spotlight artists for January 2025. Their new album, ‘Bloom,’ is out January 24 via Tricki-Woo Records. Read about them in this Spotlight Feature and look out for more all month long. “And the […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mark Kilianski is one half of Golden Shoals, an Americana, bluegrass and old-time group. He wrote this essay about the history behind their latest single, out today (Jan. 17), “New White House Blues.” I’ve always loved the bluegrass […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Agalisiga’s Nasgino Inage Nidayulenvi (It Started in the Woods) was released on Oct. 18 on Horton Records. We’re featuring it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way […]
No Depression readers have spoken once again and the results of our annual Readers’ Poll are in! It’s no easy task to narrow down your favorite albums, and we asked you to select just 10 from more than 600 options […]
The Steve Martin Banjo Prize announced its two winners for 2024 — Tray Wellington and Allison de Groot. With a board chaired by banjoist and Compass Records co-owner Alison Brown, as well as sponsors including the FreshGrass Foundation (the nonprofit […]
It’s been nearly three months since Tropical Storm Helene marched through Western North Carolina, leaving an historical amount of wreckage in its path. When ND last checked in with the area’s roots music scene, folks were still in […]
It’s often said that Nashville is a “ten year town.” If that’s the case, then Ben Chapman’s big break could be just around the corner. The singer, 26, began making trips north to the city from his hometown of LaFayette, […]
Next year’s FreshGrass | Bentonville festival will take place May 16 and 17 at The Momentary in Northwest Arkansas. Artists include Lukas Nelson, Shakey Graves, Rosanne Cash, Seun Kuti, La Doña, 18x Grammy Award-winner Béla Fleck with his new […]
The results of our Critics’ Poll are in! Collectively, ND writers, editors, and photographers put more than 100 albums on their lists of for Top 10 Roots Albums of 2024 10, covering a diverse array of albums, and reminding […]
Well, No Depression‘s resident lover of holiday music has left the building, so we’re changing things up around here. Instead of sharing mini reviews of our team’s favorite new roots music Christmas records like we’ve done the last three years, we’ve […]
