We’ve just passed the midpoint of 2024, and as we hurtle toward another six months of stellar roots music releases, we thought we’d take a moment to appreciate all that have come so far this year. We asked No […]
We’ve just passed the midpoint of 2024, and as we hurtle toward another six months of stellar roots music releases, we thought we’d take a moment to appreciate all that have come so far this year. We asked No […]
This month’s Best of the Month playlist features roots musicians from all across No Depression‘s existence. Some of the earliest artists that No Depression originally covered — like Johnny Cash, Dave Alvin, and Del McCoury — sit alongside newer musicians like […]
Both Texas and tall tales are a little bit smaller today, with news that Richard “Kinky” Friedman has passed away. Friedman had Parkinson’s disease, according to the Texas Tribune, and died at his home in Medina, Texas, at age […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to No Depression’s brand-new “Postcard From” series, where we ask artists for a dispatch from their daily lives on the road, in the studio, or anywhere in between. We’re kicking things off with Evan Honer, whose […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kaitlin Butts is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for June 2024. Learn more about her and her new album, Roadrunner!, in this interview. And read her essay about her road-runnin’ career path here. Roadrunner comes out June 28 […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our Summer 2024 quarterly journal, featuring guest editor Béla Fleck, original cover art by Ian Felice of The Felice Brothers, and so much more. Buy the Summer 2024 issue in print […]
Shelby Lynne steered clear of Nashville for a couple decades, but the music pulled her back, and she’s got a new album to show for it. Consequences of the Crown, produced by Lynne with Karen Fairchild of Little Big […]
The 77th annual Tony Awards took place last night, and unsuspecting TV audiences may have met a denim-clad troupe performing distinctly rootsy music on the recreation of a Broadway stage with some skepticism. But for musical theater fans, seeing […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kaitlin Butts is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for June 2024. Read more about her and her new album, Roadrunner! (out June 28 via Soundly Music), in our interview, and look for more all month long. As […]
Nearly four years after Justin Townes Earle’s tragic death at age 38 comes a new project collecting recordings he made in the last years of his life. The 2 LPs of All In: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West […]
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