In spite of it all, music happened this week. I dug deep into my vinyl collection this week and listened to Rage Against The Machine’s debut and IDLES’ 2018 LP titled Joy As An Act of Resistance. I listened […]
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“What do you want me to do / To do for you, to see you through?” asks Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh on “Box of Rain,” a rare vocal appearance in the beloved folkie band’s Jerry Garcia-heavy canon. “A […]
Hello all! This story starts with a chance meeting in a coffee shop, orchestrated by folk musician Willi Carlisle. Meeting No Depression’s dynamite managing editor Hilary Saunders that frigid March day, I couldn’t have imagined I’d end up here, nor […]
By now, you’ve probably seen plenty of images of a completely inundated Western North Carolina. Water up to the roof of a Wendy’s on Biltmore Avenue in Asheville. An 18-wheeler floating through floodwaters toward the U-Haul building on Swannanoa River […]
Even as the state is reeling from the onset of Hurricane Helene today (wishing everyone a safe recovery from the storm!), so too is the International Bluegrass Music Association descending on Raleigh, North Carolina, for the 35th installment of its […]
When Folk Alliance International (FAI) convenes for its 37th gathering in 2025, it will be occupying space in Montreal, QC, Canada. The annual conference will be held February 19-23, 2025, and is set to be one of the organization’s largest […]
Silkroad Ensemble has announced this week that it will be taking its new program “American Railroad” to ten cities this fall on a sort of whistle-stop tour (figuratively speaking), packed to boxcar ceiling with train songs. Granted, the ensemble won’t actually […]
It’s hard to know where to begin this column. I think I’d better break with convention and begin with the end: This is goodbye. Mostly. Today is my last day on staff at No Depression, after 11 years of […]
Music had a front-row seat at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, with announced guests and plenty of surprises (including Jason Isbell!) getting the spotlight right alongside the politicians speaking. Another way music was featured was during […]
The Democratic National Convention gets rolling in Chicago next week, and besides all the politicking, it’s also a party. And what’s a party without music? Among the musicians known to be performing at convention-related events, according to this roundup […]
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