Carter Sampson specializes in plain talk. The Oklahoma singer-songwriter doesn’t fool around much with metaphors, she just hauls off and punches you right in the gut. “I sent you a drunk text / And I meant it,” she admits on […]
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Coming in at nearly 50 songs, No Depression‘s Best of March 2023 playlist shows just how much good music came out last month. Bluegrass supergroups and reunions made waves in March, with releases from new band Mighty Poplar, our […]
It’s impossible to assess, let alone appreciate, the music made by The Panhandlers without first acknowledging the shoulders upon which they play. The Panhandlers are a collective of successful solo artists and players — Texas-based singer-songwriters Josh Abbott, John Baumann, […]
After teasing new music this year in a slickly produced, nearly two-minute-long video narrated by ESPN’s Wright Thompson yesterday, the announcement officially came today: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit returns on June 9 with a new record called […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece was the Screen Door — the final page — of the Winter 2022 issue of No Depression‘s quarterly journal. Margo Price served as the inaugural guest editor, writing this essay and helping conceptualize another feature story in the […]
Whatever adjective you’d like to apply to it, it’s great news that Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives have announced their first album in six years, Altitude. Coming May 19 on Snakefarm, Altitude was written as Stuart was on […]
Legendary songwriter Willie Nelson announced an album today honoring the music of another legendary songwriter: Harlan Howard. I Don’t Know a Thing About Love, coming March 3 on Legacy Recordings, features new recordings of 10 songs by Howard, who’s […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our current quarterly journal, featuring the best and most timely stories in roots music today. Buy the Winter 2022 issue in print or digitally here. Better yet, start a subscription with this issue […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Adeem the Artist is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for December 2022. Along with the essay below, you can read our interview with them and watch an exclusive video of “Carolina” from their new album, White Trash Revelry, […]
After six highly successful Outlaw Country cruises from the eastern portion of the United States, organizers Renegade Circus and Sixthman decided to take their talents to the West Coast for the aptly titled Outlaw Country West (OCC West). Billed […]
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