As we plow into another week of our subscription drive (which we’re running until June 15), I thought it a good time to pop back into this space and give you an update. We still need about 1,200 more subscribers […]
As we plow into another week of our subscription drive (which we’re running until June 15), I thought it a good time to pop back into this space and give you an update. We still need about 1,200 more subscribers […]
It was the final night of the tour and Tift Merritt was tired, end-of-the-dirt road tired. Maybe there was more than a practical reason for the North Carolina-raised singer-songwriter to request having the stage lights turned down after her opening number. Was […]
Douglas Jay Goldstein is anything but ordinary when it comes to the American folk scene. As Dougmore, the artist paints vast aural tapestries filled with uncanny lyrics that quote pastoral poets, while roiling banjo haunts the depths of his sometimes fantastical tunes. The result […]
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016/Roots & Branches issue of No Depression in print. Subscribe now for just $6 per month and never miss another issue. * * There are many ways to tell the story of […]
As the summer touring season begins, less bands are in the studio recording new material. This causes a bit of a slowdown on the major crowdfunding sites. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything worth investing in. Just as direct […]
Indie-chanteuse Sara Rachele is prepping to release her digital 7-inch this Friday, June 2nd. The duo of songs features a cover of Cracker’s “Low” as well as her new single “Change Your Mind,” a singer-songwriter ballad with echoes of 50’s du-wop girl groups combined […]
On June 2nd, Amy Black returns with her latest full-length, Memphis. Recorded in Memphis and produced by Scott Bomar of The Bo-Keys, the album features members of the Hi Rhythm Section, Bo-Keys, and St. Paul & the Broken Bones, as well as players in the […]
Florida isn’t the armpit of America; it’s both armpits. Just look at the shape of it. The state’s perpetually balmy weather and endless beaches are effectively negated by hordes of pushy Northeast carpetbaggers who’ve come south to live the good […]
Dave Rawlings is a man rife with contradiction. Although his partnership with long-time collaborator Gillian Welch has spawned six albums in 20 years, his name makes the cover of only one of them. Most of the time, he abstains from […]
It would be absurdly macho to say that NHD “kicked ass” last night at Sam’s Burger Joint in San Antonio. These guys are too free spirited for such knee-jerk reductivism, but rock they did. They were in town to support […]
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