It’s a bleak time for a lot of musicians, and several have considered giving up. Thad Cockrell was in that boat; he wrote his managers early in the new year to say he was making plans for a different […]
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In February 1947, Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys played to an enthusiastic crowd in Dayton, Ohio. Among the over 4,000 people gathered to hear Monroe and Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs was 15-year-old Bobby Osborne. The night changed […]
Kris Kristofferson is always good for a few surprises, but future performances on stage or on screen won’t likely be among them. A news release announcing a shift in management for the 84-year-old singer, songwriter, and actor’s estate also revealed […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Langhorne Slim is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for January 2021. Read more about him and his new album, Strawberry Mansion, here, and don’t miss his essay. Strawberry Mansion comes out Jan. 29. When the world stopped last […]
On the morning of Jan. 20 I put on Nina Simone’s version of “Feeling Good” and sang along: “It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a new life for me and I’m feeling good.” That’s also how I […]
In the days after Justin Townes Earle died last summer, his friends and fellow artists shared their memories and appreciation for the singer-songwriter, giving us a fuller picture of who he was, beyond the music. But a new article […]
“Why write a song, why create such a thing / When you could just speak what you’re trying to sing?” The War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter poses that question in a rap in the bridge to “The Song About […]
A yearning for home lies at the heart of the traditional hymn “The Wayfaring Stranger.” While the longing the song describes is for a “bright land” where there will be no more sickness or sorrow, and a land where “God’s […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Langhorne Slim is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for January 2021. Read more about him and his new album, Strawberry Mansion (out Jan. 29) in our feature story, and look for more about Langhorne Slim all month long. […]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about duality. Some of that has to do with the news, reflections on how seemingly ordinary people can become those who bomb buildings or attempt to overthrow the government. But it’s also because […]
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