For most of 2020 and all of 2021, independent artist-oriented site Bandcamp ran its “Bandcamp Fridays,” where they waived their fees on the first Friday of the month, sending approximately 93% of the money spent at the site to […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Winter 2021 journal, “Good News.” You can read the whole story — and much more — in that issue, here. And please consider supporting No Depression with a subscription for more roots music […]
It’s not enough anymore for an artist to have a powerhouse voice or the ability to write a killer hook. From the biggest pop stars to up-and-comers in more niche genres, social media is key. It’s a great way […]
Do we really need a new biography of Merle Haggard? Haggard himself left us with two autobiographies: Sing Me Back Home: My Life (1981) and My House of Memories (2002). Since the second was written 14 years before his death […]
In the summer of 2020, as protesters took to the streets to hold police accountable in the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others, the national spotlight shifted from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to the issue of systemic […]
Before a show earlier this month at the Listening Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan, singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin sat down with ND photographer Bryan Bolea for a brief interview. Better known for writing for country superstars like Alan Jackson (“Monday […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Erin Rae is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for February. Read our interview with Rae about her new album, Lighten Up, here, and look for more all month long. When the pandemic put the brakes on just […]
Vinyl shortage be damned, Record Store Day is back this year with the usual slew of goodies for record collectors. Back to a single day this year after two years of pandemic-prompted multi-day “RSD Drops” to avoid crowds, the […]
Early December, the date didn’t exist, I stood in front of two men at the Napa Auto Parts store in Kerhonkson, New York, with windshield wipers in my hands. To say I was crying feels understated. My father had […]
Despite the dystopian-looking album art featuring a girl in a gas mask holding a teddy bear as buildings crumble and the sky billows with smoke behind her, there’s optimism in The Infamous Stringdusters’ call for compassion, understanding, and coming […]
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