Folk Alliance International (FAI) was founded in 1989 to connect folk musicians aiming to sustain both the community and the genre worldwide. Its annual conference, held this year in its hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, offers showcases, panels, workshops, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Brennen Leigh is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May 2022. Read more about her and her new album, Obsessed With the West, in our interview, and check out a video of Leigh performing “Cottonwood Fuzz” just for […]
No one’s got a recipe for music quite like Shawn Amos, from his ever-evolving blend of sounds and styles to the complex flavors in the life story that inspires it all. In Cookies & Milk, a new book for […]
There wasn’t a lot of music news this week. It just happens that way sometimes, or maybe it was for a reason: No one’s really in the mood. When an 18-year-old gunman stepped inside a Texas elementary school and […]
Old rockers never die, nor do they fade away; they write their memoirs. Or, in the case of Long Train Runnin’: Our Story of The Doobie Brothers (St. Martin’s), band founders Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons tell their stories to […]
“In the Deep End With …” is a new series in which No Depression catches up with some of the most exciting performers in roots music today. Questions start lighthearted and fun and then get progressively more thoughtful. We checked in with pianist, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Brennen Leigh is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May 2022. Learn more about her and her new album, Obsessed With the West, out now on Signature Sounds, in our feature story, and look for more from Leigh […]
Amanda Shires has announced her next solo flight with a new album, Take It Like a Man. Shires, a founding member of The Highwomen supergroup and frequent collaborator with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, has put out several […]
To paraphrase the Stephen Sondheim-penned lyric from Gypsy, everything’s coming up roots music festivals this spring. If it seems that the Through the Lens column has been featuring an endless stream of them lately, it’s because they are abundant […]
Despite a 30-degree drop in temperature over the course of the weekend, the FreshGrass Festival | Bentonville returned to the small northwest Arkansas town to deliver two days of innovative and exciting roots music. The burgeoning festival brought a […]
