The music industry tends to wake up slowly at the beginning of each new year, but that doesn’t mean there’s not plenty of new music to listen to already in 2023. Some releases came highly expected and anticipated, like […]
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Recently my fellow ND columnist and vinyl purist Amos Perrine wrote the fourth in his periodic series on vinyl. While I never fully got on board the vinyl train, it’s impossible to keep up with the crowdfunding world without […]
Every Willie Nelson concert is a party, but at the Hollywood Bowl in April, the party is for him. A two-night concert dubbed “Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90” will celebrate Nelson’s 90th birthday with a jaw-dropping lineup that […]
On his new album, Spectral Lines, Josh Ritter reaches for things we can’t always see. The album is dedicated to the singer-songwriter’s mother, who passed away in 2021, and its songs explore the idea of connection, both to others […]
Nickel Creek fans know by now that the band’s fire never dies, it just tends to smolder for a while. After a nine-year break from recording together, the trio of Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins is back […]
I thought that last year’s column about vinyl collecting would be my last in an occasional series of them, but a lot has happened during the past year that warrants the attention of all roots music fans who are also […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Pony Bradshaw is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for January 2023. Read more about him and his new album, North Georgia Rounder, out Jan. 27, in this interview. I was born on the Mississippi coast. We lived […]
Maybe a star-studded reality show is what it’s going to take to finally get mainstream country music to let someone other than white dudes onto the radio. Kacey Musgraves and actress Reese Witherspoon are producing an eight-episode series titled […]
Death diminishes us all, but the deaths of musicians are often especially difficult since these artists seem to have tapped into some eternal spirit that flows through them into our hearts and souls. Musicians’ deaths sadden us — sometimes because […]
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 […]
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