The 34th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards took place in Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday night to much fanfare and naturally, a few banjo jokes. No Depression‘s Assistant Editor, Stacy Chandler, worked behind the scenes to write the script for […]
Touring can take artists to a dizzying number of states in quick succession, that’s nothing new. But Devon Allman and Donavon Frankenreiter decided a few weeks ago to pick up the pace even more, setting out to play a […]
According to at least one former music magazine editor’s recent collection of interviews and public conversations, rock and roll is the province of aging white men. Jann Wenner even titles his collection The Masters, as if the seven artists on […]
Umbrellas were the accessory of choice last weekend at the FreshGrass Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts. But despite the rain — primarily on Saturday and Sunday — the annual three-day roots music festival in the Berkshires carried on to […]
Every AmericanaFest that I’ve attended since my first one in 2011 has been an exceptional sensory experience with many memorable moments, but this year has an extra special place in my heart. Each year Americana Music Association Executive Director […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Logan Ledger is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for September 2023. Learn more about him and his new album, Golden State, in this interview, and watch a performance, with Erin Rae, of “Some Misty Morning” in this video […]
The goal of these Founders’ Keepers columns, for me anyway, is fairly personal. The half-dozen “keepers” I highlight every couple of months aren’t intended as any sort of comprehensive Americana overview; rather, they’re simply a few records that have […]
Americana royalty — and some surprise guests, too — were on hand at the 22nd Annual Americana Music Honors & Awards Wednesday night to honor the genre’s biggest achievements in the past year and over a lifetime. In the […]
Across the US and the globe, the effects of climate change have become shatteringly clear this year. The historic town of Lahaina on Maui torched by wildfires, flooded homes in Vermont, Southern California visited by a hurricane. These images […]
Music is a very small part of the crowdfunding landscape. For example, the high-water mark for funding for a music campaign on Kickstarter (Amanda Palmer) is just over $1 million. Just last year, fantasy author Brandon Sanderson raised $41 […]
