Halfway through Ana Egge’s 11th record, Is It the Kiss, on the standout track “Hurt a Little,” she gives listeners some touching words of encouragement: “Sometimes the work will be hard if it’s ever gonna work at all.” The balance […]
Paul Cauthen had to learn some pretty brutal lessons in the making of his latest record Room 41, but damn if it didn’t result in what sounds like a helluva time. Cauthen has always flirted with a groovy sound, but […]
In early 2017, I interviewed Tinariwen’s Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni for No Depression’s summer journal of that year. Donald Trump had just been inaugurated as the president of the United States, and I was asking international bands what kinds of issues […]
Encountering Geraint Watkins is like being tased. Although a Watkins dose is low-voltage enough so it doesn’t hurt, it makes your whole body tingle; you shake and tremble, not quite knowing what to do about the whole experience. A few […]
Does anyone need a 38-CD deluxe boxed set documenting the three days of peace and music that was Woodstock? Apparently 1,969 people did: the numbered set, selling for $799.98, sold out quickly. The 38-CD set, which features 432 tracks, comes […]
There’s a common thinking that when an artist finds happiness, they cease to create good, meaningful work. It’s a silly misconception to believe that art can only come from pain, and if you needed proof of that, Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster’s […]
The longing, dreamy howl of Black Belt Eagle Scout’s Katherine Paul is one that will haunt you long after you’ve heard it. On her sophomore album, At the Party with My Brown Friends, Paul’s voice hits like a gentle wave […]
To record an ode to her home state of Kentucky, Louisville-based folk singer and songwriter Joan Shelley decamped to Iceland. Like the River Loves the Sea (the album title a play on the Si Kahn song “Like Butter Loves Bread”) is Shelley’s sixth […]
With 2011’s Bon Iver and 2016’s 22, A Million, Justin Vernon contemporized the lo-fi and hook-y folk vibe of his debut album, 2007’s For Emma, Forever Ago, combining lilting melodies and swirly soundscapes with electronic flourishes and dramatic instrumentation. The […]
Esther Rose knows exactly who she is. And with just one listen of her sophomore album, You Made It This Far, you’ll know, too. From the first few strums on the acoustic guitar she only just picked up a few […]
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