Anna Tivel has it on lock at this point. With three incredible studio albums behind her and one standout EP, Tivel has many strengths and no flaws. She’s one of the finest storytellers modern folk music has to offer, with […]
Anna Tivel has it on lock at this point. With three incredible studio albums behind her and one standout EP, Tivel has many strengths and no flaws. She’s one of the finest storytellers modern folk music has to offer, with […]
Anna Tivel’s new album, Blue World, is instantly … different. The first notes on the album are a discordant chord (created, according to Tivel’s liner notes, by striking a screwdriver against a piano key). Tivel, winner of No Depression’s Singer-Songwriter […]
Anna Tivel’s voice is like the cutting wind of the Pacific Northwest, her homeland — or at least how I imagine it to be. Tivel’s singing has an unflinching clarity matched only by her literary lyrics. Each song on Tivel’s […]
Maverick Festival 2018. A curation and celebration of Americana music from North America and across the water on the Albion side of the Atlantic. Five stages, 48 acts, workshops, film, and so much more. The UK’s first Americana festival, it […]
Fluff & Gravy Records is a Portland-based label and recording studio that has an eclectic roster of artists, about two-thirds of which are from the Northwest. John Shepski runs things with the personal touch that comes from also being a […]
This week we’ve got new releases from some No Depression favorites. Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are back with banjos a-blazing, and Dori Freeman, who made us swoon with her debut last year, offers a follow-up that shows no signs […]
It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me) that Anna Tivel’s previous album, Heroes Waking Up, is one of the best albums I have listened to in the past five years. That album tells larger-than-life stories of regular people, some […]
Portland-based singer/songwriter Anna Tivel, who has proven time and again that she is one of today’s finest indie folk artists, is preparing to release her latest album, Small Believer, on Fluff & Gravy Records. While Anna calls Portland, Oregon home, she […]
Anna Tivel is a songwriter’s songwriter. Her thoughtfully crafted story songs are delivered with few frills, making room for Tivel’s insightful observations and soulful lilt to shine. Her most recent album Heroes Waking Up established the Portland artist as a […]
2016 was a year to make you believe in astrology. I don’t know very many people for him 2016 was an excellent year. As I’ve hinted at throughout the year, I’ve been through my own share of upheaval. Here’s the […]
FRESH TRACK: Sue Foley – ‘Nothing in Rambling’Check it out
SPONSORED BY STONY PLAIN RECORDS
As one of the last independent resources dedicated to covering roots music and related stories, we need your support. While No Depression is read in print and digital by over a million people annually, only a small percentage support us through subscriptions or donations.
Please consider becoming a subscriber or providing a donation. With your help, No Depression can continue to grow and cover roots music the way it deserves.