The banjo and the harp aren’t often thought of as complementary instruments. The former is perceived as relegated to the mountains and hollers, whereas the latter reigns solely in the concert hall. However, for banjoist Joe Troop and harpist Larry […]
The annual FreshGrass Festival — produced by No Depression’s nonprofit publisher, the FreshGrass Foundation — is set to return to North Adams, Massachusetts, Sept. 22-24. The three-day event, which takes place at the sprawling contemporary arts museum MASS MoCA, announced its […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is an extended version of a photo essay that appears in the Spring 2023 issue of No Depression. Get that issue of the journal here, and subscribe today to support independent music journalism. Troy […]
February might be the shortest month, but this one was absolutely stacked with new releases. Starting off with a decisive statement from alt-country rockers Lucero, this month’s playlist traverses the range of roots music — from the quick picking […]
After teasing new music this year in a slickly produced, nearly two-minute-long video narrated by ESPN’s Wright Thompson yesterday, the announcement officially came today: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit returns on June 9 with a new record called […]
Just because most of the roots music categories of Grammy awards are given out during the afternoon doesn’t mean they’re any less important. The Premiere Ceremony, which started at 3:30 p.m. ET and is available to stream at live.grammy.com and the Recording […]
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 […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our current quarterly journal, featuring the best and most timely stories in roots music today. Buy the Winter 2022 issue in print or digitally here. Better yet, start a subscription with this issue […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the end of the year approaches, we’re taking a look back at albums we weren’t able to review when they first came out. Quiet the Room was released in October. Everything Helen Ballentine sings sounds like it passes through […]
No Depression‘s parent organization, the nonprofit FreshGrass Foundation, has announced the initial lineup for its third event in the Arkansas Ozarks. Soul legend Mavis Staples, folk-jam start-ups CAAMP, and cross-genre phenom Sierra Ferrell are slated to headline the two-day event […]
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