Movie of the Week, the latest by singer-songwriter Shakey Graves (the nom de plume of Alejandro Rose-Garcia), has an intriguing backstory. It started out in 2018 as an entirely different thing altogether, a soundtrack Rose-Garcia had recorded for some friends […]
Tyler Childers is an outstanding singer and songwriter, and he heads a pretty killer band to boot. He also knows how to make his albums feel unique. Purgatory and Country Squire positioned him as a breakout roots-country star. His 2020 […]
The king is back. Bluesman Bobby Rush, the 89-year-old King of the Chitlin’ Circuit, is still going strong. In 2021, he released Rawer Than Raw, a solo acoustic LP that earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Blues Album (ND […]
Grace Potter has always been a free spirit. It’s the throughline in her career, from the rootsy rock of her mid-2000s group Grace Potter and the Nocturnals to her present-day solo turn. That sensibility is what propels her new LP, […]
Life is coming at Nat Myers fast. It was only a few years ago that the Kentuckian was recording on the cheap, busking and hustling in the gig economy to make ends meet. This week he’s releasing his debut […]
It’s been five years since the last Watson Twins album, the quite-good Duo (ND review). This week Chandra and Leigh Watson are back in a big way with the new LP HOLLER. Produced by Butch Walker, it’s a rollicking affair […]
There’s this popular meme featuring Michael Fassbender as Magneto in the 2011 flick X-Men: First Class. I’ll spare you the full context behind it, but the image features Fassbender simply saying “Perfection.” That image provides a near-perfect summation […]
Last September, Dropkick Murphys released the excellent This Machine Still Kills Fascists (ND review), a set of acoustic songs comprised of unreleased and unused Woody Guthrie lyrics. To be blunt, it ruled. The recording sessions for This Machine Still Kills […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Durand Jones is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May 2023. Look for more about him and his new album, Wait Til I Get Over, out May 5 on Dead Oceans, all month long. If you thought you […]
You don’t really need a reason to celebrate Doc Watson’s legacy. He’s one of the most important artists in roots music history, with an influence that spans generations. That’s worth a tip of the hat on any occasion. But with […]
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