Following is an excerpt of an article published in Bluegrass Beyond, the Winter 2016 issue of No Depression in print. To read the full article and all the other contents of the issue, purchase your copy or subscribe today. By the […]
Following is an excerpt of an article published in Bluegrass Beyond, the Winter 2016 issue of No Depression in print. To read the full article and all the other contents of the issue, purchase your copy or subscribe today. By the […]
Aaron Lee Tasjan’s Silver Tears is an inspired and confident set of songs, careening from woozy pot paeans to brooding, cinematic observations to laid back ‘70s country-rock and galloping anthems to introspective folk and rollicking honky tonk.
Sharon Jones has died after having lived for so long, so heroically with pancreatic cancer. According to her publicist, “She was surrounded by her loved ones, including the Dap-Kings.” Originally from Augusta, Georgia, Jones moved with her family to Brooklyn, […]
When you think about the music culture of Asheville, North Carolina, the image in your head probably isn’t a fro-hawked, nose-pierced black woman who can rip on the electric guitar and who, along with her band, pulls together a sound […]
Today, I’m excited to announce some new developments here at No Depression. First, we’ve hired Cameron Matthews as editor of nodepression.com. You may know Cameron from his work at the Bluegrass Situation, where he helped to build a vibrant, far-reaching audience for what […]
Jack Grelle is a songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri, who is bringing a tough, subversive edge to modern country and Americana. Largely sculpted by 70s honky-tonk, the album weaves through diverse influences such as cajun, tejano, rock & roll and […]
If you really think about it, it’s kind of amazing how much a musician can do with just some wood and some strings. Consider Ben Sollee’s cello, on which he strums and fiddles and saws and percusses. There’s Alejandro Escovedo’s […]
A master interpreter and multi-instrumentalist, Bromberg and his crack band deliver a wonderfully curated selection of deep cuts from the blues genre, in addition to original compositions on his Red House debut (produced by Grammy-winning producer and Red House label-mate […]
With the World Series going on, it seemed a good time for a baseball allusion. Besides, we have a lot of good music to talk about this week, covering many of the stylistic categories that comprise “roots music,” whatever that […]
“Little Seeds is as loud as we’ve ever been and it’s as quiet as we’ve ever been. It’s our most personal record and reflects some of those extremes we’ve experienced both sonically and lyrically. It has been nothing short of a […]
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