Dean Johnson’s music comes with a bit of lore. While known for years as a member of Seattle band The Sons of Rainier, his own songs have scarcely been heard outside a few rare live performances. But once you hear […]
Maeri Ferguson has music in her blood. She grew up twenty minutes from Fort Adams, attending her first Newport Folk Fest before she could even walk, and running through the tents of the Rhythm and Roots Fest at Ninigret in her cowboy boots once she could. Most people call her Mae, thanks to her dad's love of the Kershaw Brothers song "Hey Mae." From the time she was 12, her parents have been hosting monthly house concerts that turn her living room into Rhode Island's premiere destination for Americana, roots music and rock n' roll, and exposing her to some of the greatest singer-songwriters in the music industry. She's been listening to her dad's radio show, the Boudin Barndance, since before she can remember, and still tunes in on Thursday nights from the apartment in Los Angeles where she now lives. She works in public relations, and has been writing about music and reviewing live shows for more than five years, currently serving as a staff writer for No Depression and Glide Magazine. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter @maeriferguson.
Dean Johnson’s music comes with a bit of lore. While known for years as a member of Seattle band The Sons of Rainier, his own songs have scarcely been heard outside a few rare live performances. But once you hear […]
Esther Rose is a songwriter for trying times. Be it the too frequent extremes of climate change or the loneliest moments of a co-dependent relationship, she articulates that dizzying mix of melancholy and anxiety with astounding empathy. Listening to each […]
“We all want a home / metaphorical or real / some place to make us feel whole,” Eric D. Johnson sings on the latest record — his tenth — under his Fruit Bats moniker, A River Running to Your Heart. […]
William Prince is a descendant of preachers, and in his own way, he is carrying on that legacy in his music. With his singular velvet baritone, Prince envelops in his songs messages of forgiveness and acceptance, even amid inner turmoil […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bella White is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for April 2023. Look for more about her and her new album, Among Other Things, coming April 21 on Rounder Records, all month long. “Oh God, they’re everywhere.” Bella […]
Make no mistake, Common Nation of Sorrow is a protest album. Rachel Baiman’s follow-up to her 2021 release, Cycles (ND review), bucks against a system of oppression that spans from mental health to housing; economic privilege; and capitalism. Baiman’s songwriting […]
How do all the members of a seven-piece band get to actively collaborate and have their voices heard in the making of a new album? For The Nude Party, it came down to space and time, and, maybe most importantly, […]
It wasn’t just the legendary Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel who wanted in on the fun of playing with Akron, Ohio, band The Shootouts. Their third album, Stampede, welcomes the likes of Marty Stuart, Buddy Miller, Raul Malo […]
Anyone who has ever sat in front of a computer screen knows it well: that spinning multicolor wheel that seems to imply an infinite period of waiting. Singer-songwriter Dougie Poole has managed to turn this little symbol into the ultimate […]
These days, the word “authentic” gets thrown around with such frequency, it can ring empty. But it is fitting when describing Benjamin Dakota Rogers, whose new album, Paint Horse, is a collection of genuine folk songs with none of the […]
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