Now in its 17th year, Record Store Day shines a needed spotlight on independent record stores, those beacons of cool that have shaped the musical tastes of many a fan and many an artist, too. This Record Store Day […]
Now in its 17th year, Record Store Day shines a needed spotlight on independent record stores, those beacons of cool that have shaped the musical tastes of many a fan and many an artist, too. This Record Store Day […]
Most years, our annual Readers Poll and Critics Poll don’t have a lot of overlap. Music writers, who listen to a lot of music with a lot of intensity, are hungry for novelty and tend to gravitate toward artists a […]
Readers have really come through for No Depression in 2023. We asked you to tell us your favorite roots music albums of 2023, and more than 3,000 of you filled out a ballot! With more than 700 options to choose […]
Do you hear what we hear? Oh yeah, you do: It’s holiday music, all the time, everywhere, all at once. But the good news is it’s not all bad! Some new holiday albums in the roots music world are […]
December is a season of traditions, and we’ve got a few of our own here at No Depression. One of our favorites is to take some time at the end of every year to look back and appreciate all the […]
Unless you’ve been hiding from the world and your inbox lately, you know all too well that Black Friday is coming up this week (Nov. 24), and everyone’s after your hard-earned money. Walmart and Best Buy will be just fine, […]
All year long, No Depression brings you top-quality coverage of the roots music artists and stories you care about — both on our website and in our quarterly journal. But that work isn’t free. We count on support from our subscriptions and donations from […]
New roots music albums have been coming at us full blast this year — who could ever keep up? (Us! We can!) As we pass the midpoint of the year, we wanted to take a breath and pause to […]
For 16 years now, Record Store Day has nudged music lovers toward their favorite independent shops, a reminder of the community these stores can build as well as the need for customers to pop in every now and them to […]
Hot on the heels of our annual Readers Poll, we checked in with No Depression’s staff and contributors to get their takes on the best roots music albums released in 2022. As usually happens, there’s only a little overlap between […]
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