We’re all just looking for a reason to fall in love again. Maybe that’s with a person, a cause, ourselves, the world in general — or even just a new album. Ana Egge makes it all easy to do on […]
We’re all just looking for a reason to fall in love again. Maybe that’s with a person, a cause, ourselves, the world in general — or even just a new album. Ana Egge makes it all easy to do on […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: In honor of Hurray for the Riff Raff’s nomination for Album of the Year in the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards, we’re sharing an excerpt of a profile about them in our Spring 2024 issue of No Depression. You […]
Kyshona invites us all to find pride in our histories on her stunning new album, Legacy. The album is sonically influenced by her late grandfather HT, who led his church’s choir: These songs are a new gospel of honor, veneration, […]
It’s not safe to expect more of the same from an artist as curious and driven as Aaron Lee Tasjan. Tasjan’s new album, Stellar Evolution, tracks his growth as a person and an artist. Tasjan may be known to No […]
When the youth use the phrase “say it with my whole chest,” it means that they are speaking sincerely. For Willi Carlisle, this metaphor applies with all its meanings: Declaiming like a medieval bard on his evocative new album, Critterland, […]
On Desert Pavement, ISMAY crafts a world that exists somewhere in between past and present, reality and fantasy, country and city. The title was inspired by the bluegrass lifer’s interest in cowboy poetry. Desert pavement is a natural phenomenon described […]
On Current, Danielle Howle displays her expertise at capturing music’s spirit. That’s not a vague cliché. Howle opens her album with the lyrics “Why’d I let all of that outta my mouth / Don’t you know I feel insane?” While […]
Colin Cutler’s life has many threads: a former Pentecostal Christian, a military veteran, a troubadour who bummed rides across Europe, and a community college instructor, it all leads to one magnificent tapestry of roots music on Tarwater. The album is […]
Lots of artists emerged from lockdown with a newfound sense of purpose, perhaps a new level of introspection or with a new style or instrument. This is important, but, if we’re being honest with ourselves, we’re all a little worse […]
Jenny Owen Youngs has lived through just about every possible human experience since her last full-length album in 2012, An Unwavering Band of Light. Eleven years, a marriage, a divorce, a second marriage, and a baby later, Owen Youngs returns […]
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