Morgan Wallen was a surprise guest of country singer Ernest last weekend at the Grand Ole Opry, and while there was applause in the building, there was a much more negative reaction elsewhere — namely among Black country musicians […]
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You know who had a good year in 2021? CDs! Billboard reports that CD sales in the US posted a 1.1% gain over 2020, the first increase in CD sales since 2004. That’s according to MRC Data, whose annual […]
As The Rolling Stones toured America this fall, Mick Jagger delightfully documented his off-hours activities on Instagram: hikes in the woods, trips to local dive bars, a visit to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis — all seeming to attract […]
They say the songs you hear in adolescence are the ones that stick with you, resonating over the rest of your life and, of course, embedding their lyrics forever in your brain. For American Aquarium bandleader BJ Barham, those […]
It’s hardly a surprise anymore when a big-name artist sells their catalog to a corporation for millions of dollars. It’s hard to blame them as times get harder and harder for musicians. With a long touring drought amid COVID-19 […]
Since 2009, Oxford American magazine has dedicated one of its quarterly editions each year to an exploration of Southern music, usually zooming in on one state at a time. This year’s music issue focuses on Southern music once again, […]
Red Dirt music fans and the larger alt country world rejoiced this week to see a fresh band photo pop up on social media accounts for Turnpike Troubadours. Sure enough, Rolling Stone grabbed an exclusive interview with the band […]
The Grammy buzz this year has been more of a hiss. First, Kacey Musgraves’ new album, star-crossed, was booted out of consideration for the country categories, assigned instead to pop (though one of its songs, “Camera Roll,” has received […]
The future of live music radio show and webcast Music City Roots, a roots music mainstay since 2009, has been unclear since it left its home at The Factory venue in Franklin, Tennessee, in 2017 for a Nashville venue […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Gov’t Mule is No Depression’s Spotlight band for November. Read our interview with frontman and co-founder Warren Haynes about the band’s new album, Heavy Load Blues, and look for more from Gov’t Mule all month long. The […]
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