Rhiannon Giddens and Ben Harper had heard about each other for years, but they hadn’t met until they found themselves in the same room for a Grammy Museum event last year. Harper heard Giddens perform with her partner Francesco […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Samantha Crain is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for July 2020. Read more about her and her new album, A Small Death, in our feature story. Chances are, if you’re not completely locked down right now, you’re doing […]
At a time when we can’t go out and do the things we love, music provides some comfort at home, taking us places and uniting us with people if only in our minds. Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings have been […]
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) announced the nominees for its 2020 awards via a live broadcast on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction channel on Friday. IBMA’s annual World of Bluegrass event, held in Raleigh, North Carolina since 2012, has been shifted […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarah Jarosz is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for June 2020. Read our feature story about her and her new album, World on the Ground, here, and don’t miss her essay on finding a new way to look at […]
The name of the just-announced new album from the Old 97’s tells it like it is: Twelfth is the band’s 12th album, and its songs likewise deal honestly with some very real matters the band’s four members have faced in […]
As COVID-19 precautions make large gatherings impossible for the foreseeable future, the biggest conferences in roots music have called off their in-person events and are working to create parallel experiences online. After announcing the cancellation of AmericanaFest last week, the […]
Amid cuts announced Tuesday at American Public Media comes news that music-focused variety show Live From Here with Chris Thile — the follow-up to A Prairie Home Companion — has been canceled. Chris Thile, who took over A Prairie Home […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarah Jarosz is No Depression‘s Spotlight Band for June 2020. Look for more about her and her new album, World on the Ground, out June 5, throughout the month. Sarah Jarosz’s spring did not go the way she’d […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: “The New Normal” is an occasional series of stories that look into how the coronavirus has affected artists, listeners, and the music business. From couples in driveways and friends in carefully spaced semi-circles along the sidewalk, a cheer […]
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