For her new album, All My Friends, singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan drew inspiration from a collaborator whose best work was 100 years ago. In original songs inspired by speeches and letters written by suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt, O’Donovan brings a […]
The new year is off to a fine start already for fans of real country music. At midnight on the first day of 2024, Charley Crockett and Willie Nelson released a duet titled “That’s What Makes the World Go […]
The word a dictionary chooses as its “word of the year” says a lot about the year that’s been. Most times, the choice is at least partly based on the number of times people have looked up the word […]
Joshua Ray Walker has fit enough ups and downs for an entire lifetime into his 2023, it seems. In August he released a delightful album of covers, What Is It Even? (ND interview), and was booked to play one […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rainbow Girls are No Depression’s Spotlight band for December 2023. Learn more about this trio and their new album, Welcome to Whatever, in our interview, and look for more all month long. Rainbow Girls have a […]
Two more banjo pickers have joined the prestigious ranks of winners of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, now in its 13th year. The winners for 2023 are jazz banjo player Cynthia Sayer and bluegrass “Duke of Drive” Terry Baucom, who […]
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers have always been about two things: speaking the truth, and doing so loudly. That ethos is on full display in their new album announced today, Revelations. For Revelations, coming March 29, Shook (who personally […]
The best way to experience Billy Strings, as hordes of fans filling arenas will attest, is live and in person. But if he’s not playing your city, or if you didn’t snap up tickets quickly enough, you can get […]
Before there was Mariah Carey, before there was Wham!, there was Brenda Lee for the holidays: Her “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has been a staple on holiday radio playlists and store soundtracks pretty much constantly for decades. But […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rainbow Girls are No Depression’s Spotlight band for December 2023. Look for more about them and their new album, Welcome to Whatever, out today, all month long. Before they were Rainbow Girls, the band, they were […]
