As you might have heard Kacey Musgraves sing in a cryptic commercial aired during Sunday night’s Grammy Awards broadcast, “My Saturn has returned” — and so, it was firmly announced today, has Musgraves, with a new album coming next […]
As you might have heard Kacey Musgraves sing in a cryptic commercial aired during Sunday night’s Grammy Awards broadcast, “My Saturn has returned” — and so, it was firmly announced today, has Musgraves, with a new album coming next […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Madi Diaz is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for February 2024. Look for more about her and her new album, Weird Faith, out Feb. 9 on ANTI-, all month long. “I’m doing my damnedest to claim my […]
The FreshGrass Foundation, No Depression’s parent nonprofit organization, is dedicated to providing roots music artists with opportunities to create new work and to take artistic risks outside the pressures of the commercial music space. It does this through several […]
As is the case with country subgenres, alt-country emerged from a collision of styles. A story with many disputed beginnings, the most prominent influences on alt-country were outlaw country and punk rock. One of many subgenres that emerged as […]
“Roots music” is often used to describe different styles of American music. The mind jumps to the American South, or to the folk lyricism of acoustic artists like John Prine or (the Minnesotan) Bob Dylan. That is not completely […]
The world of roots music is dynamic, covering a multitude of genres and growing exponentially as music evolves. From folk music to alt-country to Americana to blues and soul, the throughline between all varieties of roots music is the […]
Perhaps you’ve found your way here amid a spirited jaunt of Americana article-hopping or a deep dive into a new favorite roots music artist. Whatever it is that led you here, you’re in the right place! Welcome to No […]
Most weeks, this column has a theme. It isn’t always meant to. It just happens that I look at the dozen or so albums I’ve got bookmarked for consideration and similarities come out. Not this week. So I’m taking […]
Alison Bonaguro is a country music fan who’s lived the life that every country music fan dreams about. She’s shared moments backstage after shows, in bars until closing time, and in hotel lobbies waiting for early morning airport shuttles […]
With the uncertainty of COVID-19 and its variants as a backdrop, how could there be good news in 2021? The good news is the year was an outstanding one for roots music releases. So many that one article, let […]
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