As a radio personality, record store owner, concert promoter, and producer/manager of local artists, 86-year-old Skippy White has dedicated nearly his entire life to supporting soul, blues, and gospel music in Boston. He still remembers the moment that made […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mighty Poplar is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for March 2023. Read more about the band and its debut, self-titled album in our interview, and watch an exclusive video performance of “Blackjack Davy” here. The album is out […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: To mark the release of Nickel Creek’s new album, Celebrants, this week, we’re sharing an excerpt of our story about the album and the band from our Spring 2023 journal, available now. Order your copy or, better yet, […]
The annual FreshGrass Festival — produced by No Depression’s nonprofit publisher, the FreshGrass Foundation — is set to return to North Adams, Massachusetts, Sept. 22-24. The three-day event, which takes place at the sprawling contemporary arts museum MASS MoCA, announced its […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mighty Poplar is No Depression’s Spotlight band for March 2023. Learn more about the band and their self-titled album, coming March 31 on Free Dirt Records, in our interview here. And look for more throughout March. […]
“I first heard Nebraska as a young child in the early 1990s when I was just old enough to start having my own opinions about music,” Aoife O’Donovan reminisces. “I remember that my first response was being freaked out […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is an extended version of a photo essay that appears in the Spring 2023 issue of No Depression. Get that issue of the journal here, and subscribe today to support independent music journalism. Troy […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mighty Poplar is No Depression’s Spotlight band for March 2023. Learn more about the group and their self-titled album, out March 31 on Free Dirt Records, all month long. While several members of Mighty Poplar, bluegrass’s […]
Singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell certainly doesn’t need help putting together an album, but for his new project, The Chicago Sessions, he enlisted Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy as producer, co-writer on one of the songs, instrumentalist throughout the album, and a good […]
February might be the shortest month, but this one was absolutely stacked with new releases. Starting off with a decisive statement from alt-country rockers Lucero, this month’s playlist traverses the range of roots music — from the quick picking […]
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