So 2020 isn’t shaping up to be anyone’s favorite year, is it? We had a decent few weeks there at the beginning, before COVID-19 slammed on the brakes, upending our personal and professional lives in profound ways. But that feels […]
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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 […]
On June 21, 1990, alt-country pioneers Uncle Tupelo (Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn) released their iconic debut album, No Depression. Over the years, the record has been critically hailed as a significant musical mile marker for both its […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series marking the 30th anniversary of Uncle Tupelo’s debut album, No Depression, which was released on June 21, 1990. Check back Monday for the second part, a roundtable of artists and […]
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 […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarah Jarosz is No Depression‘s Spotlight artist for June 2020. Read more about her and her new album, World on the Ground, in our feature story, and stay tuned for more all month long. World on 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 […]
Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, John Prine, Tanya Tucker, Yola, Our Native Daughters, The Highwomen, Buddy & Julie Miller, Billy Strings, Tyler Childers, Black Pumas, Brittany Haas, and Kelsey Waldon lead a diverse group of artists in the 2020 AmericanaFest nominations. […]
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