Billy Strings’ Halloween shows in Asheville, North Carolina, have taken on legendary status, with themes and costumes both onstage and in the audience during the multi-day run. After last year’s The Wizard of Oz theme, Strings has announced that […]
You’ve surely heard by now the big news from Newport Folk Festival – Joni Mitchell’s return to the festival stage for the first time in 53 years. She was the surprise guest at Brandi Carlile’s closing set at the […]
Look, Bruce Springsteen tickets aren’t cheap, and they haven’t been for a while. You’re going to pay a few hundred bucks to see The Boss unless you luck out and snag a nosebleed seat before the scalpers scoop ’em […]
If you’ve been sleeping on stamp collecting, you might want to wake up now. Next Thursday the U.S. Postal Service will release a stamp honoring Pete Seeger. The “Forever” stamp, part of the USPS’s Music Icons series, currently is […]
For a certain kind of science geek/audiophile, T Bone Burnett’s announcement last spring of Ionic Originals, a new high-fidelity, long-lasting analog audio format from his NeoFidelity company, was pretty exciting stuff. (You can read up on the details here.) […]
Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis movie is now in theaters, and while the King, of course, is in the spotlight, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who was a major influence as Elvis came of age, finally gets some mainstream attention too. Tharpe is […]
As a No Depression reader, you’ve likely known about Molly Tuttle for years. But it seems the rest of the world is starting to take notice, and we welcome them to the club! PBS News Hour aired a segment […]
Several small independent music venues in Nashville are fighting for their lives, or, in the case of Mercy Lounge, have recently lost the battle. And it’s probably happening in your town, too. Venues often don’t own the building they’re […]
The War and Treaty was one of No Depression’s very first Spotlight artists, back when we started that feature in 2018. We loved their debut album, Healing Tide, but we also loved their story — two musicians struggling for […]
Gospel icons The McCrary Sisters announced Thursday the death of Deborah McCrary at age 67. Deborah was the low voice in the quartet, providing a foundation for her sisters Ann, Regina, and Alfreda. She was a nurse for much […]
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