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ALBUM REVIEW: Rayland Baxter Steps Out of the Rut and Into the Light on 'True Violet'

ALBUM REVIEW: Rayland Baxter Steps Out of the Rut and Into the Light on 'True Violet'

“I’m gonna walk away from a bad day,” Rayland Baxter sings on the aptly titled “Real Bad Rut” off his first new record in four years, True Violet. And in many ways, that is just what he did, going off the grid to cope with a hard time and

Two Decades After Their Debut, New Tribute Album Honors The Felice Brothers

Two Decades After Their Debut, New Tribute Album Honors The Felice Brothers

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks Finds Her Voice on ‘Hell or High Water’

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks Finds Her Voice on ‘Hell or High Water’

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Shaving A Dead Man,’ JP Harris Plays Intuitive Interpreter of an Old-Time Songbook

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Shaving A Dead Man,’ JP Harris Plays Intuitive Interpreter of an Old-Time Songbook

FRESH TRACK: Emily Scott Robinson - "Appalachia"

FRESH TRACK: Emily Scott Robinson - "Appalachia"

THROUGH THE LENS: North Carolina & Arkansas Roots Music Fests Wrap Up The Festival Season

THROUGH THE LENS: North Carolina & Arkansas Roots Music Fests Wrap Up The Festival Season

CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Alice Wallace and Ranger Doug, Leonard Podolak, and Archie Fisher

CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Alice Wallace and Ranger Doug, Leonard Podolak, and Archie Fisher

Stories

Two Decades After Their Debut, New Tribute Album Honors The Felice Brothers

Two Decades After Their Debut, New Tribute Album Honors The Felice Brothers

The Felice Brothers have been called rootsy, ragged, and raucous since they descended from the Catskills to become scruffy New York City buskers. Two decades into their career, they have earned another descriptor — influential. A new tribute album, Felice County Fair: A Celebration of The Felice Brothers, illustrates just how

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks Finds Her Voice on ‘Hell or High Water’

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks Finds Her Voice on ‘Hell or High Water’

Ranky Tanky Gives Traditional Gullah Tunes New Life

Ranky Tanky Gives Traditional Gullah Tunes New Life

Emotional and Geographic Changes Helped Margo Cilker Make New LP ‘Little White Cross’

Emotional and Geographic Changes Helped Margo Cilker Make New LP ‘Little White Cross’

A Postcard From Laura Cortese

A Postcard From Laura Cortese

No Depression's Best of September 2026 Playlist

No Depression's Best of September 2026 Playlist

SPOTLIGHT: Reflections On The Inevitable Folly Of Naming Things, Or Whatever [ESSAY]

SPOTLIGHT: Reflections On The Inevitable Folly Of Naming Things, Or Whatever [ESSAY]

Album Reviews

ALBUM REVIEW: Rayland Baxter Steps Out of the Rut and Into the Light on 'True Violet'

ALBUM REVIEW: Rayland Baxter Steps Out of the Rut and Into the Light on 'True Violet'

“I’m gonna walk away from a bad day,” Rayland Baxter sings on the aptly titled “Real Bad Rut” off his first new record in four years, True Violet. And in many ways, that is just what he did, going off the grid to cope with a hard time and

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Shaving A Dead Man,’ JP Harris Plays Intuitive Interpreter of an Old-Time Songbook

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Shaving A Dead Man,’ JP Harris Plays Intuitive Interpreter of an Old-Time Songbook

With 'The Hard Truth,' Wynonna Writes Her Own Musical Story for The First Time

With 'The Hard Truth,' Wynonna Writes Her Own Musical Story for The First Time

ALBUM REVIEW: Charlie Parr’s Stark and Essential 'Rooming House' Is a Portrait of Survival

ALBUM REVIEW: Charlie Parr’s Stark and Essential 'Rooming House' Is a Portrait of Survival

ALBUM REVIEW: Todd Snider's Posthumous 'My Second Rodeo' Is a Poignant Reminder of What We've Lost

ALBUM REVIEW: Todd Snider's Posthumous 'My Second Rodeo' Is a Poignant Reminder of What We've Lost

ALBUM REVIEW: Brody Price Sings of the Bottle and the Damage Done on Sobriety Record 'Leaf Miner’s Daughter'

ALBUM REVIEW: Brody Price Sings of the Bottle and the Damage Done on Sobriety Record 'Leaf Miner’s Daughter'

ALBUM REVIEW: Jess Williamson Comes Home to Herself on 'A Mile South of Heaven'

ALBUM REVIEW: Jess Williamson Comes Home to Herself on 'A Mile South of Heaven'

Columns

THROUGH THE LENS: North Carolina & Arkansas Roots Music Fests Wrap Up The Festival Season

THROUGH THE LENS: North Carolina & Arkansas Roots Music Fests Wrap Up The Festival Season

This week the column visits two music festivals that take somewhat different approaches to roots music. One, in only its second year, Raleigh Wide Open Music Festival, October 1-3, 2026, in Raleigh, North Carolina and the other, the King Biscuit Blues Festival, which celebrated its 40th year, October 8-

CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Alice Wallace and Ranger Doug, Leonard Podolak, and Archie Fisher

CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Alice Wallace and Ranger Doug, Leonard Podolak, and Archie Fisher

BONUS TRACKS: Live Recordings from John Prine, Nick Shoulders, and Greensky Bluegrass, New Lydia Loveless EP, and More Roots Music News

BONUS TRACKS: Live Recordings from John Prine, Nick Shoulders, and Greensky Bluegrass, New Lydia Loveless EP, and More Roots Music News

THE READING ROOM: Sean Wilentz’s ‘Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window (1956-1963)’

THE READING ROOM: Sean Wilentz’s ‘Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window (1956-1963)’

THROUGH THE LENS: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026 at 25

THROUGH THE LENS: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026 at 25

BONUS TRACKS: A Coda for a Tour Manager and This Week’s Roots Music News

BONUS TRACKS: A Coda for a Tour Manager and This Week’s Roots Music News

THROUGH THE LENS: California’s Ohana Festival 2026 — “Music & Memories Stay With You Long After the Tide Goes Out”

THROUGH THE LENS: California’s Ohana Festival 2026 — “Music & Memories Stay With You Long After the Tide Goes Out”

FRESH TRACK

On her third album for Oh Boy Records, Appalachia — recorded at Dreamland Recording Studios with Grammy-nominated producer Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman) — Emily Scott Robinson opens herself up to experimentation and sings in her crystal-clear voice about resilience, love, grief, and hope.

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FRESH TRACK: Emily Scott Robinson - "Appalachia"

On her third album for Oh Boy Records, Appalachia — recorded at Dreamland Recording Studios with Grammy-nominated producer Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman) — Emily Scott Robinson opens herself up to experimentation and sings in her crystal-clear voice about resilience, love, grief, and hope. LISTEN NOW

FRESH TRACK: Paula Boggs Band - "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round"

FRESH TRACK: JP Harris - "Hang Me"