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Nanci Griffith and The Impossible Double Standards of 'Storms'

Nanci Griffith and The Impossible Double Standards of 'Storms'

Editor's Note: Erin Osmon has been awarded one of two No Depression Criticism Fellowships to write in-depth album reviews on roots music's most important albums. Read her previous review of Roger Miller's A Trip In The Country here, and stay tuned for more

How Dolly Parton Grew to Embody The Organic Feminism of Working-Class women

How Dolly Parton Grew to Embody The Organic Feminism of Working-Class women

ALBUM REVIEW: Laurelyn Dossett's 'How Many Moons' Is an Album of Multifaceted Songcraft

ALBUM REVIEW: Laurelyn Dossett's 'How Many Moons' Is an Album of Multifaceted Songcraft

In The Deep End With Brandon Flowers

In The Deep End With Brandon Flowers

ALBUM REVIEW: Riley Downing Makes the Moments Feel Real on 'Landfill Poetry'

ALBUM REVIEW: Riley Downing Makes the Moments Feel Real on 'Landfill Poetry'

ALBUM REVIEW: Billy Strings Mourns His Mother on 'So Much for Goodbyes'

ALBUM REVIEW: Billy Strings Mourns His Mother on 'So Much for Goodbyes'

THROUGH THE LENS: The Spirit of Discovery Continues at the 2026 Philadelphia Folk Festival

THROUGH THE LENS: The Spirit of Discovery Continues at the 2026 Philadelphia Folk Festival

Stories

How Dolly Parton Grew to Embody The Organic Feminism of Working-Class women

How Dolly Parton Grew to Embody The Organic Feminism of Working-Class women

Editor's note: In honor of Dolly Parton passing away this week at the age of 80, we're revisiting some of No Depression's best stories about the "Queen of Country." This excerpt comes from the first installment in a four-part series by

In The Deep End With Brandon Flowers

In The Deep End With Brandon Flowers

SPOTLIGHT: Forced to Sit Still [ESSAY]

SPOTLIGHT: Forced to Sit Still [ESSAY]

Trouble the Water: The Birth of the Spirituals

Trouble the Water: The Birth of the Spirituals

SPOTLIGHT: Sera Cahoone Returns to Center Stage With Patient LP 'I've Missed You All These Years'

SPOTLIGHT: Sera Cahoone Returns to Center Stage With Patient LP 'I've Missed You All These Years'

NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at Hinterland: Waylon Wyatt

NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at Hinterland: Waylon Wyatt

“That’s What Hope is For” —Steve Earle, Songwriting, and Music that Changes the World

“That’s What Hope is For” —Steve Earle, Songwriting, and Music that Changes the World

Album Reviews

Nanci Griffith and The Impossible Double Standards of 'Storms'

Nanci Griffith and The Impossible Double Standards of 'Storms'

Editor's Note: Erin Osmon has been awarded one of two No Depression Criticism Fellowships to write in-depth album reviews on roots music's most important albums. Read her previous review of Roger Miller's A Trip In The Country here, and stay tuned for more

ALBUM REVIEW: Laurelyn Dossett's 'How Many Moons' Is an Album of Multifaceted Songcraft

ALBUM REVIEW: Laurelyn Dossett's 'How Many Moons' Is an Album of Multifaceted Songcraft

ALBUM REVIEW: Riley Downing Makes the Moments Feel Real on 'Landfill Poetry'

ALBUM REVIEW: Riley Downing Makes the Moments Feel Real on 'Landfill Poetry'

ALBUM REVIEW: Billy Strings Mourns His Mother on 'So Much for Goodbyes'

ALBUM REVIEW: Billy Strings Mourns His Mother on 'So Much for Goodbyes'

ALBUM REVIEW: Chris Pierce Battles Despair and Injustice on ‘Songs for the Heavy Hearted’

ALBUM REVIEW: Chris Pierce Battles Despair and Injustice on ‘Songs for the Heavy Hearted’

ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Reel 2 Reel 4 Real' Is Ray Wylie Hubbard as He Was Meant to Be Heard

ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Reel 2 Reel 4 Real' Is Ray Wylie Hubbard as He Was Meant to Be Heard

ALBUM REVIEW: Brennan Wedl Makes Room for the Mess

ALBUM REVIEW: Brennan Wedl Makes Room for the Mess

Columns

THROUGH THE LENS: The Spirit of Discovery Continues at the 2026 Philadelphia Folk Festival

THROUGH THE LENS: The Spirit of Discovery Continues at the 2026 Philadelphia Folk Festival

CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Abbie Gardner, The River Cryers, and Chad & Jeremy

CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Abbie Gardner, The River Cryers, and Chad & Jeremy

BONUS TRACKS: FreshGrass Foundation's Porchside Jubilee, Folk Alliance International's Conference Announcement, and More Roots Music News

BONUS TRACKS: FreshGrass Foundation's Porchside Jubilee, Folk Alliance International's Conference Announcement, and More Roots Music News

THROUGH THE LENS: Vinyl Update - Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, Skip James, and More

THROUGH THE LENS: Vinyl Update - Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, Skip James, and More

BONUS TRACKS: Reissues from The Chicks and The Bluegrass Album Band, New Music from Kaitlin Butts and St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and More Roots Music News

BONUS TRACKS: Reissues from The Chicks and The Bluegrass Album Band, New Music from Kaitlin Butts and St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and More Roots Music News

THE READING ROOM: Ashley Khan’s ‘Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland’

THE READING ROOM: Ashley Khan’s ‘Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland’

THROUGH THE LENS: Gerry Milnes & The State of Traditional Music In West Virginia

THROUGH THE LENS: Gerry Milnes & The State of Traditional Music In West Virginia

FRESH TRACK

Clay DuBose is a Texas-based Americana artist. He has two previous full-length records under his belt, Rewriting History, which hit No. 23 on the Americana Chart and These Days, which landed at No. 6. His new release, Father Time & Mother Nature is at Americana and Texas radio and has been favorably received by both fans of his previous work and those new to his music.

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FRESH TRACK: Clay DuBose - "Winning Streak"

Clay DuBose is a Texas-based Americana artist. He has two previous full-length records under his belt, Rewriting History, which hit No. 23 on the Americana Chart and These Days, which landed at No. 6. His new release, Father Time & Mother Nature is at Americana and Texas radio

FRESH TRACK: Andrew Sa - "Lavender Cowboy"

FRESH TRACK: Rachael Sage & The Sequins “Nexus (Acoustic)”