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No Depression's Best of October 2026 Playlist

No Depression's Best of October 2026 Playlist

Fans who complain to musicians to, "Shut up and sing" might be disappointed in yesterday's US midterm election results and a large chunk of October's Best of the Month Playlist. Funnily enough, multiple roots musicians who shared new albums in October released songs with

ALBUM REVIEW: A New Must-Have Compilation Highlights Jelly Roll Morton's Early Years

ALBUM REVIEW: A New Must-Have Compilation Highlights Jelly Roll Morton's Early Years

THROUGH THE LENS: Kacey Musgraves, Beck, The Bluegrass Album Band, and Other Audiophile Roots Music Releases

THROUGH THE LENS: Kacey Musgraves, Beck, The Bluegrass Album Band, and Other Audiophile Roots Music Releases

FRESH TRACK: Dave Perkins - “True Fan”

FRESH TRACK: Dave Perkins - “True Fan”

In The Deep End with The Tallest Man On Earth

In The Deep End with The Tallest Man On Earth

BEST OF BLUES: October 2026

BEST OF BLUES: October 2026

BONUS TRACKS: RIP Country Music Hall of Fame Singer John Anderson and More Roots Music News

BONUS TRACKS: RIP Country Music Hall of Fame Singer John Anderson and More Roots Music News

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No Depression's Best of October 2026 Playlist

No Depression's Best of October 2026 Playlist

Fans who complain to musicians to, "Shut up and sing" might be disappointed in yesterday's US midterm election results and a large chunk of October's Best of the Month Playlist. Funnily enough, multiple roots musicians who shared new albums in October released songs with

In The Deep End with The Tallest Man On Earth

In The Deep End with The Tallest Man On Earth

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks on Learning to Sing Before Finding Her Voice [ESSAY]

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks on Learning to Sing Before Finding Her Voice [ESSAY]

Jeffrey Silverstein's Top 5 Songs Right Now

Jeffrey Silverstein's Top 5 Songs Right Now

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks - "Hell or High Water" [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks - "Hell or High Water" [VIDEO]

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 Reviews

ALBUM REVIEW: A New Must-Have Compilation Highlights Jelly Roll Morton's Early Years

ALBUM REVIEW: A New Must-Have Compilation Highlights Jelly Roll Morton's Early Years

Born in the Creole community in New Orleans in 1890, Ferdinand LaMother “Jelly Roll” Morton absorbed various musical influences that he eventually combined in his own signature styles. He started playing guitar around age seven, switching to piano at age 10, always alive to the diversity of sounds that emerged

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt’s 'Trio' Remains Timeless, Continuing to Inspire Supergroups Today

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt’s 'Trio' Remains Timeless, Continuing to Inspire Supergroups Today

ALBUM REVIEW: Kaitlin Butts Welcomes Us to the Party on 'Hello, Honky Tonk'

ALBUM REVIEW: Kaitlin Butts Welcomes Us to the Party on 'Hello, Honky Tonk'

ALBUM REVIEW: Caroline Rose Shapeshifts Again on 'Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall'

ALBUM REVIEW: Caroline Rose Shapeshifts Again on 'Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall'

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'

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

Columns

THROUGH THE LENS: Kacey Musgraves, Beck, The Bluegrass Album Band, and Other Audiophile Roots Music Releases

THROUGH THE LENS: Kacey Musgraves, Beck, The Bluegrass Album Band, and Other Audiophile Roots Music Releases

As it continues to be a stellar era for roots music albums to be given the audiophile treatment, this week’s column looks at five recent ones, including several firsts. With its previous releases the Interscope-Capitol Definitive Sound Series (DSS) has distinguished itself from other audiophile labels that have

BEST OF BLUES: October 2026

BEST OF BLUES: October 2026

BONUS TRACKS: RIP Country Music Hall of Fame Singer John Anderson and More Roots Music News

BONUS TRACKS: RIP Country Music Hall of Fame Singer John Anderson and More Roots Music News

THE READING ROOM: Jim Newberry’s ‘Chicago Music, Seen: 100 Portraits’

THE READING ROOM: Jim Newberry’s ‘Chicago Music, Seen: 100 Portraits’

QUEER COUNTRY: In and Out: Reconsidering ‘Queer’ Country

QUEER COUNTRY: In and Out: Reconsidering ‘Queer’ Country

BONUS TRACKS: Kacey Musgraves In Spanish, IBMA Bluegrass Music Award Winners, and More Roots Music News

BONUS TRACKS: Kacey Musgraves In Spanish, IBMA Bluegrass Music Award Winners, and More Roots Music News

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

FRESH TRACK

Based on a real-life experience, “True Fan” marks the territory of fan culture from genuine appreciation to obsessive-compulsive invasion of privacy — toxic fandom.

Sponsored by Lugnut Music

FRESH TRACK: Dave Perkins - “True Fan”

Based on a real-life experience, “True Fan” marks the territory of fan culture from genuine appreciation to obsessive-compulsive invasion of privacy — toxic fandom. POWDERHEAD by Dave Perkins Sponsored by Lugnut Music ORDER NOW

FRESH TRACK: Margo Cilker - "State Line"

FRESH TRACK: Emily Scott Robinson - "Appalachia"