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ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Son of the San Lorenzo’, Jesse Daniel Boldly Showcases How an Artist Becomes

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Son of the San Lorenzo’, Jesse Daniel Boldly Showcases How an Artist Becomes

In a delicate downpour of rhythm and steel, the Son of the San Lorenzo is born. With it, California’s Central Coast – and Jesse Daniel’s home – comes into focus, a distant harmonica whispering through the Redwoods, assured strings slithering along the winding creeks, the steady beat of a bass

An Oral History of Red Dirt As Told by Those Who Live and Love It

An Oral History of Red Dirt As Told by Those Who Live and Love It

It was the mid-1990s when Cody Canada first came to Stillwater, Oklahoma. The then-17-year-old ventured an hour or so north from his native Yukon to the small college town to see country elite Chris LeDoux perform live. What he found there, instead, would kickstart the rest of his life. Opening

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Blue Sky Sundays’, JD Clayton Shows Us the Way Back Home

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Blue Sky Sundays’, JD Clayton Shows Us the Way Back Home

You can’t go home again. Or, at least, that’s what they say. That’s because home is never really how you remember it, as if someone came in while you were away and moved your trusted memories a half-inch. There’s something different about it all, about the

SPOTLIGHT: “It's different when you mean it": Larkin Poe Prove They’re Forever In ‘Bloom’

SPOTLIGHT: “It's different when you mean it": Larkin Poe Prove They’re Forever In ‘Bloom’

Editor's Note: Larkin Poe are No Depression's Spotlight artists for January 2025. Their new album, 'Bloom,' is out January 24 via Tricki-Woo Records. Read about them in this Spotlight Feature and look out for more all month long. “And the Grammy goes to ... Blood

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Oh Brother,’ Dawes Offer a Front Row Seat to Life as We Know It

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Oh Brother,’ Dawes Offer a Front Row Seat to Life as We Know It

With the shattering strike of a snare, Oh Brother comes to life and so, too, does the latest iteration of Dawes. For the first time in nearly a decade, it’s just brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith leading the charge. The 2023 departure of bandmates Wylie Gelber and Lee Pardini

ALBUM REVIEW: Denitia Navigates Change on 'Sunset Drive'

ALBUM REVIEW: Denitia Navigates Change on 'Sunset Drive'

Jagged earth under warped tires, the air whipping through open windows, the heart that beats along to the car stereo – all of it changes, forced to weather the seasons and evolve. In this life, change is the one constant, the only sure thing. For Denitia, it serves as the compass

ALBUM REVIEW: 49 Winchester Are ‘Leavin’ This Holler’ Without Forsaking Their Roots

ALBUM REVIEW: 49 Winchester Are ‘Leavin’ This Holler’ Without Forsaking Their Roots

It’s been said that there’s no place like home. It nurtures and teaches us, often informing our direction in life. Sometimes, though, we have to leave to really understand not only the gravity of home, but who we are without it. Perhaps 49 Winchester’s Isaac Gibson sings