Grant Britt

Editor’s Note: Here at No Depression there’s too much great roots music in a year for us to cover it all. So in December, when new releases slow down, we ask writers to review some of the best albums we missed throughout the year in an on-going series

Dude Cervantes and his Panchos are tear- the-joint-down bar band brawlers. The Southern California band's latest, The Ride or Die of Dude Cervantes and the Panchos, on Cervantes’ own Blind Owl label was recorded live at the Hotel Café in Hollywood two years ago. The performance showcases Cervantes

Kim Wilson has come a long way on his lips. With his harp and his voice, Wilson has been protecting and serving the blues community since the early seventies; he co-founded the Fabulous Thunderbirds with Jimmie Vaughan  in' 74 and still fronts the band today. His latest, Slow Burn

Orange Blossoms is bluesy soulman J J Grey's masterpiece. Tony Joe White-worthy swamp funk stirred in with Grey's gritty vocals are a prequel to what he would be serving up in future iterations, most notably on his last outing, 2024's Olustee, paying homage to

Roomful of Blues have never had any problem living up to their name. Their brassy bombast has packed rooms full of sweaty big band celebrants from coast to coast and round the world for nearly six decades. But for their latest, Steppin' Out, the band has floated a new

It's been a while since Robert Plant stood bare-chested onstage alongside Jimmy Page, holding forth about black dogs and golden staircases. After Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980, the two stars reunited off-and-on through the 1980s and ’90s, but in the 21st century, Plant has bounced back — and