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Hilary Saunders

Hilary Saunders

BONUS TRACKS: International Folk Music Awards Announcements + More Music News

BONUS TRACKS: International Folk Music Awards Announcements + More Music News

Earlier this week, Folk Alliance International announced numerous nominees and recipients for the Best of 2024 and International Folk Music Awards, respectively. The ceremony will take place during the first night of the industry nonprofit's 37th annual conference, which takes place Feb. 19-23, 2025 in Montréal. Highlights include:

Lucinda Williams’ Beatles Record Soundtracks A Good Time Without Straying Too Far

Lucinda Williams’ Beatles Record Soundtracks A Good Time Without Straying Too Far

Cover albums are notoriously challenging beasts. Artists must try to balance maintaining individuality, while also adhering to the source material. Listeners have to justify listening to new interpretations, when the original songs are often easily accessible. When covering a band as beloved, foundational, and obsessed-over as The Beatles, every choice

BONUS TRACKS: Music, In Spite of it All

BONUS TRACKS: Music, In Spite of it All

In spite of it all, music happened this week. I dug deep into my vinyl collection this week and listened to Rage Against The Machine’s debut and IDLES’ 2018 LP titled Joy As An Act of Resistance. I listened to relatively new punk records like Childbirth’s Women’s

No Depression's Best of October 2024 Playlist

No Depression's Best of October 2024 Playlist

The fall chill didn't hit New York City until unseasonably late, but October still blew in a ton of cool music. And many of these artists took their time between releases. Singer-songwriter and October Spotlight artist Joy Clark released her debut album after years of exciting singles and

BONUS TRACKS: Matthew Sweet and Scott H. Biram Could Use Some Help

BONUS TRACKS: Matthew Sweet and Scott H. Biram Could Use Some Help

It’s hard enough to be a roots musician in the United States these days, what with, algorithms dictating which social media posts are seen or not, streaming services paying minimally, and prices rising for almost every aspect of touring. In this country in particular, the dearth of public services

HELLO STRANGER: Introducing No Depression’s Fall 2024 Journal + Playlist

HELLO STRANGER: Introducing No Depression’s Fall 2024 Journal + Playlist

EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our Fall 2024 quarterly journal, featuring the best and most timely stories in roots music today. Buy the Fall 2024 issue in print or digitally here. Better yet, start a subscription with this issue and help support No Depression’s

No Depression’s Best of September 2024 Playlist

No Depression’s Best of September 2024 Playlist

September is always a busy month for the roots music community, with AMERICANAFEST, IBMA World of Bluegrass, and of course, FreshGrass | North Adams (presented by No Depression's nonprofit publisher, the FreshGrass Foundation) happening consecutively. Many musicians who have played FreshGrass, this year and in previous years, released new