Hilary Saunders

EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our Winter 2023 quarterly journal, featuring the best and most timely stories in roots music today. Buy the Winter 2023 issue in print or digitally here. Better yet, start a subscription with this issue and help support No Depression’s

The holiday season is officially here, which means the music industry tends to slow down drastically. No Depression has already compiled our annual Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck playlist, but there's still plenty of music from November and December that's worth listening to between

This spooky season is all treats, notably, nearly 60 of the best roots music songs from October. The playlist spans the breadth of genres, including some stomping bluegrass numbers from The Brothers Comatose and Sierra Ferrell, the return of legendary folk singers like Alice Gerrard and rock stars like The

Like the fall weather finally hitting much of the country these days, the pace of September's Best of the Month playlist takes its sweet time. However, the sheer quantity of music released last month was among the most we've ever seen. No Depression internally tracked more

The 34th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards took place in Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday night to much fanfare and naturally, a few banjo jokes. No Depression's Assistant Editor, Stacy Chandler, worked behind the scenes to write the script for this year's bluegrass power-couple hosts Ketch Secor

Umbrellas were the accessory of choice last weekend at the FreshGrass Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts. But despite the rain — primarily on Saturday and Sunday — the annual three-day roots music festival in the Berkshires carried on to the merriment of thousands. This year's festival, produced by No Depression&