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Hilary Saunders

BONUS TRACKS: New Albums Coming from Jason Isbell, Sierra Hull, and Lucy Dacus

BONUS TRACKS: New Albums Coming from Jason Isbell, Sierra Hull, and Lucy Dacus

This week was rich in new music releases, including from three big names in roots music — country singer-songwriter and rocker Jason Isbell, bluegrass singer-songwriter, mandolinist, and guitarist Sierra Hull, and folk and rock star Lucy Dacus. Isbell's first completely solo acoustic album, Foxes in the Snow,

BONUS TRACKS: Steve Martin Banjo Prize Winners + Remembering Dualtone Records' Paul Roper

BONUS TRACKS: Steve Martin Banjo Prize Winners + Remembering Dualtone Records' Paul Roper

The Steve Martin Banjo Prize announced its two winners for 2024 — Tray Wellington and Allison de Groot. With a board chaired by banjoist and Compass Records co-owner Alison Brown, as well as sponsors including the FreshGrass Foundation (the nonprofit publisher of No Depression and Folk Alley), Compass Records, and

The 2024 No Depression Guide to Holiday Music That Doesn’t Suck

The 2024 No Depression Guide to Holiday Music That Doesn’t Suck

Well, No Depression's resident lover of holiday music has left the building, so we're changing things up around here. Instead of sharing mini reviews of our team's favorite new roots music Christmas records like we've done the last three years, we'

Introducing No Depression's Winter 2024 Journal + Playlist

Introducing No Depression's Winter 2024 Journal + Playlist

EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our Winter 2024 quarterly journal, featuring the best and most timely stories in roots music today. Buy the Winter 2024 issue in print or digitally here, which contributes to No Depression's year-end fundraising drive. Better yet, start

No Depression’s Best of November-December 2024 Playlist

No Depression’s Best of November-December 2024 Playlist

In the music industry, especially, the end of the year is a great time to get weird. It's time to share those late-breaking live records (like Low Cut Connie and Jonathan Terrell), box sets (Elvis Costello and Laura Nyro), covers records (The Infamous String Dusters and Lucinda

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

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