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Hilary Saunders

Hilary Saunders

PRINT EXCERPT: The Kora Finds Its Way in Western Roots Music

PRINT EXCERPT: The Kora Finds Its Way in Western Roots Music

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is an excerpt from our Summer 2020 print issue, "Tools of the Trade." The print edition is sold out, but you can purchase the digital version here. Start a digital or print subscription to No Depression today to make sure you never

Chadwick Stokes & The Pintos Highlight Modern Allyship on Self-Titled LP

Chadwick Stokes & The Pintos Highlight Modern Allyship on Self-Titled LP

Between seven records with the college rock, folksy jam band Dispatch, four with righteous rock trio State Radio, and a smattering of solo releases under various names, Chadwick Stokes Urmston has a long history of singing about important issues. On Chadwick Stokes & The Pintos, his third solo LP and

The Good Ones Share Their Rwanda With The World

The Good Ones Share Their Rwanda With The World

In this hellacious year of our lord, it seems like we mortals are living and reliving humanity’s worst moments on earth with nauseating frequency. Among the already tired political, social, and environmental tropes rotating through an endless news cycle, 2019 also marks 25 years since the Rwandan genocide — a

Lankum’s 'The Livelong Day' Challenges the Confines of Traditional Music

Lankum’s 'The Livelong Day' Challenges the Confines of Traditional Music

Despite a penchant for song collection and resurrection and instrumentation that references the rich culture of their island nation, Irish four piece Lankum is not a traditional band. Based in Dublin and comprised of brothers Ian and Daragh Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada, and Radie Peat, Lankum creates moody songs that simultaneously

'The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions' Box Set Offers an In-Depth Look at Cuban Roots

'The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions' Box Set Offers an In-Depth Look at Cuban Roots

Camila Cabello may have opened the 2019 Grammy Awards with her song called “Havana,” but the theatrical performance featuring rapper Young Thug, singers J Balvin and Ricky Martin, and trumpet player Arturo Sandoval barely scratched the surface of the scope of Cuban music. Sandoval, a Cuban-American trumpet player, pianist and

State Champion Rekindles Independent Alt-Country

State Champion Rekindles Independent Alt-Country

State Champion, an alt-country quartet with members flung between Louisville and Chicago, isn’t exactly a new band. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Ryan Davis, drummer Sal Cassato, bassist Mikie Poland, and violinist Sabrina Rush formed the band more than 10 years ago while still in art school. Since then, they’ve

The Strengths and Subtleties of Singer-Songwriter Lorkin O’Reilly

The Strengths and Subtleties of Singer-Songwriter Lorkin O’Reilly

The release day for Scottish-American singer-songwriter Lorkin O’Reilly’s debut LP Heaven Depends came and went without much fanfare. It’s not a bombastic record, by any means, but rather one of soft folk music made with a quite pride. It might have been easy to miss in the