Hilary Saunders

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is an extended version of a photo essay that appears in the Spring 2023 issue of No Depression. Get that issue of the journal here, and subscribe today to support independent music journalism. Troy Andrews, the man behind New Orleans funk outfit Trombone Shorty &

After teasing new music this year in a slickly produced, nearly two-minute-long video narrated by ESPN’s Wright Thompson yesterday, the announcement officially came today: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit returns on June 9 with a new record called Weathervanes. [embed]https://twitter.com/SoutheasternRec/status/1627716187013382166[/embed] “Every

Just because most of the roots music categories of Grammy awards are given out during the afternoon doesn't mean they're any less important. The Premiere Ceremony, which started at 3:30 p.m. ET and is available to stream at live.grammy.com and the Recording

No Depression's parent organization, the nonprofit FreshGrass Foundation, has announced the initial lineup for its third event in the Arkansas Ozarks. Soul legend Mavis Staples, folk-jam start-ups CAAMP, and cross-genre phenom Sierra Ferrell are slated to headline the two-day event taking place May 19-20, 2023. FreshGrass Festival | Bentonville,

The Lone Bellow has some of the best harmonies in roots music, and they've held that title for nearly a decade now. The Nashville-based group, which began as a trio of Zach Williams, Brian Elmquist, and Kanene Donehey Pipkin, has since expanded to include bassist Jason Pipkin and

It’s the final day of Folk Music Ontario — a four-day festival and conference celebrating the folk traditions of Canada’s most populous province — and singer-songwriter Dan Mangan has arrived from the opposite side of the country with just about 12 hours to spare before his event. He’s scheduled