Hilary Saunders

If the Music Maker Foundation sounds familiar, it should. The North Carolina-based nonprofit organization — which, according to its mission, "meets the day-to-day needs of the artists who create traditional American music, ensures their voices are heard, and gives all people access to our nation’s hidden

John Gallagher Jr. lays prostrate on stage. He’s wearing a dirtied face mask over a scraggly beard he’s been growing out since August and is on a makeshift hospital bed beneath the cover of tattered blankets. Gallagher has been hiding in plain sight for half an hour before

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