Hilary Saunders

From their backgrounds, Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence make an unexpected pair. Carper spent formative years between the Great Plains and the Ozarks, wielding her double bass, while singing lead in a variety of musical outfits. Lawrence, a young, French singer-songwriter, moved across the Atlantic Ocean to be closer to

Editor's Note: Mon Rovîa, whose debut LP Bloodline came out January 9 via Nettwerk, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for January 2025. Check out an original poem-essay he wrote here and an exclusive video of a previously-unreleased song here. Mon Rovîa likes to work in sets.