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Hilary Saunders

Hilary Saunders

In the Deep End With Dan Mangan

In the Deep End With Dan Mangan

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’

No Depression's Best of October 2022 Playlist

No Depression's Best of October 2022 Playlist

In case you didn't get enough tricks from our sister site Folk Alley's Scream Stream, No Depression has plenty of musical treats from October. Last month featured great new music from Spotlight artist Caleb Caudle (check out an exclusive, acoustic version of his song "Forsythia&

ALBUM REVIEW: Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin Team Up for Tribute to Malian Legend Ali Farka Touré

ALBUM REVIEW: Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin Team Up for Tribute to Malian Legend Ali Farka Touré

Ali Farka Touré is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. The Malian singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist is credited with helping create what’s now (somewhat controversially) referred to as the “desert blues” sound — a guitar-based style that is at once propulsive and meandering, local and global, and

HELLO STRANGER: A Walk Through No Depression’s Fall 2022 Journal + Playlist

HELLO STRANGER: A Walk Through No Depression’s Fall 2022 Journal + Playlist

EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our current quarterly journal. Buy the Fall 2022 issue in print or digitally here. Better yet, become a member and help support No Depression’s music journalism all year long. On my first major journey since the pandemic started, I

New 12-Hour Documentary Series Goes Deep Into Outlaw Country's Origins

New 12-Hour Documentary Series Goes Deep Into Outlaw Country's Origins

AmericanaFest, which takes place Sept. 13-17, 2022, always features hundreds of incredible live music performances, not to mention countless parties, industry networking, and other opportunities to schmooze in Music City. This year it’ll also including a screening of part of They Called Us Outlaws — Cosmic Cowboys, Honky Tonk

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Fort Worth Nonprofit and Festival Celebrate Community and Aim to Decolonize Roots Music

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Fort Worth Nonprofit and Festival Celebrate Community and Aim to Decolonize Roots Music

EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Summer 2022 journal, “Movers & Shakers.” You can read the whole story, and much more, in that issue — learn more about it here. And please consider supporting No Depression with a subscription for more roots music journalism, in

FreshGrass Festival Returns to Bentonville, Arkansas, for Second Annual Event

FreshGrass Festival Returns to Bentonville, Arkansas, for Second Annual Event

Despite a 30-degree drop in temperature over the course of the weekend, the FreshGrass Festival | Bentonville returned to the small northwest Arkansas town to deliver two days of innovative and exciting roots music. The burgeoning festival brought a wide range of music fans and attendees to The Momentary museum;