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PRINT EXCERPT: Fanny’s House of Music Creates a Safe Space for Women to Buy Gear

PRINT EXCERPT: Fanny’s House of Music Creates a Safe Space for Women to Buy Gear

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is from our Summer 2020 print issue, “Tools of the Trade.” The print edition is sold out, but you can purchase the digital version here to read more great stories like this one. Start a digital or print subscription to No Depression today to make

Mind Matters: Musicians on How Meditation Keeps Them Focused and Free

Mind Matters: Musicians on How Meditation Keeps Them Focused and Free

As part of the story “Acts of Listening” in No Depression's Wellness-themed Fall 2019 print issue, we asked several roots artists to share with us their meditation practices and how mindfulness helps them stay healthy and creative. Our writeup of their responses is below. Our full story, including

Inside the Making and the Movement of The Highwomen

Inside the Making and the Movement of The Highwomen

When Newport Folk Festival's executive director Jay Sweet addressed the fans gathered at the Quad Stage at 5:35 p.m. on July 26, he said, “You're the first people anywhere to ever hear these words: 'Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome The Highwomen!'” The

The Way of the Indigo Girls: Collaboration, Support, Community

The Way of the Indigo Girls: Collaboration, Support, Community

Even as the internet pulls citizens of the world closer together, issues push us further apart. At the heart of both matters are the ideas of connectedness and commonality. Whether a community is online or on the ground, the age-old search for belonging continues to be a driving force in

Brandi Carlile: More to the Story

Brandi Carlile: More to the Story

Most singers blessed with robust voices these days are content to fly their melodies as high and wide as possible, forsaking the song for the histrionics and allowing auto-tune to do the rest, with no real craft to be found anywhere in the process. But, for Brandi Carlile, voice is

Mindy Smith & Friends Turn It Up for the Human Rights Campaign

Mindy Smith & Friends Turn It Up for the Human Rights Campaign

Live music is a great gathering tool, pulling people together to celebrate through song. Such was the case on January 9 at Nashville's 3rd & Lindsley for the HerHRC benefit featuring Mindy Smith, Maggie Rose, Shelly Fairchild, Bonnie Baker, and Cheley Tackett singing for a room full of