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ALBUM REVIEW: Rachel Baiman Finds Solace Within ‘Common Nation of Sorrow’

ALBUM REVIEW: Rachel Baiman Finds Solace Within ‘Common Nation of Sorrow’

Make no mistake, Common Nation of Sorrow is a protest album. Rachel Baiman’s follow-up to her 2021 release, Cycles (ND review), bucks against a system of oppression that spans from mental health to housing; economic privilege; and capitalism. Baiman’s songwriting turns the volume up on voices often quieted,

ALBUM REVIEW: The Nude Party Steers Through Heaviness on ‘Rides On’

ALBUM REVIEW: The Nude Party Steers Through Heaviness on ‘Rides On’

How do all the members of a seven-piece band get to actively collaborate and have their voices heard in the making of a new album? For The Nude Party, it came down to space and time, and, maybe most importantly, self-producing. Over the past several years, they’ve been carving

ALBUM REVIEW: Dougie Poole Whirls With ‘The Rainbow Wheel of Death’

ALBUM REVIEW: Dougie Poole Whirls With ‘The Rainbow Wheel of Death’

Anyone who has ever sat in front of a computer screen knows it well: that spinning multicolor wheel that seems to imply an infinite period of waiting. Singer-songwriter Dougie Poole has managed to turn this little symbol into the ultimate metaphor for his third album, The Rainbow Wheel of Death.

ALBUM REVIEW: Benjamin Dakota Rogers Beckons With Fireside Tales on ‘Paint Horse’

ALBUM REVIEW: Benjamin Dakota Rogers Beckons With Fireside Tales on ‘Paint Horse’

These days, the word “authentic” gets thrown around with such frequency, it can ring empty. But it is fitting when describing Benjamin Dakota Rogers, whose new album, Paint Horse, is a collection of genuine folk songs with none of the put-ons and all the experience to back it up. Written

SPOTLIGHT: Mark Erelli Lets the Light In for ‘Lay Your Darkness Down’

SPOTLIGHT: Mark Erelli Lets the Light In for ‘Lay Your Darkness Down’

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mark Erelli is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for February 2023. Look for more about Erelli and his new album, Lay Your Darkness Down, all month long. The highways were empty in that surreal autumn of 2020, desolate from the lack of rush hour commuters funneling in

ALBUM REVIEW: JD Clayton Follows His Heart for ‘Long Way From Home’

ALBUM REVIEW: JD Clayton Follows His Heart for ‘Long Way From Home’

Like so many artists, JD Clayton went to Nashville to make his music dreams come true. But it was his Arkansas roots that ultimately helped him home in on his sound: no-frills and anchored by his true-blue twang. On his debut full-length album, Long Way From Home, Clayton’s warm,

ALBUM REVIEW: Half Gringa Seeks Her Full Self on ‘Ancestral Home’ EP

ALBUM REVIEW: Half Gringa Seeks Her Full Self on ‘Ancestral Home’ EP

“It’s who you become in the end,” Isabel Olive sings on “Miranda,” from Ancestral Home, her latest collection of songs under the moniker Half Gringa. Across five tracks, Olive is a seeker of selfhood, carving identity from passed-down stories, truths and lore from the past, and, of course, ancestors.