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Jake Xerxes Fussell Makes a Cosmic Shift on ‘Good and Green Again’

Jake Xerxes Fussell Makes a Cosmic Shift on ‘Good and Green Again’

It is no simple feat to dust off traditional stories and polish them for a new era, but Jake Xerxes Fussell is one of the best to ever do it. The song-maker known for transporting us back to a simpler, sepia-toned time is in the midst of a cosmic shift

SPOTLIGHT: Anaïs Mitchell Comes Back to Her Own Story

SPOTLIGHT: Anaïs Mitchell Comes Back to Her Own Story

EDITOR’S NOTE: Anaïs Mitchell is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for January 2022. Read more about her and her self-titled album, coming out Jan. 28, all month long. If you’ve ever been in the backseat of a taxi driving over the Brooklyn Bridge, watching the lights of the

On ‘We Imagined an Ending,' Matt the Electrician Flips the Seven Deadly Sins

On ‘We Imagined an Ending,' Matt the Electrician Flips the Seven Deadly Sins

Matt the Electrician’s warm rasp is like perfectly softened leather, enveloping you like a warm hug and getting better and better with time. Though it was recorded in the before times —October 2019 to be exact — his latest outing, We Imagined an Ending, is a gentle embrace in the

Lilly Hiatt on Control, A Clean House, and the Making of ‘Lately’

Lilly Hiatt on Control, A Clean House, and the Making of ‘Lately’

It feels almost criminal that Lilly Hiatt’s phenomenal record Walking Proof was released in late March of 2020. Her first album since 2017’s critically beloved Trinity Lane, Walking Proof was a bright standout in a dark year, filled with shimmering pop rock anthems about learning to love yourself

Sean Rowe Tackles Uncertainty on ‘The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights’

Sean Rowe Tackles Uncertainty on ‘The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights’

Sean Rowe writes vivid, lived-in songs and sings them with a voice that reverberates through your bones. No one sounds like he does, and when you hear the first few notes of a Sean Rowe song, you know you’re about to have your heart ripped out of your chest

SPOTLIGHT: Truth, Fiction, and Charley Crockett

SPOTLIGHT: Truth, Fiction, and Charley Crockett

EDITOR’S NOTE: Charley Crockett is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for September. Learn more about him and his new album, Music City USA (out today), in our feature story, and look for more from Crockett all month long. Charley Crockett is a one hell of a storyteller, something that’

The Felice Brothers Paint a Dark But Hopeful World on ‘From Dreams to Dust’

The Felice Brothers Paint a Dark But Hopeful World on ‘From Dreams to Dust’

Cloaking a fear of doom and uncertainty in a joyful, vibrant sound is the name of the game on the latest release from The Felice Brothers, From Dreams to Dust. Ruminating on what often feels like end times, James and Ian Felice have created textured story-poems about survival and the