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Meredith Lawrence

BONUS TRACKS: Brooklyn Folk Festival and Other Moments of Musical Joy

BONUS TRACKS: Brooklyn Folk Festival and Other Moments of Musical Joy

Last Friday evening in Saint Anne’s Church on opening night of the Brooklyn Folk Festival, Latin American ensemble Guachinangos played their energetic blend of Mexican son jarocho and Colombian cumbia music to an audience seemingly unable to sit down or stay still. Packed into pew rows and spilling into

BONUS TRACKS: Phil Lesh, Lucinda Williams, and More

BONUS TRACKS: Phil Lesh, Lucinda Williams, and More

“What do you want me to do / To do for you, to see you through?” asks Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh on “Box of Rain,” a rare vocal appearance in the beloved folkie band’s Jerry Garcia-heavy canon. “A box of rain will ease the pain / And love will see

Rhiannon Giddens Starts Biscuits & Banjos Music Festival to Celebrate Black Culture

Rhiannon Giddens Starts Biscuits & Banjos Music Festival to Celebrate Black Culture

Rhiannon Giddens is starting a music festival. The Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning musician announced today that her first Biscuits & Banjos music festival will take place in Durham North Carolina next April as a celebration of Black music, art, and culture and the 20th anniversary of the Black Banjo Gathering.

SPOTLIGHT: Joy Clark 'Lesson' [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: Joy Clark 'Lesson' [VIDEO]

EDITOR'S NOTE: Joy Clark is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for Oct. 2024. Learn more about her and her new album, Tell it to the Wind (out Oct. 4 on Righteous Babe Records), in this interview, and look for more all month long. Grandmothers carry and impart a

BONUS TRACKS: Hello From No Depression's New Web Editor

BONUS TRACKS: Hello From No Depression's New Web Editor

Hello all! This story starts with a chance meeting in a coffee shop, orchestrated by folk musician Willi Carlisle. Meeting No Depression’s dynamite managing editor Hilary Saunders that frigid March day, I couldn’t have imagined I’d end up here, nor was it anyone’s intention, I think.