No Depression

Now in its 17th year, Record Store Day shines a needed spotlight on independent record stores, those beacons of cool that have shaped the musical tastes of many a fan and many an artist, too. This Record Store Day — Saturday, April 20 — offers 387 albums either exclusive to the occasion

Most years, our annual Readers Poll and Critics Poll don’t have a lot of overlap. Music writers, who listen to a lot of music with a lot of intensity, are hungry for novelty and tend to gravitate toward artists a little farther off the beaten path. Fans, however, stay

Readers have really come through for No Depression in 2023. We asked you to tell us your favorite roots music albums of 2023, and more than 3,000 of you filled out a ballot! With more than 700 options to choose from (plus a heavily used space for write-ins), it

Do you hear what we hear? Oh yeah, you do: It’s holiday music, all the time, everywhere, all at once. But the good news is it’s not all bad! Some new holiday albums in the roots music world are adding to the small but mighty canon we like

December is a season of traditions, and we’ve got a few of our own here at No Depression. One of our favorites is to take some time at the end of every year to look back and appreciate all the good music that’s flowed into our ears. But

Unless you’ve been hiding from the world and your inbox lately, you know all too well that Black Friday is coming up this week (Nov. 24), and everyone’s after your hard-earned money. Walmart and Best Buy will be just fine, but your local independent record store truly values