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A.J. Croce – 'Nothing From Nothing' (Live)

A.J. Croce – 'Nothing From Nothing' (Live)

A.J. Croce opens his new album, By Request, with the cover of the Billy Preston classic, "Nothing From Nothing.” A.J. recently explained to the Nashville Scene: “Like many of the songs I recorded for By Request, ‘Nothing From Nothing’ was written by an iconic keyboard player. Whether

ND Reviewers and Writers Pick Their Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020

ND Reviewers and Writers Pick Their Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020

This year, as we have every year since 2004, we gave our readers the impossible task of choosing their 10 favorite roots music albums from among the year’s new releases. In 2020, as always, readers took up the challenge enthusiastically, with more than 6,800 chiming in to create

Shemekia Copeland – 'Clotilda's on Fire'

Shemekia Copeland – 'Clotilda's on Fire'

A feature track on Shemekia Copeland’s celebrated new album, Uncivil War, “Clotilda’s on Fire” tells the powerful story of the last slave ship to sail to America, more than 50 years after the slave trade was outlawed. Produced by Will Kimbrough and driven by Jason Isbell’s gritty

No Depression Readers' 50 Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020

No Depression Readers' 50 Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020

In a year when everything was upended and scary, No Depression readers reached eagerly, and perhaps understandably, for what’s familiar. Topping our 2020 Year-End Readers Poll, which received more than 6,800 ballots, were new albums from roots music’s current leading voices like Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, and

2020’s Silver Lining? A Whole Lotta Roots Music Cover Albums

2020’s Silver Lining? A Whole Lotta Roots Music Cover Albums

With touring forced to a halt in 2020, artists found themselves with time on their hands, and the creative spirit stops for no virus. Many musicians channeled their energies into cover songs as they waited things out at home, playing them on livestreams to delighted fans and, in some cases,

Strung Like a Horse – 'Crazy Like Me'

Strung Like a Horse – 'Crazy Like Me'

Strung Like a Horse releases their first official video, “Crazy Like Me,” from their debut studio album, WHOA!, produced by renowned Grammy-winner Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, John Prine, Margo Price). The record this month debuted at #2 on the Amazon Alt-Country/Americana chart, #2 on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart,

Steve Earle - 'John Henry Was a Steel Drivin' Man'

Steve Earle - 'John Henry Was a Steel Drivin' Man'

Ghosts of West Virginia centers on the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed 29 men in that state in 2010, making it one of the worst mining disasters in American history. When asked about what drove him to craft his deeply evocative new album, Steve Earle says, “I