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No Depression Readers’ 50 Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2021

No Depression Readers’ 50 Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2021

In a year where people were mostly kept apart by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, music brought us together. By summer, we were venturing out to see live shows, mostly outdoors, often at a distance still, but all through 2021, recorded albums brought solace and strength, even if we were just

Jackson Browne – 'Until Justice Is Real'

Jackson Browne – 'Until Justice Is Real'

Nearly five decades since his debut LP, the songs on Jackson Browne’s new album, Downhill From Everywhere, featuring the latest single, "Until Justice Is Real," sustain the soulful intimacy of his first release, combined with a power and wisdom gained from a life pursuing positive change.

The 2021 No Depression Guide to Holiday Music That Doesn’t Suck

The 2021 No Depression Guide to Holiday Music That Doesn’t Suck

As sure as a cold snap and a thousand Black Friday emails in your inbox, this time of year brings glad tidings of holiday albums. Some, if we’re being honest, feel like an idea generated by an algorithm, a rehash of tried and true Christmas classics aimed at getting

Ana Egge – 'We Lay Roses'

Ana Egge – 'We Lay Roses'

I wrote "We Lay Roses” as I worked through my early grief at the loss of my nephew in 2020. As a tribute to him and also as a comfort to all of us who have lost someone too soon. He was such a kind and loving and troubled

John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band – 'Long Black Electric Cadillac'

John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band – 'Long Black Electric Cadillac'

John Hiatt’s first collaborative album with The Jerry Douglas Band, titled Leftover Feelings, is out now. "Long Black Electric Cadillac" is a freewheeling ode to a flashy ride that “goes a thousand miles on a charge.” For the video’s filming, Douglas and Hiatt took a ride

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