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FOUNDERS KEEPERS: New year, new tunes from the Salt Collective, Vince Gill, Lori Carson, Gwil Owen and More

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: New year, new tunes from the Salt Collective, Vince Gill, Lori Carson, Gwil Owen and More

In the early days of No Depression (that’s way back to the mid-late 1990s for you whippersnappers), we took the “whatever that is” part of our slogan pretty seriously. Which is to say, not seriously, in terms of deciding what did or didn’t belong under the ND umbrella.

ALBUM REVIEW, What We Missed: Austin Quintet Ulla Makes Magic with Traditional Sounds of the British Isles On ‘Ulla II’

ALBUM REVIEW, What We Missed: Austin Quintet Ulla Makes Magic with Traditional Sounds of the British Isles On ‘Ulla II’

Editor’s Note: Here at No Depression there’s too much great roots music in a year for us to cover it all. So in December, when new releases slow down, we ask writers to review some of the best albums we missed throughout the year in an on-going series

ALBUM REVIEW: Merle Haggard Gets His Double-Due With a New Willie Nelson Set and A Top-Rate Tribute Reissue

ALBUM REVIEW: Merle Haggard Gets His Double-Due With a New Willie Nelson Set and A Top-Rate Tribute Reissue

“He won’t ever be gone,” Willie Nelson sang of Merle Haggard on the last song of Nelson’s 2017 album God’s Problem Child — and he’s right, of course. Haggard, who died in 2016, was one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century regardless of genre. So

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Fresh Favorites Reaching Beyond Borders

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Fresh Favorites Reaching Beyond Borders

This month’s roundup has me thinking about geography and its influence on music. The Mammals are quintessential representatives of the Northeast’s deep folk roots, with a sound that acknowledges those roots while pushing them forward. Rosie Flores and David Jimenez are both native Texans of Mexican descent, but

ALBUM REVIEW: Traveling through 'Here and Nowhere' with the Autumn Defense

ALBUM REVIEW: Traveling through 'Here and Nowhere' with the Autumn Defense

When this side-project first surfaced around the time of Wilco’s game-changing Yankee Hotel Foxtrot a quarter-century ago, I recall some folks looking at me sideways when I told them that I liked the Autumn Defense’s new album more. It probably sounded like a contrarian pose, but I was

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Fresh Sounds From Old Favorites Pete Droge, Dar Williams, Robbie Fulks and More

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Fresh Sounds From Old Favorites Pete Droge, Dar Williams, Robbie Fulks and More

We’re all over the map this time around, from the Pacific Northwest to upstate New York, to the heart of Texas to the city of angels and beyond. And, like several of the songwriters included here, I find myself contemplating the passage of time as I write about this

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: A tale of three cities: Fresh sounds from Nashville, Austin and the NC Triangle

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: A tale of three cities: Fresh sounds from Nashville, Austin and the NC Triangle

It wasn’t intentional, but once I settled on these six records for this month’s Founders’ Keepers, I realized they consist of two artists from Austin, two from Nashville, and two from the North Carolina Triangle. Those from Music City are, perhaps surprisingly, the least-known, and they provide the