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Steve Martin Banjo Prize Announces 2023 Winners

Steve Martin Banjo Prize Announces 2023 Winners

Two more banjo pickers have joined the prestigious ranks of winners of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, now in its 13th year. The winners for 2023 are jazz banjo player Cynthia Sayer and bluegrass “Duke of Drive” Terry Baucom, who passed away last week at the age of 71. Each

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers Announce New Album, ‘Revelations’

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers Announce New Album, ‘Revelations’

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers have always been about two things: speaking the truth, and doing so loudly. That ethos is on full display in their new album announced today, Revelations. For Revelations, coming March 29, Shook (who personally goes by River now) took the producer’s chair for the

Billy Strings Releases 38-Minute Jam from 2023 Show

Billy Strings Releases 38-Minute Jam from 2023 Show

The best way to experience Billy Strings, as hordes of fans filling arenas will attest, is live and in person. But if he’s not playing your city, or if you didn’t snap up tickets quickly enough, you can get a taste with a new live recording released today.

BONUS TRACKS: The No. 1 Hit You’ve Been Hearing for 65 Years

BONUS TRACKS: The No. 1 Hit You’ve Been Hearing for 65 Years

Before there was Mariah Carey, before there was Wham!, there was Brenda Lee for the holidays: Her “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has been a staple on holiday radio playlists and store soundtracks pretty much constantly for decades. But as ubiquitous as that song has been, it had never quite

SPOTLIGHT: Community and Creativity Fuel Rainbow Girls’ ‘Welcome to Whatever’

SPOTLIGHT: Community and Creativity Fuel Rainbow Girls’ ‘Welcome to Whatever’

EDITOR’S NOTE: Rainbow Girls are No Depression’s Spotlight band for December 2023. Look for more about them and their new album, Welcome to Whatever, out today, all month long. Before they were Rainbow Girls, the band, they were Rainbow girls, fellow residents of the University of California at

BONUS TRACKS: Jimbo Hart Parts Ways With Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

BONUS TRACKS: Jimbo Hart Parts Ways With Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

After taking a leave of absence from playing bass with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit last summer, Jimbo Hart announced this week that he’s making that step away permanent. “I’m no longer a member of the 400 Unit,” Hart posted on X. “I’m grateful for all

BONUS TRACKS: The Full Story of Folk Music

BONUS TRACKS: The Full Story of Folk Music

No Depression readers know that Black musicians have always been essential to the story of roots music, and now the rest of the world is starting to take notice. An article last week in T, The New York Times Style Magazine, traces the contributions of Black folk musicians from the