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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

Amos Lee Celebrates Songs and ‘Singular’ Talent of Lucinda Williams

Amos Lee Celebrates Songs and ‘Singular’ Talent of Lucinda Williams

Amos Lee’s relationship with Lucinda Williams was personal even before he got to meet her. He first heard her songs, mostly from her then-new Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, on radio station WXPN in Philadelphia, just as he was starting to write songs himself. But he hesitates to

SPOTLIGHT: What Jaime Wyatt Sees in The Grateful Dead’s ‘Althea’ [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: What Jaime Wyatt Sees in The Grateful Dead’s ‘Althea’ [VIDEO]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Jaime Wyatt is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for November 2023. Learn more about her and her new album, Feel Good, in our interview, and look for more later in the month. While many of the songs on Jaime Wyatt’s third studio album, Feel Good, reflect

And the 2024 (Roots Music) Grammy Nominees Are …

And the 2024 (Roots Music) Grammy Nominees Are …

Unsurprisingly, Taylor Swift’s name comes up a lot in the 2024 Grammy nominations, announced this morning in Los Angeles. You can read all about that, well, anywhere. But here at No Depression, we want to take you right to the really good stuff — nominees you’ve been reading about

BONUS TRACKS: How Jeff Tweedy Learned to Love ‘Dancing Queen’

BONUS TRACKS: How Jeff Tweedy Learned to Love ‘Dancing Queen’

In an essay for The New York Times adapted from his brand new book, World Within a Song, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy lets us in on a little secret: He’s really come around after a lifetime of hating ABBA’s “Dancing Queen.” When we’re young — this was true

Hurray for the Riff Raff Looks Back on Life Story on New Album ‘The Past Is Still Alive’

Hurray for the Riff Raff Looks Back on Life Story on New Album ‘The Past Is Still Alive’

Two years after Life on Earth (ND review), which landed on No Depression’s Critics Poll for Best Roots Music Albums of 2022, Hurray for the Riff Raff will release a new collection of their keen-edged songwriting and adventurous musical spirit on The Past Is Still Alive. The album, coming

BONUS TRACKS: Roots Music in the Thanksgiving Parade, Billy Strings’ Night of WrestleMania, and More

BONUS TRACKS: Roots Music in the Thanksgiving Parade, Billy Strings’ Night of WrestleMania, and More

With Halloween in our rearview (except, perhaps, for the candy left in the bowl after trick-or-treating, or the stash you may or may not have stolen from your kids’ haul), Thanksgiving is on deck, and you can almost taste the turkey and fixin’s. In my house, the Macy’s