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ALBUM REVIEW: The Paper Kites Make Music in Community on ‘At The Roadhouse’

ALBUM REVIEW: The Paper Kites Make Music in Community on ‘At The Roadhouse’

Last year, Melbourne, Australia-based band The Paper Kites came upon a building in the rural outpost of Campbells Creek that once was a shop serving local gold miners. The band decided to give it a new life as a music space, dubbing it “The Roadhouse” and taking inspiration from

SPOTLIGHT: The Path to Raye Zaragoza’s ‘Garden’ [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: The Path to Raye Zaragoza’s ‘Garden’ [VIDEO]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Raye Zaragoza is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for August 2023. Learn more about Zaragoza and her new album, Hold That Spirit, in our interview. And read her essay about funding the album with money she’d set aside for her wedding, which was called off. Simple

BONUS TRACKS: Billy Bragg Offers a Counterpoint on ‘Rich Men’

BONUS TRACKS: Billy Bragg Offers a Counterpoint on ‘Rich Men’

Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” song went straight to the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart this week and was even the topic of the first question in Wednesday night’s debate with Republican presidential candidates. It’s evidently been on Billy Bragg’s mind, too;

Mipso Lets Go of Expectations for ‘Book of Fools’

Mipso Lets Go of Expectations for ‘Book of Fools’

Just behind the stage at the North Carolina Museum of Art’s amphitheater is a rectangular block of concrete offering a giant inscription to the sky: TO BE RATHER THAN TO SEEM It’s North Carolina’s state motto (often rendered in Latin: Esse quam videri), generally attributed to Cicero

BONUS TRACKS: The Mystery of Oliver Anthony

BONUS TRACKS: The Mystery of Oliver Anthony

Music is a weird business. You can put out the best song in the world, hire the best people in the world to promote it, and it can still fizzle. Meanwhile, all sorts of terrible songs inexplicably catch fire and rocket to the top of the charts. Oliver Anthony, this

Jessi Colter Renews Outlaw Roots With New Album ‘Edge of Forever’

Jessi Colter Renews Outlaw Roots With New Album ‘Edge of Forever’

When outlaw country royalty speaks, it’s best to listen. Jessi Colter is making a statement with the announcement of her new album, Edge of Forever, coming Oct. 27 on Appalachia Recording Co. The project was produced by Margo Price and mixed by Shooter Jennings, Colter’s son with the

BONUS TRACKS: Mourning Musical Losses, Celebrating 'Southeastern,' and More

BONUS TRACKS: Mourning Musical Losses, Celebrating 'Southeastern,' and More

It’s been a tough string of losses in the music community lately, from bluegrass icons Bobby Osborne and Jesse McReynolds, bluegrass innovator Roger Sprung, and beloved pop singer Sinéad O’Connor last month to The Band’s Robbie Robertson this week. Also this week we lost the folksinger Rodriguez,