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Seth Avett Honors His Musical Hero With ‘Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown’

Seth Avett Honors His Musical Hero With ‘Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown’

Most teenagers don’t take kindly to musical suggestions from their dad, but when Seth Avett’s father suggested he listen to a song by Greg Brown he’d recently heard on public radio’s Prairie Home Companion, Avett paid attention. The song was “Boomtown,” a scorching social commentary about

SPOTLIGHT: With ‘Radio John,’ Sam Bush Honors the Songs and Soul of John Hartford

SPOTLIGHT: With ‘Radio John,’ Sam Bush Honors the Songs and Soul of John Hartford

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sam Bush is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for November 2022. Look for more about him and his new album, Radio John: Songs of John Hartford, all month long. Growing up on a farm outside Bowling Green, Kentucky, Sam Bush and his family tuned into a Nashville-based

BONUS TRACKS: Joni Mitchell to Join Brandi Carlile for 2023 Concert

BONUS TRACKS: Joni Mitchell to Join Brandi Carlile for 2023 Concert

After her triumphant surprise return to the stage after many years away at Newport Folk Festival this summer, Joni Mitchell has decided to book a show for 2023. She’ll join Brandi Carlile at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state next June for one of Carlile’s “Echoes Through the

Lucinda Williams Announces Memoir ‘Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You’

Lucinda Williams Announces Memoir ‘Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You’

We love Lucinda Williams’ songs because of the vivid characters and settings within them (and because of the way she sings them), and now she’s telling her own story in a memoir titled Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You, coming next April. The book, whose title

With Banjo and Dance, Allison de Groot and Nic Gareiss Chase ‘The Thrill’ of Music

With Banjo and Dance, Allison de Groot and Nic Gareiss Chase ‘The Thrill’ of Music

Virginia old-time multi-instrumentalist Hobart Smith once called music “a thrill you just can’t express,” but banjoist Allison de Groot and percussive dancer Nic Gareiss convey something pretty close with their new visual album, The Thrill, out today on Bandcamp. The Thrill finds de Groot and Gareiss performing six traditional

BONUS TRACKS: The Mastersons Step Away From Steve Earle’s Band

BONUS TRACKS: The Mastersons Step Away From Steve Earle’s Band

After 12 years in Steve Earle’s band, The Dukes, The Mastersons have decided to step away from that gig to seek a slower pace. “This past decade has seen us crisscrossing the globe endlessly, only pausing momentarily to make records. We’ve toured though sickness, the loss of family

Dom Flemons to Bring Bluegrass History to Life With ‘Shultz’s Dream’ Performance

Dom Flemons to Bring Bluegrass History to Life With ‘Shultz’s Dream’ Performance

Even for the most forward-leaning artists performing this weekend at the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Bluegrass Live! festival in Raleigh, North Carolina, the past echoes through the music. The most familiar narrative about that past is that it was male and white. But as scholars, artists, and fans have