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ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘The Pollen & The Rot,’ Curtis McMurtry Looks Beyond Spring’s Flowers

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘The Pollen & The Rot,’ Curtis McMurtry Looks Beyond Spring’s Flowers

It’s one thing to write songs about jerks. It’s another to fully inhabit them, willfully and convincingly becoming an unlikable narrator. That only works if the songs are enormously likable. And Austin singer-songwriter Curtis McMurtry once again strikes that balance on his fourth album, The Pollen & The

BONUS TRACKS: Feds File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Live Nation

BONUS TRACKS: Feds File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Live Nation

It’s been hinted at and hoped for, and now it’s finally happening: The federal government has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation alleging that the company has eliminated choice and raised prices by locking out rivals in its ticket sales and venue operations since it acquired Ticketmaster

Joe Ely Maps Out Life on the Road on New Album ‘Driven to Drive’ (With Some Help From Bruce Springsteen)

Joe Ely Maps Out Life on the Road on New Album ‘Driven to Drive’ (With Some Help From Bruce Springsteen)

In five decades in the music business, Joe Ely has logged a lot of miles. It’s no surprise that the scenery and characters he’s encountered along the way have made it into some of his songs. His new album, Driven to Drive, collects some of those road-inspired songs

ALBUM REVIEW: Kim Richey Commemorates the Journey on ‘Every New Beginning’

ALBUM REVIEW: Kim Richey Commemorates the Journey on ‘Every New Beginning’

There’s excitement at the start of something new, but oftentimes the magic is in the middle. The songs on Kim Richey’s new album, Every New Beginning, build their stories from looking back on the past, looking toward something better just ahead, or, sometimes, just looking around, with scenes

BONUS TRACKS: Study Explores Why Humans Everywhere Make Music

BONUS TRACKS: Study Explores Why Humans Everywhere Make Music

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about music as a uniting force and a universal language. Here at No Depression, we’ve recently published stories about music crossing national and cultural borders, as with the American Patchwork Quartet; music crossing genres, as exemplified by Béla Fleck’s work with

SPOTLIGHT: Kaia Kater Sizes Up What Matters in ‘Maker Taker’ [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: Kaia Kater Sizes Up What Matters in ‘Maker Taker’ [VIDEO]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kaia Kater is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May. Learn more about her and her new album, Strange Medicine (out May 17 on Free Dirt Records), in our interview, and look for more all month long. It takes a lot to be a maker. Artists of

‘The Human Condition’: Becky Buller Brings Real Talk About Depression Into Bluegrass

‘The Human Condition’: Becky Buller Brings Real Talk About Depression Into Bluegrass

There’s no shortage of sadness in bluegrass. It’s right there in the mournful fiddles, in the broken-hearted lyrics; it’s baked into the high lonesome sound itself. But often the cause of that constant sorrow is external: Usually, someone left or someone died. Sadness as a mental state,